Please RSVP Now for Digital Development: From Principle to Practice
“The Principles for Digital Development represent a commitment not only to innovation, but sustainable results,” said USAID Administrator Dr. Rajiv Shah in...
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When the First Step is a Failure…
Last Thursday night, we had the 5th Annual Fail Festival DC, and by the tweets and photos it was an amazing event. Woven into the fun were several strong lessons...
4 Step Guide to How ICTs Can Help Farmers Adapt to Climate Change
The Climate Change Adaptation and ICT (CHAI) Project co-implemented by FHI 360, uses ICT tools to provide climate adaptation information to more than 100,000 farmers...
How Can We Fix the Facebook Safety Check Bias?
In reaction to Friday’s tragedy in Paris, Facebook activated its Safety Check feature for the first time for a man-made disaster. While I am excited about...
Can Crowdfunding Work for Developing World Projects?
As I experiment with crowdfunding for JadedAid, a card game to save humanitarians that I co-launched on Kickstarter, I wonder how entrepreneurs in the developing...
We Are Not Alone: Silicon Valley is Donor Driven Development Too
WeWork, the hot co-working space that features exposed brick, shiny desks, and free beer, has two locations in my office building. Both are beautiful and I only...
Please RSVP Now: USAID Digital Development Forum India
The Government of India launched the Digital India Program in 2015, with the aim to “transform the country into a digitally empowered society and knowledge economy”...
The 3 Secrets to Crowdfunding Success
Recently I launched a Kickstarter campaign for JadedAid, a card game to save humanitarians. Based on Cards Against Humanity, and other word association games, it...
Wow! Myanmar is Going Straight to Smartphones
A year ago, I predicted that Myanmar would be a smartphone only country. I saw the confluence of cheap smartphones, savvy people, and innovative mobile network...
Throwing an ICT4D BRCK at Hard Education Problems
Congratulations to BRCK on their launch of BRCK Education yesterday. The Kio Kit is certainly a very cool hardware solution that has key innovations for educational...
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