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I have lost count of how many digital health pilot projects promised to revolutionize healthcare access in LMICs. Most delivered a few thousand consultations before quietly disappearing. Then there’s eSanjeevani, India’s...
Most development organizations are sleepwalking into a generative AI crisis.
While we’re busy celebrating ChatGPT’s latest capabilities, ASEAN’s new Expanded Guide on AI Governance and Ethics has identified...
The development sector faces a paradox. Despite decades of innovation in ICT4D solutions, most social ventures remain trapped in a cycle of small grants and limited reach. The challenges we face today demand innovative...
Priyanka Praminik was running a computer center in Islampur, West Bengal, when the Digital Empowerment Foundation’s district coordinator approached Priyanka to help rural women entrepreneurs learn digital skills.
Bengal’s...
The dream of upward mobility is increasingly out of reach for millions. Low-income workers around the world face systemic barriers to better jobs, education, and public benefits. Barriers that trap families in cycles of...
In Sub-Saharan Africa, 10-12 million young people enter the labor market annually, yet only 3 million formal jobs are created. Meanwhile, Europe and the Gulf face acute shortages in hospitality, construction, and healthcare....
Digital leaders across the humanitarian, development, and conservation space are grappling with an unprecedented combination of system shocks, shrinking funding, and accelerating tech change.
The 2025 NetHope Global Summit...
Large, resource-intensive, general-purpose Generative AI models are causing undeniable harm to the environment, the climate, and communities around the globe.
Small language models, built in purposeful and controlled ways,...
The global startup ecosystem faces a persistent challenge: early-stage ventures struggle to secure both capital and visibility in an increasingly crowded marketplace. However, venture capital often concentrates in established...
As I sit among women from the Kasba Sangha Mahila Self Help Group Cooperative Society in West Bengal, I ask what single factor shapes a woman’s entrepreneurial journey.
“Family support,” they answer in...
