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Giving Thanks: Top 15 Digital Development Blogs Focused on LMICs

Giving Thanks: Top 15 Digital Development Blogs Focused on LMICs

Published on: Nov 27 2025 by Wayan Vota - Leave a Comment
Today is American Thanksgiving, and I’d like to give thanks to Tony Roberts, for his post from 2016: Let a Thousand ICT4D Blogs Bloom. It looked at the leading...
The Surprising Invisible Killer of African Health Information Systems

The Surprising Invisible Killer of African Health Information Systems

Published on: Nov 25 2025 by Wayan Vota - 1 Comment
Everyone wants to talk about digital infrastructure. Unreliable electricity, spotty internet, inadequate hardware budgets. These are real problems, and I’ve...
Apply Now: $150,000 Unrestricted Funding for Scaling Your Impact

Apply Now: $150,000 Unrestricted Funding for Scaling Your Impact

Published on: Nov 24 2025 by Wayan Vota - 6 Comments
The gap between promising digital innovations and transformative impact at scale remains one of development’s most persistent challenges. Subscribe Now for...
When Does NOT Using AI in LMIC Healthcare Become Unethical?

When Does NOT Using AI in LMIC Healthcare Become Unethical?

Published on: Nov 20 2025 by Wayan Vota - 4 Comments
We are quickly reaching an inflection point where withholding Generative AI solutions from healthcare systems in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) will be...
Why Your Digital Health Pilots Never Scale: Government Procurement Challenges

Why Your Digital Health Pilots Never Scale: Government Procurement Challenges

Published on: Nov 18 2025 by Wayan Vota - 1 Comment
 How many promising digital health pilots have you seen celebrated at conferences for addressing mental health, only to disappear into the graveyard of good intentions?...
Apply Now: $50,000 for AI-Powered Financial Technology Solutions

Apply Now: $50,000 for AI-Powered Financial Technology Solutions

Published on: Nov 17 2025 by Wayan Vota - Leave a Comment
Despite record progress in financial inclusion, 1.3 billion adults worldwide remain unbanked, with women comprising 55% of this excluded population. For communities...
WHO Digital Assistant Trap: Human Guides for Bad Digital Designs

WHO Digital Assistant Trap: Human Guides for Bad Digital Designs

Published on: Nov 11 2025 by Wayan Vota - 1 Comment
When the WHO Science Council released its 2025 report Advancing the Responsible Use of Digital Technologies in Global Health, I saw digital health practitioners...
Apply Now: $25,000 to Combat Africa’s Digital Rights Crisis

Apply Now: $25,000 to Combat Africa’s Digital Rights Crisis

Published on: Nov 10 2025 by Wayan Vota - 2 Comments
The authoritarian playbook is clear: shut down the internet, silence dissent, surveil citizens, manipulate elections. As a result, authorities cut internet access...
Why We Must Move Past US-China AI Cold War Binary Thinking

Why We Must Move Past US-China AI Cold War Binary Thinking

Published on: Nov 06 2025 by Wayan Vota - 1 Comment
We are witnessing one of the most dangerous narratives to emerge in the ICT4D space in decades. While Washington and Beijing battle for technological supremacy,...
4 Lessons Learned From Global Digital Health AI Chatbot Failures

4 Lessons Learned From Global Digital Health AI Chatbot Failures

Published on: Nov 04 2025 by Wayan Vota - 2 Comments
Sadly, countless health chatbot projects crash and burn across low- and middle-income countries each year. It’s not about artificial intelligence limitations,...