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Iddy John is an entrepreneur running two online, tech-based businesses in Tanzania, one in the online travel booking industry Safari Wallet and Place Listed an online directory for restaurants and lodgings. With the current economic realities around COVID-19, there are many challenges to businesses such as restaurants, many of which are closed as a part of the disease mitigation process, micro food businesses such as informal food sellers would be hard hit with no safety net or way to continue to make a living if they cannot sell food on the street. The food delivery platform for Place Listed could fill a critical need by pulling in the micro food businesses into the food delivery business so that they can continue to earn a living in these trying economic times. The food delivery platform could also provide opportunity for the motorcycle taxis to integrate them into the food delivery system to supplement their incomes considering that less people will be out riding on these taxis in close proximity. COVID-19 Funding Resources:Tech FundingIBM is offering $270,000 in cash prizes and direct IBM developer support to build, fortify, test, and deploy the winning ideas through IBM Code and Response. Submissions should address three main COVID-19 areas: crisis communications, remote learning, community cooperation.Apply Now: $270,000 IBM Funding for COVID-19 Digital ResponseApply Now: $5 Million from Gates Foundation for Digital Health ProjectsApply Now: 10 Million CHF to Improve Adolescent Wellbeing with TechnologyApply Now: $100 Million for Digital Health Informatics in PEPFAR CountriesGeneralGrant Station: https://grantstation.com/covid-19-related-fundingOpportunities for Youth: https://www.opportunitiesforyouth.org/2020/04/04/digifi-request-for-research-proposals-on-covid-19What is covidcap.com?On March 26, 2020, CASE and CASE i3 at Duke Universitys Fuqua School of Business launched a searchable website to help any entrepreneur in the world, for-profit or nonprofit, struggling due to the economic impacts of COVID19, to locate cash relief resources in their community.This is a searchable database where you can search Africa or by specific country name.DEVEX has an interactive platform for COVID-19 funding at https://www.printfriendly.com/p/g/zqG5wY --- This episode is sponsored by Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app