Practical Insights on Technology for ICT4D Projects

Announcing the AI Billions Fund for Technology Nonprofits

Announcing the AI Billions Fund for Technology Nonprofits

Published on: Sep 29 2026 by Guest Writer - 1 Comment
The nonprofit sector is all a-twitter about the coming “third wave” of AI-fueled philanthropy, inspired by an article from Nan Ransohoff. The debates range...
The Next Billion Users Will Not Read Your Consent Notices

The Next Billion Users Will Not Read Your Consent Notices

Published on: Sep 24 2026 by Wayan Vota - 1 Comment
The privacy consent model assumes a person who reads the notice, understands it, and chooses. For the hundreds of millions of people coming online for the first...
Use This Simple AI Framework to Stop Drowning in AI Governance

Use This Simple AI Framework to Stop Drowning in AI Governance

Published on: Sep 15 2026 by Wayan Vota - Leave a Comment
Here’s what I find maddening about the current state of AI governance in humanitarian organizations: we’ve got 80% of aid workers using AI tools daily...
Unlimited Home Broadband Is the Real Connectivity Revolution

Unlimited Home Broadband Is the Real Connectivity Revolution

Published on: Aug 27 2026 by Wayan Vota - Leave a Comment
The ICT4D community obsesses over mobile coverage maps while completely missing what matters for digital inclusion. We celebrate when another country hits 90% mobile...
Voice Isn’t Failing LMICs – The Lack of Data Is

Voice Isn’t Failing LMICs – The Lack of Data Is

Published on: Aug 20 2026 by Guest Writer - 1 Comment
Recently, ICTWorks raised a valid alarm: voice-only interfaces are often failing small businesses in low- and middle-income countries. We’ve spent years at CLEAR...
India’s Data Law Is Stricter Than GDPR: Please Prepare Now

India’s Data Law Is Stricter Than GDPR: Please Prepare Now

Published on: Aug 18 2026 by Guest Writer - Leave a Comment
India’s Digital Personal Data Protection Rules take full effect on 13 May 2027. If your program collects data from anyone in India, you have nine months,...
Wow! Morocco Leads Africa in Certified Data Center Construction

Wow! Morocco Leads Africa in Certified Data Center Construction

Published on: Aug 06 2026 by Wayan Vota - Leave a Comment
Africa has 50 data centers that Uptime Institute has physically inspected and certified as built to Tier III or Tier IV. Morocco holds 17 of them, more than three...
We Have an Artificial Intelligence Definition Problem in ICT4D

We Have an Artificial Intelligence Definition Problem in ICT4D

Published on: Jul 30 2026 by Wayan Vota - 2 Comments
A new study in the International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science surveyed 200 women micro-entrepreneurs in Bengaluru and reported that 32.5%...
Your Health Data Problems Do Not Need Another Mobile Application

Your Health Data Problems Do Not Need Another Mobile Application

Published on: Jul 28 2026 by Wayan Vota - Leave a Comment
How many digital health conferences start with the same tired promise: “We just need to digitalize everything and health data quality will magically improve.”...
How I Built an Open Source Digital Marketplace for Women in Costa Rica

How I Built an Open Source Digital Marketplace for Women in Costa Rica

Published on: Jul 16 2026 by Guest Writer - 1 Comment
Honest ICT4D case studies are the ones that admit which technology choices were forced on us by the people we were trying to serve. I was the technical lead at...