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The app includes short video tutorials on how to introduce yourself in short sentences, gives practical information about shapes, colours and names of vegetables and fruit to familiarise workers with the language of the hospitality sector. Antonie Robertson / The National
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Ignitia provides easily accessible, highly accurate weather forecasts to small-scale farmers in the tropics, so they can make more informed agricultural decisions. Photo: Expo 2020 Dubai
Ignitia aims to become West Africa's go-to provider of tropical weather forecasting services. Photo: Ignitia
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Ignitia is one of 140 projects to receive a grant from Expo 2020 Dubai under the Expo Live programme. Photo: Expo 2020 Dubai
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Farmers are given smartphones with the Ignitia app downloaded to monitor weather patterns. Photo: Ignitia
Created in Sweden, Ignitia is now used by farmers in Ghana and Nigeria. Photo: Ignitia
Ignitia provides farmers a 48-hour weather forecast by text message. Photo: Ignitia
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Suyo beneficiary Jairo Garzon smiles after receiving the paperwork for the entitlement of his house in Medellin, Colombia. Photo: Suyo
Suyo helps with the registration of property for low-income families in Colombia. Photo: Expo 2020 Dubai
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An estimated 70 per cent of families in Latin America do not formally register their property due to complicated and expensive processes. Suyo seeks to change this. Photo: Suyo
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Through Suyo, families can register their properties and live more securely as well as access loans. Photo: Suyo
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Suyo works with farm and factory workers, low-income families and large companies on properties in urban and rural areas. Photo: Suyo
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The Expo Live grant has helped Suyo improve its technology and expand its work to help more families. Photo: Suyo
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Suyo assists marginalised communities register their claim on family land in Colombia. Photo: Suyo
Suyo presents a man with his documents that prove land ownership. Photo: Suyo
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Munch Bowls is a company in South Africa that has developed an edible wheat bowl able to hold food, from hot soups to salads. Photo: Munch
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The bowls are eco-friendly, edible, create no waste and are completely biodegradable. Photo: Expo 2020 Dubai
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Munch bowls can hold hot soup for up to five hours before softening. Photo: Expo 2020 Dubai
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The crisp wheat bowls, small saucers and canapes are manufactured in Cape Town and can keep for 15 months on a shelf. Photo: Expo 2020 Dubai
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Bowls were initially kneaded and rolled by hand but the Expo Live grant was used to produce a moulding machine. Photo: Munch
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The factory went from manually producing 1,500 bowls a day to 500 an hour. Photo: Munch
AgUnity is a start-up founded in 2016 in Australia to help more than 1 billion smallholder farmers in the world. Photo: Expo 2020 Dubai
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AgUnity allows farmers to buy and sell their produce in a way that can maximise their profit. Photo: AgUnity
The AgUnity app was developed in Australia but is used in Papua New Guinea. Photo: Expo 2020 Dubai
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The app enables farmers to record all transactions in an immutable ledger, to plan better, buy and sell more easily and share resources. Photo: AgUnity
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Tech engineer Abu Muadh (R) developed an app to help workers such as Abdul Qadeer (L) learn languages and improve work skills. Antonie Robertson / The National
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Abu Muadh says Expo support gave his start-up much-needed exposure. Antonie Robertson / The National
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The app includes short video tutorials on how to introduce yourself in short sentences, gives practical information about shapes, colours and names of vegetables and fruit to familiarise workers with the language of the hospitality sector. Antonie Robertson / The National
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Ignitia provides easily accessible, highly accurate weather forecasts to small-scale farmers in the tropics, so they can make more informed agricultural decisions. Photo: Expo 2020 Dubai
Ignitia aims to become West Africa's go-to provider of tropical weather forecasting services. Photo: Ignitia
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Ignitia is one of 140 projects to receive a grant from Expo 2020 Dubai under the Expo Live programme. Photo: Expo 2020 Dubai
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Farmers are given smartphones with the Ignitia app downloaded to monitor weather patterns. Photo: Ignitia
Created in Sweden, Ignitia is now used by farmers in Ghana and Nigeria. Photo: Ignitia
Ignitia provides farmers a 48-hour weather forecast by text message. Photo: Ignitia
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Suyo beneficiary Jairo Garzon smiles after receiving the paperwork for the entitlement of his house in Medellin, Colombia. Photo: Suyo
Suyo helps with the registration of property for low-income families in Colombia. Photo: Expo 2020 Dubai
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An estimated 70 per cent of families in Latin America do not formally register their property due to complicated and expensive processes. Suyo seeks to change this. Photo: Suyo
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Through Suyo, families can register their properties and live more securely as well as access loans. Photo: Suyo
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Suyo works with farm and factory workers, low-income families and large companies on properties in urban and rural areas. Photo: Suyo
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The Expo Live grant has helped Suyo improve its technology and expand its work to help more families. Photo: Suyo
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Suyo assists marginalised communities register their claim on family land in Colombia. Photo: Suyo
Suyo presents a man with his documents that prove land ownership. Photo: Suyo
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Munch Bowls is a company in South Africa that has developed an edible wheat bowl able to hold food, from hot soups to salads. Photo: Munch
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The bowls are eco-friendly, edible, create no waste and are completely biodegradable. Photo: Expo 2020 Dubai
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Munch bowls can hold hot soup for up to five hours before softening. Photo: Expo 2020 Dubai
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The crisp wheat bowls, small saucers and canapes are manufactured in Cape Town and can keep for 15 months on a shelf. Photo: Expo 2020 Dubai
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Bowls were initially kneaded and rolled by hand but the Expo Live grant was used to produce a moulding machine. Photo: Munch
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The factory went from manually producing 1,500 bowls a day to 500 an hour. Photo: Munch
AgUnity is a start-up founded in 2016 in Australia to help more than 1 billion smallholder farmers in the world. Photo: Expo 2020 Dubai
![](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/XTJV2EOFZFFWBOYXSSR2OJTTIQ.jpg?smart=true&auth=33117baa408eb8591f5a8b864846aa40ddd3702e389f20a1fb43fabb1d67ffe7&width=400&height=225)
AgUnity allows farmers to buy and sell their produce in a way that can maximise their profit. Photo: AgUnity
The AgUnity app was developed in Australia but is used in Papua New Guinea. Photo: Expo 2020 Dubai
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The app enables farmers to record all transactions in an immutable ledger, to plan better, buy and sell more easily and share resources. Photo: AgUnity
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Tech engineer Abu Muadh (R) developed an app to help workers such as Abdul Qadeer (L) learn languages and improve work skills. Antonie Robertson / The National
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Abu Muadh says Expo support gave his start-up much-needed exposure. Antonie Robertson / The National
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The app includes short video tutorials on how to introduce yourself in short sentences, gives practical information about shapes, colours and names of vegetables and fruit to familiarise workers with the language of the hospitality sector. Antonie Robertson / The National
How Expo 2020 Dubai will live on in countries around the world
Powerful pioneers are transforming the lives of millions of people through Expo-backed programmes
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Ramola Talwar Badam
22 April, 2022
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