Intensive Support
Through our Matchbox programme, we offer support to selected organisations in Latin America and Africa on tech/ data projects or strategies.
Becoming a Matchbox Partner
We invite Matchbox applications from organisations in Latin America and Africa after they have engaged with our Light-touch Support programme (LiTS).
Once your organisation has engaged with our Light Touch Support multiple times, and we collaboratively agree that the work could be a potential fit for more intensive, Matchbox-style support, we propose an exploratory call to discuss Matchbox partnership possibilities.
Read more on how and why we changed our Matchbox selection process in 2022
Who we have worked with
Since 2013, we have partnered with ten teams in Latin America and Sub Saharan Africa. The issues these groups were working on include digitising politicians’ expenses to combat corruption, applying technology to access water services, tracking police violence, and more.
In previous Matchbox partnerships, we’ve worked with:
- CIPESA in Uganda on strengthening their digital communications and documentation infrastructure.
- Albinism Umbrella in Uganda on strengthening their responsible data practices.
- Y-Fem in Namibia on establishing a safer tech and data environment for the team and for the feminist activists in their networks.
- The Legal Advisory Information Centre (LAIC) in South Africa on Responsible Data and sustainable platform adoption
- The Centro de Estudios Legales y Sociales (CELS) in Argentina to build a database documenting institutional violence
How to get support
If your organisation is interested in getting support from The Engine Room, please schedule a Light Touch Support call with us and we can take things from there.