What AMI Can Teach Us About Digital Utility Management

Over the years, I’ve found myself working at a crossroads few professionals ever step into — not by design, but by following problems that truly matter. I didn’t start with a grand title or a ten-year plan. I started with a simple but powerful idea: that parenting and education, when supported by thoughtful technology, could transform lives.

It turns out that very few people actually work at this intersection. The global education workforce exceeds 120 million people. Parenting experts, family counselors, maternal health workers — they number in the millions too. But when you look for individuals who are building solutions that cut across early childhood education, maternal health, digital parenting platforms, and AI-driven innovation, the list gets very, very short.

Most parenting platforms focus on content. Most edtech startups focus on classrooms. Most digital health tools don’t think much about the everyday challenges parents face. And very few work across all of these domains, at scale, in underserved regions — with measurable impact and global recognition. That’s where we’ve chosen to stand.

At ToguMogu, we built Bangladesh’s first and largest parenting platform from scratch — not just to deliver content, but to connect parents to doctors, mental health support, early learning resources, and tools that grow with their child. With Light of Hope, we’ve worked with UNICEF, Save the Children, and others to bring creativity and empathy into children’s learning journeys. These aren’t isolated projects — they are part of a long-term mission to bridge critical gaps between families and the systems meant to support them.

What surprises me the most is how rare this work still is. Fewer than a thousand people globally — if that — are navigating this space with both a social mission and a tech-forward mindset. Even fewer are doing so in a way that scales, gets recognized internationally, and leaves a real mark on policy and practice.

That rarity is not a point of pride — it’s a call to action.

We need more innovators working where parenting, health, and education meet. We need more funders willing to invest in long-term family wellbeing. And we need more collaboration across sectors that too often work in silos.
Some of the most meaningful innovations don’t begin in tech hubs or billion-dollar boardrooms. They begin where the problems are personal — in homes, classrooms, and clinics where families are figuring it out on their own. That’s where we started — not with perfect conditions, but with purpose. And when solutions born in places like Dhaka prove they can create real, measurable change, they’re not just local innovations — they’re global models worth scaling.

Innovating Education and Empowering Families Worldwide