Human Development Innovation Fund

The Human Development Innovation Fund (also known as HDIF or HDIFtz or the Human Development Impact Fund Among other honors received, in 2019 HDIF won the British Expertise award for best "International Collaborative Project." According to DFID's business case for establishing the fund, the intended outputs of HDIF are testing and use of new innovations to manage and deliver basic human development services and enhance the evidence base and innovation ecosystem in Tanzania. Distinguishing factors of HDIF as a challenge fund include the long investment period compared to other challenge funds, which reflects the desired intent to scale early innovations. HDIF closed on the 31st of July 2021 after more than seven years as a successful program. It is succeeded by the Funguo programme which was launched on the 17th of May 2021 at the opening ceremony of Innovation Week 2021.