The IndiaAI Mission is spending taxpayer money for open-source LLMs. India is also a strong advocate of Digital Public Goods and Digital Public Infrastructure on...
The State Department’s $150 million grant to Zipline represents everything wrong with current “America First” aid policy. This deal positions...
I started ICTworks seventeen (17!) years ago to engage digital development leaders, and help us all implement technology solutions more effectively in international...
Published on: Jan 12 2026 by Wayan Vota - Comments Off on Apply Now: $5,000 for Your African Telecom Hardware Startup Idea
African startups raised just $2.2 billion in 2024. That is only 0.6% of global startup funding. Worse, most startups primarily focused on software-driven solutions,...
Published on: Jan 08 2026 by Wayan Vota - Comments Off on How Will You Respond? 6 Forces Reshaping Global Health in 2026
The global health sector faces its most dramatic transformation since the creation of multilateral institutions 70 years ago. While most organizations are still...
We’re at a critical inflection point for artificial intelligence in African education. The conventional wisdom in our community is that AI represents an unprecedented...
Africa’s health systems are undergoing unprecedented digital transformation, yet digital health initiatives often remain fragmented or misaligned with national...
Gender gaps in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) studies become evident from a young age, with girls facing barriers including unequal access to...
Published on: Dec 25 2025 by Wayan Vota - Comments Off on Why Every ICT4D Practitioner Should Care About Responsible Technology
When All Tech Is Human released its 2025 Responsible Tech Guide, it crystallized something I’ve been feeling: the work we’ve been doing at the intersection...
The digital development community has make this mistake before. We chase politically appealing solutions that sound like empowerment but actually deepen dependency...