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Published on: Oct 28 2025 by Wayan Vota - Comments Off on Mobile Phone Revolutions Make Telecenters Even More Essential
While development practitioners debate whether smartphones have rendered Community Information Centres obsolete, new research from Ghana reveals a more complex truth: CICs aren’t competing with mobile technology—they’re...
1.8 billion people still lack access to essential social services. Yet the nonprofit sector faces a persistent technology gap that undermines mission delivery.
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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...
Published on: Oct 21 2025 by Wayan Vota - Comments Off on Risk Reality Check: Six Generative AI Threats That Demand Action
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.
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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,...
