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A significant financing deficit lies between Africa’s current reality and the mobility that it both needs and aspires to. Unmanned aerial vehicles and cargo drones have the potential to leapfrog transport infrastructure...
As a social enterprise funded through user fees from hundreds of different organizations, we at Dobility have an unusual degree of freedom: for the most part, we don’t have donors or investors to answer to, and even...
Published on: Apr 11 2019 by Wayan Vota - Comments Off on 6 Data-Driven Reasons to Join Us at SwitchPoint 2019
Please register now to join your peers and colleagues at SwitchPoint 2019, where humanitarian innovation, global health & technology collide on April 25-26, 2019 in beautiful Saxapahaw, North Carolina.
SwitchPoint is...
Back in 2014, I was excited to help lead the adoption efforts for the Principles for Digital Development, nine living guidelines that are designed to help integrate best practices into technology-enabled programs.
Fast forward...
Thank you, dear readers, for supporting ICTworks as we pass an amazing milestone. 10 years ago today – April 8th, 2009 – we launched ICTworks with a humble goal to increase the effectiveness of ICT programs in...
Secondary school students in Cameroon spend the entire last month of their final year in school preparing for their Baccalaureate. Passing it and scoring well marks a successful debut into adult and professional life, opening...
Who’s your farmer? This sounds like a simple question for any agricultural intervention, but it is fraught with complexity, especially for those of us who are trying to support women through agricultural programs. Why...
Washington, D.C. – For Immediate Release, April 1, 2019: Today the United States Agency for International Development launches a groundbreaking initiative to harness the power of artificial intelligence to improve...
Back in the day, One Laptop Per Child promised a digital revolution in education. By handing out “$100 laptops” to children, and for the most part sidelining teachers, the organizers believed that children would...
Published on: Mar 27 2019 by Wayan Vota - Comments Off on DHIRT: How Donors Will Evaluate Your Digital Health Proposal
It’s no secret that donors like USAID, DFID, and the Gates Foundation, and national governments struggle to evaluate digital health solutions embedded in program proposals and project workplans.
Technology innovations...