What is an ICT4D Solution in International Development?
An ICT4D Solution is the use of digital tools in international development programs to accelerate social and economic advancement of poor and marginalized communities. ICT4D Solutions can support education, health, agriculture, economic goals using innovative technologies or methodologies. The Principles of Digital Development guide development professionals in successful local project interventions and national program deployments.
Examples of ICT4D Solutions
Please find below an ever-expanding list of successful ICT4D Solutions deployed by international development practitioners and humanitarian relief agencies.
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...
Why Simple Voice Technology Still Matters for Digital Inclusion
Smartphones are everywhere, but not for everyone. One-third of adults in developing countries do not own smartphones. Yet, smart phones dominate the digital for...
Apply Now: $250,000 for Youth-Led Tech Solutions to End Poverty
While 1.1 billion people live in acute multidimensional poverty, over half of them children, young innovators worldwide are proving that technology can bridge the...
8 Lessons Learned from Building My First Custom GPT
I am Mike Meyers and I just published my first custom GPT—a learning advisor designed to guide you through a streamlined version of a process I’ve relied on...
Technology Supporting Weak Ties Amplify Women’s Entrepreneurship
While development practitioners obsess over access to capital and business training, groundbreaking research from The Gambia reveals something far more powerful:...
Rethinking Open Source in the Age of Foundational AI Models
As the global artificial intelligence community wrestles with the tension between scale and accessibility, recent work by researchers at Lelapa AI offers a compelling...
Pop Quiz: Name 20 Digital Health Global Good Solutions That Scaled
Digital health solutions are critical tools for strengthening health systems in low- and middle-income countries and there are many to choose from in 2025.
We can...
Opportunities and Challenges with Social Media and Indigenous Youth
Social media platforms like Facebook, YouTube, and Instagram have become tools of empowerment—but also engines of harm—for Indigenous youth.
A recent study...
We Need Guardrails to Stop the Wild West of Artificial Intelligence
In today’s rapidly evolving technological landscape, artificial intelligence stands as perhaps our most transformative innovation—and potentially our most...
What is Responsible AI vs. Trustworthy AI for Africans?
The shift from Responsible AI to Trustworthy AI evident in policies and practice represents an evolution in how organisations and governments conceptualise and...
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