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Humanitarian aid organizations use ICT4D tools with refugees to provide displaced people with many lifesaving services. Education, healthcare, livelihoods, protection, and social cohesion are all more efficient with digital...
Published on: Mar 28 2023 by Wayan Vota - Comments Off on 5 Southeast Asian Startup Companies Using Generative AI for Social Impact
Southeast Asian startup companies are focusing on social impact to address specific local needs and challenges, such as poverty alleviation, education, healthcare, and sustainable development. By targeting these areas, startups...
While we all work to limit global warming, our communities will still witness the unavoidable effects of climate change over the next few decades, such as more frequent extreme weather events, displacements caused by...
Published on: Mar 23 2023 by Wayan Vota - Comments Off on Join These Exciting Sessions! Please Register Now for GDDF 2023
Please RSVP Now for the Global Digital Development Forum on April 26-27, 2023.
Already over 1,170 of your peers have registered for this virtual ICT4D conference co-organized by USAID, TechChange, Deloitte, and Chemonics,...
Educational technology is enhancing teaching and learning outcomes across the African continent. Looking at Ghana, in West Africa, teachers and parents can use educational technology to help Ghanaian learners in at least...
Published on: Mar 20 2023 by Wayan Vota - Comments Off on Apply Now: $2 Million for Internet Projects in Asia Pacific Countries
The challenges of improving Internet access are multi faceted and interrelated, particularly in developing countries. They include technical skills and knowledge, infrastructure reliability, and an enabling business environment....
“Innovation” has become a hugely popular word in the humanitarian and development sectors over the last 10 or 15 years. And amongst NGOs, UN agencies, and bilateral and multilateral agencies there has been an explosion...
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What is technology-facilitated gender-based violence?
Technology-facilitated gender-based violence, or TFGBV, is an act of violence perpetrated by one or more individuals that is committed, assisted, aggravated and amplified...
New blockchain technologies are enabling new products and services that can solve critical challenges of our society. Even better, chain-agnostic Web3 innovations that are decentralized and inclusive can support local...
Published on: Mar 09 2023 by Guest Writer - Comments Off on Comparing Direct-to-Handset Satellite Internet Service Providers
Different approaches are possible to enable Direct-to-Handset (DTH) satellite connectivity. For instance, there’s the approach by T-Mobile and SpaceX and by Apple and Globalstar. AST SpaceMobile is taking yet another...