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Climate change has and will continue to have a profound impact on escalating infectious diseases. Warming temperatures are making new environments more suitable for disease-carrying vectors, such as mosquitoes, creating...
Published on: Mar 10 2022 by Guest Writer - Comments Off on 7 National Digital Identity Recommendations for 10 African Countries
Efforts to establish or improve national identification systems in Africa have coincided with the increasing deployment of mobile technology. This has led to the prioritisation of digital “solutions” for facilitating...
Published on: Mar 09 2022 by Guest Writer - Comments Off on USAID Resilience and Food Security Digital Strategy Action Plan
The application of digital technology within resilience and food security sectors has both sectorally unique elements, as well as some commonalities. Digital technologies present an opportunity to benefit multiple resilience...
According to the World Bank, West Africa is particularly vulnerable to climate change. The region will be buffeted by severe and extreme weather pattern changes creating a crisis due to its strong dependence on agriculture...
Published on: Mar 05 2022 by Rowena Luk - Comments Off on Aid Evolved Podcast: Why Is It So Hard for Local Organizations to Manage USAID Funding?
Aid, Evolved is a podcast about technology, poverty, and global health. Every two weeks we bring you a new episode about doing good, better. We speak first-hand with innovators, non-profits, social enterprises, and donors...
Published on: Mar 03 2022 by Guest Writer - Comments Off on Global Public Goods Guidebook for Sustainable Digital Health Deployments
Global goods are digital health software tools that are adaptable to different countries and contexts to help address key health system challenges.
A mature digital health global good software is categorized as free and...
Published on: Mar 02 2022 by Guest Writer - Comments Off on 6 Constraints on Youth Usage of Internet Services in African Countries
The Internet is presented as a panacea for the challenges that young people face, but this is not necessarily the case. Despite being drivers of Internet take up, young people’s use of the Internet is not optimal,...
Most technology systems were built to serve wealthy majorities who have rich digital access and literacy. This creates a digital divide that separates the already advantaged from everyone else. During the COVID-19 pandemic...
Gender Data 201 is a free online course developed by the Data Pop Alliance, Facebook, and TechChange. The objective of the course is to develop a hands-on online learning experience to equip participants with the basic data...
Published on: Feb 23 2022 by Wayan Vota - Comments Off on 5 Ways to Implement 9 UN Principles for Responsible Digital Payments
The transformative power of digital payments will be invaluable in rebuilding economies from the wreckage of the COVID-19 pandemic, especially for women and girls who have been disproportionately affected. UN Women estimates...
