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Last week, I had ChatGPT explain what to expect in the $95 million USAID Advancing Digital Democracy Request for Proposal (RFP).
Back then we only had the ADD Request for Information (RFI). Yet the same day, USAID published...
Digital platforms, models, and systems have become an important battleground for democracy. Authoritarians have weaponized technology and data. States struggle to balance human rights protections with national security considerations....
African countries have often trailed behind other regions in technological innovation. From the adoption of the telephone, electricity, and even the Internet, the continent frequently lags in embracing new technologies that...
We need to build evidence for how artificial intelligence can improve economic opportunity for low income people. That might mean streamlining access to services and benefits, enhancing job market intelligence, personalized...
Artificial intelligence technologies have the potential to improve the quality of life for marginalized populations, including people with disabilities. However, a majority of these AI solutions are designed for people in...
There is a harsh reality in digital development: Women need much more than a phone to bridge the digital gender gap. They needed to overcome the gender norms that impede their access to basic digital literacy and technology...
As governments develop artificial intelligence strategies to manage the integration of AI within the private sector and its impact on social dynamics, a schism is developing between wealthier countries and lower-middle-income...
Provision of public services in less-developed countries is rife with corruption problems. Corruption at the local level is particularly problematic and directly harms the poor. There is a clear link between citizen voice,...
Language diversity on the African continent is both a cultural strength and a technological challenge. With over 2,000 spoken languages, mainstream artificial intelligence tools have largely ignored the vast majority of...
In the dense foliage of the Amazon rainforest, the Marubo tribe, a remote indigenous community, recently witnessed a monumental change: the arrival of Starlink internet connectivity. This event, as detailed in a recent New...
