Challenge Domains
1. Financial inclusion
Digital financial access
Safe, affordable access to savings, payments, credit, insurance and remittances, especially for women, people with disabilities and remote communities who are excluded from formal banking.
2. Education access
Remote and inclusive learning
Tools for remote communities, girls and students with disabilities. Designed for low-bandwidth, local languages and diverse learning needs.
3. Health outcomes
Digital health for all
Better access to health information and care for women, people with disabilities and remote communities. Solutions should be culturally safe, private and usable in low-connectivity settings.
4. Cyber safety
Safe digital spaces
Reducing technology-facilitated gender-based violence, online harassment, exploitation, scams and disinformation, with a focus on people who are most marginalised offline.
5. Cyber security
Security for everyone
Protecting digital systems, data and infrastructure in ways that work for all users, including people with limited digital literacy or unreliable connectivity.
6. Cross-domain ideas
Bridge multiple domains
Projects can combine two or more domains. For example, a tool that supports both financial access and health navigation for women in remote communities, or an education platform that also builds cyber safety skills.
Our Mission: Bridging the Digital Divide
Across the Pacific Islands, digital connectivity is growing fast – bringing new opportunities for financial independence, education, healthcare and civic participation. But these benefits are not shared equally. Women, people with disabilities, young people, vulnerable groups and remote communities are often left out of digital services, while facing heightened risks from cyber threats, online violence, fraud and disinformation.
Women, people with disabilities, young people, vulnerable groups and remote communities across the Pacific represent a powerful opportunity to strengthen digital inclusion — unlocking safer, more equitable access to services, knowledge and participation. For Pacific thinkers, what matters is the strength of locally grounded ideas, the depth of community insight, and the potential to deliver inclusive and safe digital outcomes for those most often left behind.
As we connect more people, we must also protect them. New online threats like scams and bullying often hurt the most vulnerable. We believe that true digital fairness means making the internet both accessible to all and safer for everyone simultaneously.
Guided Mentorship & Impact
The Sprint Methodology
Evaluation Criteria
Rather than a technical coding competition, this is a structured innovation sprint. Teams move from community empathy and insight through to a validated concept and a pitch-ready idea, supported by mentors from government, industry, civil society and academia.
- Community Context: How deeply ideas are grounded in the lived realities of Pacific communities.
- Equity Focus: How clearly they advance gender equality, disability equity and social inclusion.
- Dual Impact: How convincingly they address both digital inclusion and digital safety / cyber security.