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How Zambia’s Revenue Dreams Could Kill Digital Identity Adoption

How Zambia’s Revenue Dreams Could Kill Digital Identity Adoption

Published on: May 07 2026 by Wayan Vota - Comments Off on How Zambia’s Revenue Dreams Could Kill Digital Identity Adoption
Zambia is about to make a spectacular miscalculation. While researchers and development practitioners celebrate the potential of linking the country’s digital...
EMRs Save Lives. Why Are We Still Debating if We Fund Them?

EMRs Save Lives. Why Are We Still Debating if We Fund Them?

Published on: May 05 2026 by Wayan Vota - Comments Off on EMRs Save Lives. Why Are We Still Debating if We Fund Them?
Donor meetings often conclude that electronic medical records are too complex for low-resource settings. The conventional wisdom in our sector holds that digital...
Apply Now: $150,000 Artificial Intelligence for Humanity Prize

Apply Now: $150,000 Artificial Intelligence for Humanity Prize

Published on: May 04 2026 by Wayan Vota - Comments Off on Apply Now: $150,000 Artificial Intelligence for Humanity Prize
The AI divide is widening, not closing. As of June 2025, high-income countries held 77% of global colocation data center capacity, while low-income countries held...
We Built Digital Health Systems Without Securing Them. Now Constituents Are Paying for It.

We Built Digital Health Systems Without Securing Them. Now Constituents Are Paying for It.

Published on: Apr 30 2026 by Wayan Vota - 3 Comments
The development sector is proud of what it has built. DHIS2 runs national health information systems in more than 80 countries. CommCare supports community health...
10 African Country Case Studies Reveal 4 Surprising Biometric Digital ID Trends

10 African Country Case Studies Reveal 4 Surprising Biometric Digital ID Trends

Published on: Apr 28 2026 by Wayan Vota - Comments Off on 10 African Country Case Studies Reveal 4 Surprising Biometric Digital ID Trends
The digital development community keeps debating the promise versus peril of biometric digital ID systems across Africa. The conventional wisdom goes something...
Apply Now: $100,000 UNICEF Funding for Climate Tech Startups

Apply Now: $100,000 UNICEF Funding for Climate Tech Startups

Published on: Apr 27 2026 by Wayan Vota - 3 Comments
About 1 billion children live in countries facing high climate and environmental risk, and 466 million children now live in areas experiencing at least twice as...
Apply Now: $200,000 for Community-Centered Internet Connectivity

Apply Now: $200,000 for Community-Centered Internet Connectivity

Published on: Apr 20 2026 by Wayan Vota - 4 Comments
Over 2 billion people remain offline, roughly a quarter of the world’s population. Most live in rural, remote, or low-income communities where commercial...
3 Reasons African Mobile Money Programs Have a $1.7 Trillion AI Problem

3 Reasons African Mobile Money Programs Have a $1.7 Trillion AI Problem

Published on: Apr 16 2026 by Wayan Vota - 4 Comments
Mobile money is the one unambiguous success story in digital development. In 2024, 2.1 billion registered accounts processed 108 billion transactions worth $1.68...
Surprise! You Are an Advocacy Technologist in Domestic US NGOs

Surprise! You Are an Advocacy Technologist in Domestic US NGOs

Published on: Apr 14 2026 by Wayan Vota - 1 Comment
We are digital development practitioners in international development. Where does that role exist in domestic nonprofits working in the USA? A fascinating new research...
Apply Now: $150,000 from Gates Foundation for AI Donation Tools

Apply Now: $150,000 from Gates Foundation for AI Donation Tools

Published on: Apr 13 2026 by Wayan Vota - 1 Comment
Global generosity is under pressure. In 2024, only 33% of adults worldwide reported donating money to charity, down four points from the previous year, with financial...
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