Qualcomm—Wireless Reach initiative achieved 2025 goal of positively impacting 27 million people in underserved communities
In 2024, Qualcomm's Wireless Reach initiative reached its 2025 goal to positively impact the lives of over 27 million people since the program's launch in 2006. The program brings advanced technologies to underserved communities around the world. In April 2024, Qualcomm announced the first winner of the Wireless Reach Social Impact Fund: Ecorich Solutions Limited, a female-founded organization in Nairobi, Kenya, which developed the Wastebot, a smart food composter using AI and IoT to convert organic waste into affordable fertilizer for small-scale farmers.
Scoring Impact
| Topic | Direction | Relevance | Contribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| Knowledge Access & Information Freedom | +toward | primary | +1.00 |
| Overall incident score = | +0.750 | ||
Score = avg(topic contributions) × significance (high ×1.5) × confidence (0.50)