6 Principles for Gender Equitable Artificial Intelligence Solutions

6 Principles for Gender Equitable Artificial Intelligence Solutions

Published on: Aug 22 2024 by Guest Writer - Comments Off on 6 Principles for Gender Equitable Artificial Intelligence Solutions
Artificial intelligence and machine learning based solutions hold a promise of becoming a transformative force in multiple facets of humanitarian and development work. However, alongside this lies the potential of negative...
How Google Uses AI to Improve Flood Forecasting in 80 Countries

How Google Uses AI to Improve Flood Forecasting in 80 Countries

Published on: Aug 21 2024 by Wayan Vota - Comments Off on How Google Uses AI to Improve Flood Forecasting in 80 Countries
 The prediction and management of floods is a critical humanitarian issue in regions lacking hydrological data. Floods disproportionately affect developing countries due to the absence of dense streamflow gauge networks. Subscribe...
How Free Public WiFi Internet Access Benefits Youth in Nigeria

How Free Public WiFi Internet Access Benefits Youth in Nigeria

Published on: Aug 20 2024 by Wayan Vota - Comments Off on How Free Public WiFi Internet Access Benefits Youth in Nigeria
Free public Wi-Fi Internet access holds transformative potential for Nigeria’s youth, providing critical opportunities for education, employment, and social inclusion in a country where internet access remains limited...
Apply Now: $1.4 Million in Climate Change Artificial Intelligence Innovation Grants

Apply Now: $1.4 Million in Climate Change Artificial Intelligence Innovation Grants

Published on: Aug 19 2024 by Wayan Vota - 3 Comments
Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can help support climate change mitigation and adaptation, as well as climate science, across many different areas, for example energy, agriculture, forestry, climate...
Understanding Basic ICT4D Concepts: A Comprehensive Guide for Students

Understanding Basic ICT4D Concepts: A Comprehensive Guide for Students

Published on: Aug 16 2024 by Wayan Vota - Comments Off on Understanding Basic ICT4D Concepts: A Comprehensive Guide for Students
This comprehensive student guide will take you through the key concepts, theories, and real-world applications of ICT4D, offering insights into how technology can drive development and the challenges faced along the way. You...
How Evil is Big Tech with Corporate Capture of Artificial Intelligence Solutions?

How Evil is Big Tech with Corporate Capture of Artificial Intelligence Solutions?

Published on: Aug 15 2024 by Guest Writer - Comments Off on How Evil is Big Tech with Corporate Capture of Artificial Intelligence Solutions?
The current involvement of the private sector in the technopolitics of development, and specifically Big Tech, differs substantially from the role that it took during the 1980s. Subscribe Now for more digital development...
2 Ways to Improve CHW Data Collection at Health Facilities

2 Ways to Improve CHW Data Collection at Health Facilities

Published on: Aug 14 2024 by Guest Writer - Comments Off on 2 Ways to Improve CHW Data Collection at Health Facilities
The mixed-methods assessment of community health data in ‘Do you trust those data?’—a mixed-methods study assessing the quality of data reported by community health workers in Kenya and Malawi, found large discrepancies...
How to Include Marginalized Language Speakers in Development Programs

How to Include Marginalized Language Speakers in Development Programs

Published on: Aug 13 2024 by Sponsored Post - 1 Comment
There are more than 7,000 human languages, yet only those few used by the world’s economically and politically powerful nations have a strong online presence in digital platforms. For example, a language like Swahili,...
Apply Now: $5 Million for Digital Ideas Combating Child Sexual Exploitation and Abuse

Apply Now: $5 Million for Digital Ideas Combating Child Sexual Exploitation and Abuse

Published on: Aug 12 2024 by Wayan Vota - 2 Comments
Digital environments can bring harms to children and young people, especially the worst forms, namely online Child Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (CSEA) and other existing or emerging forms of online violence against children...