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Open Source Software Trap: Our Fatal Business Model Flaw

Open Source Software Trap: Our Fatal Business Model Flaw

Published on: Jul 01 2025 by Nadia Andrada - 6 Comments
I’ve been building open source software technology for NGOs for over a decade, and I have a confession: we’ve been living a lie. For years, I firmly...
Brazil Needs to Create Sovereign Generative AI Solutions Now

Brazil Needs to Create Sovereign Generative AI Solutions Now

Published on: Dec 26 2024 by Nadia Andrada - 1 Comment
In the modern world, the ability to innovate with technology defines the path to development. For Brazil, I believe it is time to claim our space in the rising...
Please Stop Conjuring Blockchain Pilots in Humanitarian Relief Programs

Please Stop Conjuring Blockchain Pilots in Humanitarian Relief Programs

Published on: Oct 30 2024 by Nadia Andrada - 3 Comments
Blockchain technology has been lauded as a solution to longstanding development issues, with proponents claiming it can bring unprecedented transparency, accountability,...
3 Ways Starlink is an Extractive ICT Company in LMICs

3 Ways Starlink is an Extractive ICT Company in LMICs

Published on: Dec 28 2023 by Nadia Andrada - 8 Comments
Starlink is now the big favorite for Internet access across low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) around the world. Every technologist in developing countries...
Debate: Can ICT4D Improve International Development Programs?

Debate: Can ICT4D Improve International Development Programs?

Published on: Feb 07 2023 by Nadia Andrada - Comments Off on Debate: Can ICT4D Improve International Development Programs?
I recently had an interesting debate on the using of information and communication technology (ICT4D) in international development programs with my university professor. ...
The ICT4D Guilty Pleasure: Reinventing Digital Wheels for Donors

The ICT4D Guilty Pleasure: Reinventing Digital Wheels for Donors

Published on: Feb 18 2021 by Nadia Andrada - 28 Comments
We are all familiar with the concept of reinventing the flat tire in digital development. That’s when we repackage a known failure as new innovation, usually...
8 Digital Principle Issues with UNICEF’s Ethereum Cryptocurrency Donations

8 Digital Principle Issues with UNICEF’s Ethereum Cryptocurrency Donations

Published on: Oct 16 2019 by Nadia Andrada - 15 Comments
A popular (and troll-fueled) trope in Bitcoin Twitter culture is to respond to any stated challenge with, “Bitcoin fixes this!.” The years-long Ebola outbreak...