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Please Submit Session Ideas Now: Global Digital Development Forum 2023

Please Submit Session Ideas Now: Global Digital Development Forum 2023

Published on: Jan 11 2023 by Wayan Vota - Comments Off on Please Submit Session Ideas Now: Global Digital Development Forum 2023
Please Submit Session Ideas Now for the hybrid Global Digital Development Forum on April 26-27, 2023. We are expanding on the virtual GDDF format that spans the...
9 World Bank Digital Agriculture Programs Improving Food Security

9 World Bank Digital Agriculture Programs Improving Food Security

Published on: Jan 10 2023 by Wayan Vota - Comments Off on 9 World Bank Digital Agriculture Programs Improving Food Security
Digital agriculture is the use of information and communication technologies across the agriculture and food system. According to the World Bank, agritech can help...
Apply Now: $100,000 Seed Funding & MEST Business Incubation

Apply Now: $100,000 Seed Funding & MEST Business Incubation

Published on: Jan 09 2023 by Wayan Vota - 3 Comments
Digital skills and technology solutions are more critical for African economies as they embrace digital transformation. Countries are positioning themselves as...
Apply Now: $25,000 UNESCO Prize for Your EduTech Solution

Apply Now: $25,000 UNESCO Prize for Your EduTech Solution

Published on: Jan 02 2023 by Wayan Vota - Comments Off on Apply Now: $25,000 UNESCO Prize for Your EduTech Solution
We need to harness the power of the digital revolution to ensure quality education is provided as a public good and a human right, with a particular focus on the...
Apply Now: £250,000 to Predict Humanitarian Response Needs

Apply Now: £250,000 to Predict Humanitarian Response Needs

Published on: Dec 26 2022 by Wayan Vota - 1 Comment
 The negative impacts of climate change are growing. In addition, other natural and man-made events can damage or destroy communities and their resilience. We...
World Bank Funding for Digital Agriculture Startup Companies

World Bank Funding for Digital Agriculture Startup Companies

Published on: Dec 20 2022 by Wayan Vota - Comments Off on World Bank Funding for Digital Agriculture Startup Companies
Digital agriculture is important to the World Bank because it can help improve food security by making the food system more efficient, sustainable and equitable....
Apply Now: $200,000 for African Climate Adaptation Data Research

Apply Now: $200,000 for African Climate Adaptation Data Research

Published on: Dec 19 2022 by Wayan Vota - 1 Comment
Climate change and food security have an immutable link. Climate change has a cascading impact from agroecosystems to agricultural production, to the people and...
Coming Soon: Hybrid Global Digital Development Forum 2023

Coming Soon: Hybrid Global Digital Development Forum 2023

Published on: Dec 15 2022 by Wayan Vota - Comments Off on Coming Soon: Hybrid Global Digital Development Forum 2023
The Global Digital Development Forum is returning for a 4th year on April 26-27, 2023. This year we will host a hybrid event, including an online conference for...
Apply Now: $100,000 for Your Climate Change Resilience Solutions

Apply Now: $100,000 for Your Climate Change Resilience Solutions

Published on: Dec 12 2022 by Wayan Vota - 4 Comments
UNICEF’s Children’s Climate Risk Index reveals that 1 billion children (nearly half of the world’s child population) are at ‘extremely high risk’...
ChatGPT is Coming for Your International Development Job

ChatGPT is Coming for Your International Development Job

Published on: Dec 08 2022 by Wayan Vota - 14 Comments
Almost 10 years ago, we predicted that the rise of advanced algorithms and open data would converge and a computer could to do your international development job...
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