Ecosystem participants: From the need to impact
The following diagram illustrates the split between supply-side and demand-side participants and the flow of data (the value adding analysis), and how, at a high level, this can be delivered by participants involved in an AI for Impact initiative in a single country.
Every project has its own ecosystem. It is common to have multiple stakeholders with divergent needs and objectives on the demand-side, adding a layer of complexity.
This illustration depicts a typical AI solution developed with the support of a mobile operator for the needs of a governmental agency.
The need…
Demand-side
Demand-side
Demand-side agencies (DSAs) are institutions and organisations that use insights from the analysis of mobile big data for their activities. They may include research institutions, social impact
organisations, data analytics providers, government departments and agencies, development agencies, and NGOs, which use data to plan interventions, programmes, policies and strategies. As they have a specialised knowledge of
the challenges they are trying to address, DSAs play an important role in articulating the problem statement to enable the identification of the relevant indicators and solutions to address it. Note, demand-side agencies can
also be third-party data providers, thereby also positioning them as supply-side agencies in the AI for Impact ecosystem.
Demand-side
Demand-side agencies (DSAs) are institutions and organisations that use insights from the analysis of mobile big data for their activities. They may include research institutions, social impact organisations, data analytics providers, government departments and agencies, development agencies, and NGOs, which use data to plan interventions, programmes, policies and strategies. As they have a specialised knowledge of the challenges they are trying to address, DSAs play an important role in articulating the problem statement to enable the identification of the relevant indicators and solutions to address it. Note, demand-side agencies can also be third-party data providers, thereby also positioning them as supply-side agencies in the AI for Impact ecosystem.
Define problem statement
Clear demand-side needs identified
- Governments
Governments
Governments are a central stakeholder and play multiple roles in the ecosystem including as a:
• Beneficiary: benefiting from efficiency savings and/or productivity gains generated by the application of a mobile big data solution.
• Demand-side agency: using insights from mobile big data solutions to plan expenditure, build policy frameworks, and allocate resources across projects
• Third-party data provider: providing secondary data, through various agencies and public institutions, which can provide relevant context for mobile big data
• Regulator: enforcing relevant laws and regulations, including data protection laws, which impact data use and sharing across the ecosystem
• Policymaker: defining policy that creates an enabling environment that stimulates innovation and adoption of mobile big data solutions -
Development Agencies
Development Agencies
Development agencies can play different roles, in some instances they may be the beneficiary of a service, but can also perform the role of Facilitator, 3rd Party Data Provider and even Donor.
- Donors
Donors
Donors may provide funding at various stages of an AI for Impact project, from early innovation for proof-of-concept to long-term sustainability. Examples of donors include philanthropic foundations and other grant-giving organisations. They may also be beneficiaries of AI for Impact outputs and insights.
From data… to actionable insight
Supply-side
Supply-side
Supply-side agencies (SSAs) include institutions and organisations like Mobile Operators and third party data providers/aggregators. They are able to process, analyse and package mobile big data for
the benefit of Demand-side agencies. When informed by a clearly articulated demand-side need, SSAs can impart their unique knowledge of their datasets to transform the raw data into actionable insights.
Supply-side
Supply-side agencies (SSAs) include institutions and organisations like Mobile Operators and third party data providers/aggregators. They are able to process, analyse and package mobile big data for the benefit of Demand-side agencies. When informed by a clearly articulated demand-side need, SSAs can impart their unique knowledge of their datasets to transform the raw data into actionable insights.
Processing
Generate, collect, validate, anonymise, aggregate & store
Analytics
Process and analyse data to generate insights
Packaging
Delivery of the outputs e.g. Decision support tools, Report, App or Visualisation
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Mobile Operator
Mobile Operator
Mobile operators play multiple roles in the AI for Impact ecosystem. Collectively, they handle approximately 10 billion calls daily. They can collect, store and process the resulting data in a way that protects the privacy of individuals and groups, to create key indicators such as location, mobility, usage and demographic information. Mobile operators’ distinct understanding of the indicators extracted from mobile big data puts them in a unique position to further analyse the indicators, along with contextual data where relevant, to produce actionable insight tools and other mobile big data services for end users.
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3rd Party data/analytics provider
Third-party data providers
Third-party data providers are organisations from different industries with complementary datasets that can be combined with mobile big data to provide context and enhance insights. They include satellites and drone companies for geospatial data; earth observing institutions; social networks and sharing economy firms; open data platforms; national statistics agencies; meteorological agencies for weather information; public sector agencies for specialist data, such as medical and health, education, tourism, utilities, agriculture, transportation and immigration data; and other industries, such as retail.
From insight… to impact
Demand-side
Demand-side
Demand-side agencies (DSAs) are institutions and organisations that use insights from the analysis of mobile big data for their activities. They may include research institutions, social impact
organisations, data analytics providers, government departments and agencies, development agencies, and NGOs, which use data to plan interventions, programmes, policies and strategies. As they have a specialised knowledge of
the challenges they are trying to address, DSAs play an important role in articulating the problem statement to enable the identification of the relevant indicators and solutions to address it. Note, demand-side agencies can
also be third-party data providers, thereby also positioning them as supply-side agencies in the AI for Impact ecosystem.
Demand-side
Demand-side agencies (DSAs) are institutions and organisations that use insights from the analysis of mobile big data for their activities. They may include research institutions, social impact organisations, data analytics providers, government departments and agencies, development agencies, and NGOs, which use data to plan interventions, programmes, policies and strategies. As they have a specialised knowledge of the challenges they are trying to address, DSAs play an important role in articulating the problem statement to enable the identification of the relevant indicators and solutions to address it. Note, demand-side agencies can also be third-party data providers, thereby also positioning them as supply-side agencies in the AI for Impact ecosystem.
Apply/integrate/implement
Incorporate into existing ways of working including people, process & partnerships
- Governments
Governments
Governments are a central stakeholder and play multiple roles in the ecosystem including as a:
• Beneficiary: benefiting from efficiency savings and/or productivity gains generated by the application of a mobile big data solution.
• Demand-side agency: using insights from mobile big data solutions to plan expenditure, build policy frameworks, and allocate resources across projects
• Third-party data provider: providing secondary data, through various agencies and public institutions, which can provide relevant context for mobile big data
• Regulator: enforcing relevant laws and regulations, including data protection laws, which impact data use and sharing across the ecosystem
• Policymaker: defining policy that creates an enabling environment that stimulates innovation and adoption of mobile big data solutions - Development Agencies
Development Agencies
Development agencies can play different roles, in some instances they may be the beneficiary of a service, but can also perform the role of Facilitator, 3rd Party Data Provider and even Donor.
- Donors
Donors
Donors may provide funding at various stages of an AI for Impact project, from early innovation for proof-of-concept to long-term sustainability. Examples of donors include philanthropic foundations and other grant-giving organisations. They may also be beneficiaries of AI for Impact outputs and insights.
Facilitators
- Development Agencies
Development Agencies
Development agencies can play different roles, in some instances they may be the beneficiary of a service, but can also perform the role of Facilitator, 3rd Party Data Provider and even Donor.
- Donors
Donors
Donors may provide funding at various stages of an AI for Impact project, from early innovation for proof-of-concept to long-term sustainability. Examples of donors include philanthropic foundations and other grant-giving organisations. They may also be beneficiaries of AI for Impact outputs and insights.
Key
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Functions of parties
- Linked activity
The need…
Demand-side
Demand-side
Demand-side agencies (DSAs) are institutions and organisations that use insights from the analysis of mobile big data for their activities. They may include research institutions, social impact
organisations, data analytics providers, government departments and agencies, development agencies, and NGOs, which use data to plan interventions, programmes, policies and strategies. As they have a specialised knowledge of
the challenges they are trying to address, DSAs play an important role in articulating the problem statement to enable the identification of the relevant indicators and solutions to address it. Note, demand-side agencies can
also be third-party data providers, thereby also positioning them as supply-side agencies in the AI for Impact ecosystem.
Demand-side
Demand-side agencies (DSAs) are institutions and organisations that use insights from the analysis of mobile big data for their activities. They may include research institutions, social impact organisations, data analytics providers, government departments and agencies, development agencies, and NGOs, which use data to plan interventions, programmes, policies and strategies. As they have a specialised knowledge of the challenges they are trying to address, DSAs play an important role in articulating the problem statement to enable the identification of the relevant indicators and solutions to address it. Note, demand-side agencies can also be third-party data providers, thereby also positioning them as supply-side agencies in the AI for Impact ecosystem.
Define problem statement
Clear demand-side needs identified
From data… to actionable insight
Supply-side
Supply-side
Supply-side agencies (SSAs) include institutions and organisations like Mobile Operators and third party data providers/aggregators. They are able to process, analyse and package mobile big data for
the benefit of Demand-side agencies. When informed by a clearly articulated demand-side need, SSAs can impart their unique knowledge of their datasets to transform the raw data into actionable insights.
Supply-side
Supply-side agencies (SSAs) include institutions and organisations like Mobile Operators and third party data providers/aggregators. They are able to process, analyse and package mobile big data for the benefit of Demand-side agencies. When informed by a clearly articulated demand-side need, SSAs can impart their unique knowledge of their datasets to transform the raw data into actionable insights.
Processing
Generate, collect, validate, anonymise, aggregate & store
Analytics
Process and analyse data to generate insights
Packaging
Delivery of the outputs e.g. Decision support tools, Report, App or Visualisation
From insight… to impact
Demand-side
Demand-side
Demand-side agencies (DSAs) are institutions and organisations that use insights from the analysis of mobile big data for their activities. They may include research institutions, social impact
organisations, data analytics providers, government departments and agencies, development agencies, and NGOs, which use data to plan interventions, programmes, policies and strategies. As they have a specialised knowledge of
the challenges they are trying to address, DSAs play an important role in articulating the problem statement to enable the identification of the relevant indicators and solutions to address it. Note, demand-side agencies can
also be third-party data providers, thereby also positioning them as supply-side agencies in the AI for Impact ecosystem.
Demand-side
Demand-side agencies (DSAs) are institutions and organisations that use insights from the analysis of mobile big data for their activities. They may include research institutions, social impact organisations, data analytics providers, government departments and agencies, development agencies, and NGOs, which use data to plan interventions, programmes, policies and strategies. As they have a specialised knowledge of the challenges they are trying to address, DSAs play an important role in articulating the problem statement to enable the identification of the relevant indicators and solutions to address it. Note, demand-side agencies can also be third-party data providers, thereby also positioning them as supply-side agencies in the AI for Impact ecosystem.
Apply/integrate/implement
Incorporate into existing ways of working including people, process & partnerships
Facilitators
Regulatory Environment
Key
-
Functions of parties
- Linked activity
The need…
Demand-side
Demand-side
Demand-side agencies (DSAs) are institutions and organisations that use insights from the analysis of mobile big data for their activities. They may include research institutions, social impact
organisations, data analytics providers, government departments and agencies, development agencies, and NGOs, which use data to plan interventions, programmes, policies and strategies. As they have a specialised knowledge of
the challenges they are trying to address, DSAs play an important role in articulating the problem statement to enable the identification of the relevant indicators and solutions to address it. Note, demand-side agencies can
also be third-party data providers, thereby also positioning them as supply-side agencies in the AI for Impact ecosystem.
Demand-side
Demand-side agencies (DSAs) are institutions and organisations that use insights from the analysis of mobile big data for their activities. They may include research institutions, social impact organisations, data analytics providers, government departments and agencies, development agencies, and NGOs, which use data to plan interventions, programmes, policies and strategies. As they have a specialised knowledge of the challenges they are trying to address, DSAs play an important role in articulating the problem statement to enable the identification of the relevant indicators and solutions to address it. Note, demand-side agencies can also be third-party data providers, thereby also positioning them as supply-side agencies in the AI for Impact ecosystem.
Define problem statement
Clear demand-side needs identified
From data… to actionable insight
Supply-side
Supply-side
Supply-side agencies (SSAs) include institutions and organisations like Mobile Operators and third party data providers/aggregators. They are able to process, analyse and package mobile big data for
the benefit of Demand-side agencies. When informed by a clearly articulated demand-side need, SSAs can impart their unique knowledge of their datasets to transform the raw data into actionable insights.
Supply-side
Supply-side agencies (SSAs) include institutions and organisations like Mobile Operators and third party data providers/aggregators. They are able to process, analyse and package mobile big data for the benefit of Demand-side agencies. When informed by a clearly articulated demand-side need, SSAs can impart their unique knowledge of their datasets to transform the raw data into actionable insights.
Processing
Generate, collect, validate, anonymise, aggregate & store
Analytics
Process and analyse data to generate insights
Packaging
Delivery of the outputs e.g. Decision support tools, Report, App or Visualisation
From insight… to impact
Demand-side
Demand-side
Demand-side agencies (DSAs) are institutions and organisations that use insights from the analysis of mobile big data for their activities. They may include research institutions, social impact
organisations, data analytics providers, government departments and agencies, development agencies, and NGOs, which use data to plan interventions, programmes, policies and strategies. As they have a specialised knowledge of
the challenges they are trying to address, DSAs play an important role in articulating the problem statement to enable the identification of the relevant indicators and solutions to address it. Note, demand-side agencies can
also be third-party data providers, thereby also positioning them as supply-side agencies in the AI for Impact ecosystem.
Demand-side
Demand-side agencies (DSAs) are institutions and organisations that use insights from the analysis of mobile big data for their activities. They may include research institutions, social impact organisations, data analytics providers, government departments and agencies, development agencies, and NGOs, which use data to plan interventions, programmes, policies and strategies. As they have a specialised knowledge of the challenges they are trying to address, DSAs play an important role in articulating the problem statement to enable the identification of the relevant indicators and solutions to address it. Note, demand-side agencies can also be third-party data providers, thereby also positioning them as supply-side agencies in the AI for Impact ecosystem.
Apply/integrate/implement
Incorporate into existing ways of working including people, process & partnerships
Facilitators
Regulatory Environment
Key
-
Functions of parties
- Linked activity