mPower
mPower Social Enterprises Ltd. is a Dhaka-based social enterprise that co-creates digital health, agriculture, humanitarian, and mental health platforms with NGOs and government agencies across Bangladesh, using mobile, AI/ML, satellite, and open-source health stacks.
- Company typePrivate
- Founded2008
- HeadquartersDhaka, Bangladesh
- Headcount51–100
- GTM typeB2B and B2C
- OfferingSoftware
What mPower does
mPower Social Enterprises Ltd. is a Dhaka-headquartered social enterprise that designs, develops, and deploys digital technology solutions for development organizations, government agencies, and underserved communities across Bangladesh. Founded in 2008 and operating with 51-100 employees, the company co-creates tailored platforms spanning health, agriculture, education, climate, humanitarian response, and governance, leveraging mobile, cloud, AI/ML, GIS, satellite data, and open-source stacks such as OpenMRS and OpenSRP. Flagship products include GEOPOTATO (a satellite-plus-weather decision support system serving 75,000+ potato farmers), Shufola (a climate-sensitive agricultural advisory reaching 13,000 B2C and 110,000+ B2B users), mTika (an OpenSRP-based immunization tracking solution), a centralized OpenMRS system deployed across 134 Surjer Hashi Network clinics, and digital case management systems used in Rohingya refugee camps. The company also operates newer AI-driven offerings (MEETA and dMENTHOL mental health chatbots, LLM-powered community health worker assistants) and a consumer EdTech app, Pandoo, distributed via Google Play and Apple App Store.
The business model combines donor-funded project services (USAID, Gates Foundation, Grand Challenges Canada, Wellcome, UNICEF, UNESCO), technology licensing and platform deployment to NGOs and government bodies, and recurring subscription revenue from the Pandoo app. Go-to-market is sales-led: mPower pursues RFPs and tender opportunities from international NGOs (BRAC, Save the Children, Christian Aid, IOM), bilateral donors, and government ministries, and co-creates solutions with research partners such as the University of Toronto, Wageningen University, and icddrb. Pricing on enterprise work is negotiated per project; Pandoo follows a freemium plus monthly/half-yearly/yearly subscription model through app stores. Revenue is fundamentally project-based and tied to donor funding cycles, with limited disclosed financial data and no equity funding rounds on record.
mPower firmographics
Firmographics- Name
- mPower
- Legal name
- mPower Social Enterprises Ltd.
- Website
- https://mpower-social.com
- Company type
- Private
- Founded year
- 2008
- Operating status
- Operating
- Headcount range
- 51–100 employees
- Short description
- mPower Social Enterprises Ltd. is a Dhaka-based social enterprise that co-creates digital health, agriculture, humanitarian, and mental health platforms with NGOs and government agencies across Bangladesh, using mobile, AI/ML, satellite, and open-source health stacks.
- Ownership category
- akta.pro rank
mPower industry classification
Industry- Product category
- Social Development Technology
- NAICS
- Computer Systems Design and Related Services (5415), Computer Systems Design and Related Services (54151), Software Publishers (5132), Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (518), Human Rights Organizations (813311)
- SIC
- Services-Computer Programming Services (7371), Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370), Services-Computer Integrated Systems Design (7373), Services-Social Services (8300), Services-Prepackaged Software (7372)
- akta.pro primary industry
- Digital Development & ICT4D / GovTech Technical Assistance (BPADAEAL)
- akta.pro secondary industries
- Humanitarian-Development-Peace Nexus & Resilience Programming (BPADAEAK), Health Systems Strengthening & Global Health Technical Assistance (BPADAEAH), AI/ML Engineering & Model Development Services (BPAEAHAF), AI Application Enablement Platforms (Copilot/Agent Frameworks, SDKs) (HDAEANAJ), Microfinance, Financial Inclusion & Inclusive Markets (BPAGABAM), Education Access & EdTech for Equity (Low-cost Learning, Skills Platforms) (BPAGALAH)
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Where mPower is headquartered
LocationHeadquarters
- HQ city
- Dhaka
- HQ country
- Bangladesh
- HQ region
- Asia
Offices3 records
Markets served
mPower business model
Business model- GTM type
- B2B and B2C
- Offering type
- Software
- Cost components
- Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure
Revenue model
- Donor-Funded Development Projects: mPower generates revenue primarily through awarded contracts and grants from international development donors (USAID, EU, UN agencies, bilateral donors) and implementing partner organizations. The company serves as a technology implementation partner on development programs, co-creating solutions with development agencies to amplify their impact. Revenue is project-based and tied to donor funding cycles.
- Technology Licensing and Platform Deployment: mPower licenses its proprietary digital platforms (OpenMRS implementations, OpenSRP-based solutions, decision support systems) to government agencies and NGOs for deployment across their program areas. Platforms like GEOPOTATO are offered on a subscription basis to farmers via SMS/voicemail alerts.
- EdTech Subscription (Pandoo App): The Pandoo Bangla Learning app offers monthly, half-yearly, and yearly subscription plans unlocking premium features such as an ad-free experience and exclusive content. Payments are processed through Google Play Store and Apple App Store.
Pricing tiers
| Model | Billing | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Freemium | Pay-as-you-go | Pandoo Bangla Learning App – Free Tier with contextual ads |
| Subscription | Monthly | Pandoo Subscription – Monthly, Half-Yearly, and Yearly plans |
Go-to-market motion1 record
Distribution channels4 records
Marketing channels6 records
mPower product offering
Product offeringCore offering
mPower Social Enterprises designs, develops, and deploys digital technology platforms for development organizations across health, agriculture, education, climate, and humanitarian sectors in Bangladesh and South Asia. The company co-creates tailored software solutions (including OpenMRS healthcare systems, OpenSRP-based mHealth apps, satellite-driven agricultural decision support systems, AI-powered chatbots, and case management platforms) and delivers them as donor-funded project implementations, platform licenses, or subscription-based consumer services such as the Pandoo Bangla learning app.
Product overview
mPower Social Enterprises Ltd. is a social enterprise offering a portfolio of technology solutions across health, agriculture, education, and humanitarian response sectors. The product portfolio includes: GEOPOTATO (late blight disease prediction DSS), Shufola (climate-sensitive agricultural advisory), and mTika (immunization tracking) as flagship products; OpenMRS-based healthcare management systems; MEETA and dMENTHOL (AI-powered mental health platforms); Pandoo (Bangla language learning app for children); Shurokkha (livestock health monitoring); and various humanitarian response tools including case management, inventory, and reporting systems. Solutions leverage SMS/voice alerts, mobile apps, chatbots, predictive analytics, and AI to serve development organizations, governments, and underserved communities.
Differentiator
Problem solved
Functional benefit
Brands
- GEOPOTATO: A geodata-driven decision support system that provides early alerts to potato farmers for spraying preventive fungicide via SMS and Voice Message three days prior to possible late blight attack
- Shufola
- mTika
- dMENTHOL
- MEETA
- OpenMRS
Products and services
- GEOPOTATO A geodata-driven decision support system that provides early alerts to registered potato farmers for spraying preventive fungicide via SMS and voice messages three days prior to predicted late blight attacks. Combines satellite image processing of potato crop biomass growth with real-time weather data from Automatic Weather Stations.
- Shufola A climate-sensitive digital advisory system for smallholder farmers that combines localized weather forecasts with crop management practices to provide actionable advice via SMS and voice messages targeted to specific crop type, location, and maturity stage.
- mTika An mHealth solution built on the OpenSRP platform for infant and pregnant mother enumeration, registration, and vaccination record keeping, with SMS reminders for vaccination camps and color-coded flags for due vaccinations.
- OpenMRS Healthcare Management System
- Pandoo – Bangla Learning App A language learning mobile application designed to teach Bangla to children through interactive lessons, games, and multimedia content, distributed via Google Play Store and Apple App Store with free ad-supported and premium subscription plans.
- MEETA
- dMENTHOL A digital mental health platform designed to improve access to mental health care for women in urban Bangladesh, developed with icddrb research collaboration.
- Digital Case Management System for Refugee Aid A humanitarian case management system developed in partnership with Christian Aid Bangladesh for refugee camp operations, enabling real-time case tracking and resolving 85,000 cases with wait times reduced from 6 months to 25 days.
- mHealth for MNCH (mCARE) A mobile-phone-based information system enabling community health workers to collect data on pregnant mothers, generate SMS reminders for health visits, and track maternal and neonatal health outcomes.
- Shurokkha A livestock health and production monitoring solution for marginalized farmers at remote locations, providing expert consultation via mobile-based application by Para-vets and delivering online advice and prescriptions for cattle.
- GEOBIS A crop management advisory service using advanced crop models combined with spatial and weather data to provide actionable advice including weather alerts (heat stress, cold stress, foggy weather) and associated management practices.
- Progress Tracker A technology platform for managing and monitoring social transfers to the poorest, ensuring optimal performance and maximum impact for poverty alleviation programs.
Quantifiable outcome
- Reduces agricultural fungicide costs by 26% and increases potato yields by 15% for GEOPOTATO users (75,000+ farmers)
- +6 more outcomes
Companies that use mPower
Customer profileNamed customers13 records
Segments5 records
Ideal customer profiles4 records
mPower technology and API
TechnologyTechnology focussed Yes
API detail
- Has API
- No
- API docs
- API detail
Core technology
AI maturity
App detail
Integration6 records
AI capability10 records
Feature9 records
mPower partnerships and signals
Strategic signalPartnerships
28 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.
- Tinkers Technologies Ltd.coremPower developed the Pandoo – Bangla Learning App in collaboration with Tinkers Technologies Ltd. Both companies jointly hold intellectual property and are jointly responsible for the app's development, publishing, terms, and privacy policy.
- Christian Aid BangladeshcoremPower, in partnership with Christian Aid Bangladesh, developed and deployed a digital case management system for Rohingya refugee camps in Cox's Bazar. The system has resolved 85,000 cases and reduced resolution time from 6 months to a maximum of 25 days.
- Friends In Village Development Bangladesh (FIVDB) and Welthungerhilfe (WHH)coremPower collaborated with FIVDB and WHH to organize a Climate Advisory Service for Climate-Smart Agriculture (CSA) workshop, bringing together experts, practitioners, and policymakers to explore pathways to climate resilience in Bangladesh.
- SPIDER and Stockholm UniversitycoremPower organized webinars on challenges in implementation and sustainability of healthcare using ICT in collaboration with SPIDER (The Swedish Program for ICT in Developing Regions) and Stockholm University. These sessions gathered health experts from Bangladesh and Africa to share knowledge on digital health solutions.
- SAJIDA FoundationcoreSAJIDA Foundation is the implementation partner for a Wellcome-funded initiative led by mPower to develop a culturally aligned Generative AI assistant for para-counselors providing frontline mental health support in Bangladesh. The project also involves the University of Toronto as research partner.
- REAN FoundationminormPower, in partnership with REAN Foundation, developed MEETA, a Generative AI-driven mental health chatbot assistant designed to improve access to mental health awareness and referral pathways for youth in Bangladesh.
- icddrb (International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh)coreicddrb collaborated with mPower on dMENTHOL, a digital mental health platform for women in urban Bangladesh. The platform is designed to improve access to mental health care for women.
- University of TorontocoreThe University of Toronto serves as the research partner on a Wellcome-funded initiative with mPower and SAJIDA Foundation to develop culturally aligned Generative AI for mental health para-counselors in Bangladesh.
- JHU Global mHealth InitiativecoreThe mTika model was initially conceptualized by JHU Global mHealth Initiative. mPower operationalized the model which was initially funded by Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and Grand Challenges Canada.
- Agriculture Information Service (AIS), BangladeshcoreAIS is part of the GEOPOTATO consortium and is responsible for creating farmer awareness about the late blight alert service.
- Bangladesh Centre for Advanced Studies and TerraSphere (Netherlands)corePart of the GEOPOTATO consortium, responsible for remote sensing and GIS components of the late blight prediction system.
- Wageningen University & Research (Netherlands)corePart of the GEOPOTATO consortium, responsible for weather forecasting, late blight risk model, and crop growth model development.
- ICCO CooperationcorePart of the GEOPOTATO consortium, responsible for demo plot management in the field.
- Surjer Hashi Network (SHN) – USAIDcoreSHN, a USAID initiative, partnered with mPower to implement a centralized OpenMRS model across 134 clinics. mPower designed and developed the system, which has improved resource mobilization and transparency across the clinic network.
- WHO BangladeshminorWHO Bangladesh is listed among mPower's clients and collaborators, indicating partnership on health information systems and digital health initiatives.
- GAIN BangladeshminorListed as a collaborator on nutrition and food security digital solutions.
- WaterAid BangladeshminorPartner on water sanitation monitoring programs using mobile-based Program MIS for field-level water quality monitoring.
- Concern WorldwideminorListed as a client organization, indicating collaboration on development programs.
- Save the Children BangladeshminorListed as a client, indicating collaboration on child rights and governance programs.
- BRACcoreBRAC is a major client for multiple mPower implementations including mHealth for MNCH under Manoshi, camp site management platforms, and inventory management systems for humanitarian response.
- FHI360minorListed as a client organization for digital health and development programs.
- FAO BangladeshminorListed as a client, indicating collaboration on agricultural digital solutions.
- ChemonicsminorListed as a client organization for international development programs.
- JHPIEGOminorListed as a client organization for health programs.
- International Rescue Committee (IRC)minorListed as a client organization for humanitarian response programs.
- Swiss ContactminorListed as a client for development programs in Bangladesh.
- Relief InternationalminorListed as a client for humanitarian response programs.
- IOM BangladeshminorListed as a client for refugee camp management and humanitarian response solutions.
Scale indicators12 records
Recent moves6 records
Expansion highlights6 records
mPower competitors and assessment
Company assessmentEmerging players
- Ignitia: Ignitia delivers tropical-weather forecasting and SMS/voice-based agricultural advisories to smallholder farmers in West Africa. Closely comparable to mPower's GEOPOTATO/Shufola satellite-and-weather-driven agro-advisory model, though with a different geographic footprint.
- Praekelt.org: Praekelt builds mobile-first digital health, nutrition, and social development solutions (e.g., Mama Baby matrix messaging, Hello Mama) primarily across Africa. Comparable in mission and technology stack (SMS/voice/AI for development) though more Africa-focused than mPower's Bangladesh base.
Direct peers
- IDinsight: IDinsight provides data and evidence-based advisory services to development organizations and governments across Africa and Asia. Comparable to mPower's monitoring, evaluation, and decision-support offerings for donor-funded programs and government ministries.
- Medic (formerly Medic Mobile): Medic develops the Community Health Toolkit and related digital tools that support CHW workflows in maternal, newborn, and child health programs across Africa and Asia. Overlaps directly with mPower's mHealth/MNCH and CHW chatbot work, including LLM-augmented CHW support.
- Ona: Ona is a direct technology peer — it co-built OpenSRP with mPower (UNICEF Innovation Fund), provides digital data systems and field-data collection platforms for development programs, and competes for similar ICT4D and health-system implementation contracts.
- Dimagi: Dimagi builds CommCare, a widely used open-source mHealth and data collection platform for frontline workers (CHWs, case workers) in low-resource settings, and sells digital development solutions to NGOs and governments globally — directly comparable to mPower's OpenSRP/OpenMRS-based health and humanitarian offerings.
- Digital Green: Digital Green builds digital extension and advisory tools for smallholder farmers in South Asia and East Africa, including video-based advisory and data-driven agriculture services. Highly comparable to mPower's Shufola, GEOPOTATO, and GEOBIS agricultural advisory portfolio.
- Viamo: Viamo delivers mobile-based information and advisory services (IVR, SMS, apps) to underserved populations across Africa, Asia, and Latin America. Closely comparable to mPower's Shufola/GEOPOTATO SMS/voice agricultural advisory and MEETA/dMENTHOL health information services.
Broad incumbents
- PATH: PATH is a large global health nonprofit that designs and implements digital health, vaccine delivery, and MNCH programs, often partnering with mPower's same donor set (USAID, Gates, UNICEF). Competes for adjacent digital health and health-systems contracts and is a broader, more diversified incumbent.
- JSI (John Snow, Inc.): JSI is a large global public health consulting firm implementing USAID- and donor-funded health systems strengthening programs worldwide. A broader incumbent that competes for many of the same SHN/USAID-scale contracts mPower operates within, though at much larger scale and with a wider portfolio.
Market position
Strengths4 records
Weaknesses5 records
Competitive moat3 records
Key risks6 records
Key highlights6 records
Customer concentration
mPower social profiles
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Trust signalCompliance2 records
mPower financial estimates
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mPower leadership team
Management profileNumber of profiles
Profiles4 records
mPower funding detail
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Funding rounds
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Frequently asked questions about mPower
What does mPower do?
mPower Social Enterprises designs, develops, and deploys digital technology platforms for development organizations across health, agriculture, education, climate, and humanitarian sectors in Bangladesh and South Asia. The company co-creates tailored software solutions (including OpenMRS healthcare systems, OpenSRP-based mHealth apps, satellite-driven agricultural decision support systems, AI-powered chatbots, and case management platforms) and delivers them as donor-funded project implementations, platform licenses, or subscription-based consumer services such as the Pandoo Bangla learning app.
Is mPower a public or private company?
mPower is a private company. It is classified as founder individual operated bootstrapped and is currently operating.
When was mPower founded?
mPower was founded in 2008. It employs 51 to 100 people.
Where is mPower based?
mPower is headquartered in Dhaka, Bangladesh, in the Asia region.
How does mPower make money?
Three revenue lines are on record. Donor-Funded Development Projects are the primary driver. The others are technology Licensing and Platform Deployment and edTech Subscription (Pandoo App).
Who are mPower's main competitors?
Emerging players on record are Ignitia and Praekelt.org. Direct peers are IDinsight, Medic (formerly Medic Mobile), Ona, Dimagi, Digital Green and Viamo. Broad incumbents are PATH and JSI (John Snow, Inc.).
Does mPower have an API?
No public API is recorded for mPower.
What industry is mPower in?
mPower's product category is Social Development Technology. Its primary akta.pro industry code is BPADAEAL, Digital Development & ICT4D / GovTech Technical Assistance, with a secondary code of BPADAEAK, Humanitarian-Development-Peace Nexus & Resilience Programming. Its NAICS code is 5415 and its SIC code is 7371.