Indigo Trust - presentation at Africa Gathering London 3 July 2010

1. William and Fran Perrin Africa Gathering 3 July 2010 UCL London

3. Indigo Trust made major investment in MySociety MySociety now funded by Omidyar

4. Indigo Mission statement: “Guided by the belief that information inequality leads to market failure and social failure INDIGO provides the means for game-changing improvements in access, connectivity and/or literacy skills to promote information equality amongst disadvantaged”

5. In the long term projects like these lead to better development Indigo wants to encourage

6. Small grants to improve transparency and literacy in country Aimed at people with bright ideas Fully open peer reviewable process Later in 2010 http://www.sfct.org.uk/indigo.html or Google for ‘Indigo Trust’ http://indigotrust.wordpress.com/