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.
IMPACT
Simprints has successfully optimized hardware and software to be over 228% more accurate than five industry-leading systems, using an open-source matcher and ISO templates.
As of January 16, 2020, Simprints has reached 387,289 beneficiaries across projects in Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Uganda, Zambia, Kenya, Somalia, Nigeria, and more.
Simprints is in 12 countries across South Asia and Africa and is projected to cover 4.1M people with healthcare, finance, education, and aid services in 2021.
Simprints News
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Biometric Tracking Can Ensure Billions Have Immunity Against Covid-19When the Covid-19 vaccine is released, the world will embark on one of the most challenging public health delivery campaigns ever attempted. Nowhere will this…Aug 2020 -
How Biometrics is Giving Identities to 'Invisible Citizens'(CNN) – Around the globe an estimated 1.1 billion people are unable to prove their identity. They have no official ID — no passport, no…Feb 2018 -
Introducing the Schwab Foundation’s Social Entrepreneur of the Year 2017 AwardeesThe Schwab Foundation’s 2017 Social Entrepreneur of the Year Awardees include 17 outstanding leaders at the helm of 13 organizations pioneering solutions for social and…Apr 2017
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Watch the video to see how biometrics could help increase accesss to essential health services for those who need i… https://t.co/DRpqCfhL4D
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RT @GaviMarieAnge: Excited of our expanded collaboration with @NEC_corp @Simprints from developing the first child fingerprint biometri…
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Insightful article on the power of leveraging what already exists in order to bypass the dysfunction that constrain… https://t.co/hzZbwj0VNm
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Last week we visited #Geneva for meetings with long standing partners such as @gavi It was great to present our… https://t.co/REXpZYPADY
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We're #hiring! Come join our growing tech team and help us shape the direction of the Simprints platform. Apply now… https://t.co/5G2j89X14f
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💥 Do you have what it takes to be our next Head of Marketing and Communications? You will deliver on our mission to… https://t.co/oEpYDP16wH
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⌛️Only 1 day left until the @ClintonGlobal #CGI2022 Meeting kicks off. Come say hi to our CPO @Alex_Simprints if yo… https://t.co/IBP1JqKoV1
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Happy #IDDay! The World Bank estimates that 1.5 billion people worldwide do not officially exist, lacking any type… https://t.co/1dmj7riRV0
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We’re excited to be participating in @FfwdOrg and @HPE_LivingProg’s HPE Accelerating Impact campaign, which engages… https://t.co/RyTnsIE6gZ
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We are very grateful for all the support we are receiving through the HPE Accelerating Impact #HPEGives - thank you! https://t.co/X4eRq6D4BZ
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We’re thrilled to be joining this year’s Clinton Global Initiative — back again in New York City for the first time… https://t.co/DdhtIUVxLk
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RT @BiometricUpdate: Simprints hiring consultant to evaluate #biometrics pilot for young children in #Bangladesh @Simprints #tender http…
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The summer bank holiday fun might be over, but here at Simprints everyone can take as much unlimited paid time off.… https://t.co/ub9JBLRZfL
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Don’t miss these two exciting opportunities to join our expanding team. Apply now! ⭐️ Monitoring Evaluation Accoun… https://t.co/Q9FEr0Sp4b
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🔔Our CPO @Alex_Simprints will be joining the next #DataUseCommunity and @OpenHIE session to talk about how biometri… https://t.co/f8NtRjwLvm
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A warm welcome to the newest member of our team Marissa Nordentoft! She is joining Simprints as Reponsible Data Lea… https://t.co/aUnIRCNemC
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One of our values is Leave our egos at the door, and we live out this value by continually learning from each other… https://t.co/j75EFh85Hl
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📻🎧 Tune in to the @CohaesusGroup podcast and hear our CEO @TobyLNorman talk about why better data matters in the gl… https://t.co/zm6vl9hD5N