IndigoTrust

The Indigo Trust is a UK-based grant-making foundation operating from London and is one of the organizations that makes up the Sainsbury Family Charitable Trusts. It funds technology-driven projects to bring about social change, largely in African countries.

Indigo Trust provides small, high-risk grants, typically ranging from £10,000 to £20,000 for projects and organizations in Sub-Saharan Africa with the goal of catalysing inventive approaches in the realms of transparency, accountability, and citizen empowerment. The foundation places particular emphasis on supporting endeavors characterised by minimal operational expenses or sustainable business models, as well as those that make effective use of locally adopted technology. Indigo's primary focus is on organizations based within Sub-Saharan Africa rather than merely operating in the region. Presently, their funding initiatives revolve around two core areas:

1. Backing projects and organizations harnessing the potential of mobile and web technologies to empower active, well-informed citizens and promote government accountability.
2. Supporting technology innovation hubs and civic tech communities employing information and communication technologies for positive social change.

Indigo Trust is a supporter of innovation hubs like HiveColab, the IHub and others like HyperCube.