Simprints
Model & Strategy
Simprints is a nonprofit tech company from the University of Cambridge. Simprints is backed by DRK Foundation, USAID, DFID and the Gates Foundation to build open-source biometrics for developing countries. Simprints has developed biometric technology that is 4x cheaper and 228% more accurate with the scarred, worn fingerprints typical of “last mile” beneficiaries. Simprints empowers the existing mobile tools used to deliver essential services at the frontlines. Their goal is to radically disrupt the inaccurate way we currently track and deliver a lot of social impact, instead building a world where every person—not guesswork—counts in the fight against poverty.
They are currently working with BRAC in Bangladesh, Dimagi in Nepal, and Watsi in Uganda. For example, their maternal health project in Dhaka is enabling BRAC’s frontline health workers to identify patient records at the touch of finger during household visits, and react quickly if any of the program’s 20,000 pregnant mothers fall through the cracks of essential care delivery.
Toby is an entrepreneur passionate about bringing the best of the world’s technology to serve the poorest of the world’s citizens. He began his journey with Simprints while studying frontline community health workers in Bangladesh for 4 years. He holds a PhD from the University of Cambridge on a Gates Scholarship and BA from Harvard. He has worked for nearly a decade with doctors and healthworkers across Africa, Asia, and Central America on initiatives to improve healthcare delivery through technology. He is a 2016 Forbes Europe 30 under 30 Social Entrepreneurs, and a 2017 Schwab Foundation Social Entrepreneur of the Year Awardee.
Simprints News
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We will be at the @qconlondon in March. This is an exciting 3-day conference + 2 days of workshops, with over 140 t… https://t.co/DLsJ4TPJCX
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RT @NTDResearch: Welcome back Julia! Find out about the #geshiaro prog at https://t.co/UhhJjnFL7g #NTDs #ethiopia @WorldVision @CIFFchild…
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Our South Asia Regional Director, Subrata Kumar, presenting our work in Bangladesh with @USAID and @GCDSavingLives… https://t.co/qOEPUEqhx1
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RT @gavi: Can’t join us this week at our 2016-2020 Mid-Term Review meeting? Catch broadcasts LIVE from Abu Dhabi via our video live stream…
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Incredibly proud to be one of @gavi INFUSE Pacesetters. We had a great first day at #GaviMTR in Abu Dhabi yesterd… https://t.co/tEx9ZA5Ez5
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Great to see so many innovators that are working to deliver vaccines to every child. We are proud to be one of… https://t.co/zz70KBFREP
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Want to learn how we are using #biometrics to deliver vaccines to the last mile? We are presenting our demo at… https://t.co/KWJNs3VzrW
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RT @RClarkeDFID: Fantastic to meet @Simprints , a @Cambridge_Uni spin off project funded by @DFID_UK and now delivering biometric immunisat…
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RT @gavi: Despite hard work across the globe 🌍, not everyone has access to live saving vaccines💉 We're going to change that - for GOOD. W…
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RT @rajpanjabi: “The children who are difficult to reach in urban slums and remote rural areas — we must not rest, we must push harder to r…
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We are in Abu Dhabi where @gavi's partners from around the globe have gathered to discuss how we can work together… https://t.co/Ueus1fDHzC
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RT @BizofGive: How do you help someone with no formal #identification? Meet @TobyLNorman, the Co-founder and CEO of @Simprints, an organiza…
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On this #WorldAIDSDay, how can we work together to fight HIV/AIDS? With our partners from @BrownUniversity and… https://t.co/TEOqPvtuy0
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Good #identity must be: • user-centric • linked to services • Portable & Inter-operable @ltoplic takeaways on t… https://t.co/Yqwm78C6xh
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The future of "good identity" discussed by experts on #DigitalIdentity, including our partners from @mercycorps, at… https://t.co/a9sQFOlaOi
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RT @SEAlliance: It is estimated that 1.1 billion people have no formal identification, dramatically diminishing the ability to fight povert…
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“We want to provide the world’s most accurate and most affordable identification tools until no person in the world… https://t.co/FVpWGlahcw