Unleash the potential of your used phone

Upcycle through us to become a part of the new regenerative global economy

EASE YOUR ENVIRONMENTAL CONSCIENCE

Hoarding a used smartphone in the drawer? You can now save our planet’s valuable resources, and give your phone a new life by sending it to us.

We wipe all the remaining data off the phone, after which a female entrepreneur in Africa will be given a chance to lease it at an affordable price. This is what we call upcycling. To make an environmentally friendly decision and upcycle your phone, just leave your details below (we won’t spam!), and we’ll get back to you with different options.

Smartphones4good brings together donated phones, phone refurbishers, recyclers, and secondhand phone resellers to enable equal opportunity to the digital 21st century to everyone.

WHEN YOU SEND A PHONE

Marie Bonne Iradukunda

Shop owner, Rwanda

” A smartphone can help me in so many things: to know different products on the market and their prices in other markets, to know how to check the quality of products. I can also download important apps to interact with friends”

A great way to fill two needs with one deed

Donating your used smartphone can mitigate the environmental burden of smartphone manufacturing while improving digital, financial, and gender equality in Africa. Giving access to information, your phone can become a weapon of self-liberation.

Your connection to a trusted ecosystem

Influenced by a broad network of impact investors, academia, as well as our local partners in several African countries, we have established a regenerative value chain with an approach of building from the ground up. Partnering with existing community-based lending circles guarantees a higher level of transparency and efficiency.

Be a part of a new narrative

We want to challenge the traditional perceptions often imposed on African women, and give them a voice to show the richness of their cultures and ways of life. Their respectful coexistence with nature is something we should all learn from. By doing business with them, we engage in an equal transaction that benefits all parties.

Follow our social media to participate in our ambitious vision of building a collaborative international community around circular economy!

HOW TO CONTRIBUTE

Click here for instructions for iPhone, and here for Android.

Yes!

I want to upcycle my phone

Once we receive your phone, our team of experts will ensure your privacy remains yours. Resetting the phone to factory settings by yourself does not guarantee a total removal of your data, so we have our own software to take care of that.

TESTIMONIALS

We are moving towards a world, where individuals have a possibility to create big changes. Technology enables global connections and brings enormous amounts of possibilities for creating impact, even from your own couch. Smartphones4good by Aion Sigma offers an opportunity to help and make an impact in a concrete way. Donating a phone will create a better tomorrow for African entrepreneurs.

For us at FundYou it's important to take concrete steps in sustainability, and do it with people who share the same values. It's wonderful how Smartphones4good by Aion Sigma combines circular economy with impact by recycling used phones and empowering women entrepreneurs in Africa. We might take owning a smartphone for granted, but that old phone in your drawer can be the first step for someone to launch their business. I strongly encourage all sized businesses to take part and donate their used phones.

We at Infine thrive to offer solutions for a sustainable lifestyle and to create a more sustainable future for all. We wanted to take part in the Smartphones4good project in order to support women’s entrepreneurship and the equality of opportunities. It is also important that usable equipment can be utilized for a new purpose, and that at the end of their life cycle they’re disposed of in a way that brings the raw materials back into the circulation as much as possible.