Moving ICT into the Development Paradigm

ABOUT US

mPower is the social enterprise which is moving the development paradigm into the information age. Our global and multidisciplinary team codesigns with partners to iteratively learn and solve development challenges.


MISSION

mPower is dedicated to information technology solutions and strategies that maximize impact on people’s lives.

VISION

A world where everyone has access to quality services

THINGS WE BELIEVE IN

  • We believe in the power of human-centered design (HCD) tools and frameworks to create innovative and results-oriented solutions to systemic problems in emerging market contexts
  • Building solutions where the end users are more than beneficiaries. They are co-designers.
  • Solution-orientated products maximize impact and sell the most
  • Development projects are successful when you can take technology and data for granted and then do more. We add that technology and then streamline processess.
  • Partners invest and so do we. We have skin in the game; so, your success is our success.
  • We will help you radically shake things up and go beyond marginal impact.
  • Data is fun especially when we make sense of it for you.
  • Data should be democratized.
  • Our tech solutions are built in a way that we can show stakeholders--taxpayers and philanthropists- where their money is going and whose lives they are changing.

MEET THE TEAM

A diverse set of skills and perspectives makes the mPower team. We come from many disciplines and fuel each other's vision of a better world. Our family is rich in quirky, creative, problem solvers who love a great laugh, deep brainstorms and are always up for a good conversation. Meet some of our dreamers here:

THE FOUNDING TEAM

MRIDUL CHOWDHURY

Founder & CEO

Researcher, Harvard Center for International Development Consultant, UNDP & Ministry of Planning, Bangladesh Co-Founder, D.Net Harvard Kennedy School of Government MPA, International Development

RUBAYAT KHAN

Chief of R&I, Co-Founder

Founder, DevIntel Inc. Consultant, Royal Government of Bhutan Harvard Kennedy School of Government MPA, International Development

TAHMINA KHANAM

Director

Assistant Professor, University of Dhaka Rochester University of Technology Fulbright Fellow in Management

MOHAMMAD TUFAEL CHOWDHURY

Director

Mohammad Tufael Chowdhury is the Founder and CEO of Long Street Advisors, a global advisory firm focused on meaningful digitisation and also an author of Border Crossings: My Journey as an Outsider. He is based in Melbourne, Australia.

THE FAMILY