Idea Academy works with national and international partners and funders to carry out its public-interest assignments. It also trains businesses, NGOs, government bodies and universities in data, AI, machine learning and automation.
Professionals who use Excel regularly: finance, accounting, HR, administration, monitoring and evaluation, sales, project management, logistics, NGOs, public sector, SMEs.
Any staff member, whatever their technical level: management, managers, assistants, legal, sales, HR, finance, communications, operations, NGOs and public sector. No technical prerequisites.
Decide on figures you can trace back to their source.
Public decision-support and accountability system. It consolidates governance and public finance data, makes it traceable back to its origin, and opens a citizen grievance channel reachable from a basic handset.
Documented capabilities
Citizen channel at zero cost: SMS and USSD to follow public aid and raise alerts, with no data plan
Local auditors and legal mediators equipped in the field, cases qualified before they go up
Budget oversight and aid traceability: every published figure is tied back to its source
Open data portal and dashboards for the Budget Directorate, the Court of Auditors and civil society
Public institutions · Court of Auditors and oversight bodies · Civil society and media · Local authorities
Train, employ, reintegrate — in the age of artificial intelligence.
National adaptive learning system, from basic education to continuing professional training. It carries learning paths, employment and reintegration, civic education, and reaches families who have no Internet access.
Documented capabilities
Parent channel at zero cost: absence alerts and exam calendars by SMS, bilingual quizzes over 2G
Relay teachers and community educators equipped with an offline application
Learning paths adapted to each learner, CEPE and BEPC practice
Teaching assistant grounded in the course material: it cites its sources and refuses to invent
Civic education strand: rights, duties, public services and participation
Ministry of Education and inspectors · Schools and teachers · Young people, learners and families · Companies and training funders
Market prices and the right farming decision, down to the village.
Rural economy support system: commodity prices, crop diagnosis, weather alerts and input pooling. It is built first for the isolated producer, through the channel they already own.
Documented capabilities
Producer channel at zero cost: vanilla, rice and clove prices, pest and weather alerts by SMS and voice
Extension workers and cooperative facilitators equipped offline, photos and GPS readings from the field
Assisted crop diagnosis, validated by an agronomist before it goes back to the producer
Input pooling and matching with buyers and exporters
Producers and cooperatives · Regional agriculture and livestock directorates · Exporters and value chains · Rural development programmes
Medical decisions at the last mile, in thirty seconds.
Community health support system. It equips community health workers, puts triage within reach of a free call, and hands the doctor a prepared decision to validate in one click.
Documented capabilities
Patient channel at zero cost: emergency triage and referral by voice and USSD, with no data plan
Community health workers equipped offline: findings, photos, voice notes in Malagasy
Cases pre-qualified by the AI, sovereign validation by the chief doctor in one click
Epidemic surveillance, maternal and newborn health, immunisation and nutrition
Clinical logic aligned with World Health Organization protocols
Ministry of Health and health districts · Basic health centres and chief doctors · Community health workers · Health and research partners
Personal safety, property protection and environment
IA-ARO
Under construction
Protect people, property and forests — with the community, under legal authority.
Integrated protection system in three strands: people, property and environment. No response is ever triggered by the AI: only a judicial officer can qualify an alert and authorise action.
Documented capabilities
Village channel at zero cost: cattle theft, bush fire and flood alerts by SMS and voice
Vigilance committees and scouts equipped offline, geolocated reporting
Fire detection from satellite imagery, cyclone alerts and rescue coordination
Two-tier state verification: only a judicial officer can qualify an alert and authorise action
Tamper-proof audit log of the whole qualification chain, against false accusation and mob justice
National gendarmerie and judicial authorities · National disaster management office · Forestry service and protected area managers · Municipalities and community committees
Deploying a platform, co-designing a training programme or strengthening your teams: we agree a scope, the outcomes expected and how progress is tracked.