Apply Now: £250,000 for Climate Resilience and Adaptation Programmes

Apply Now: £250,000 for Climate Resilience and Adaptation Programmes

Published on: Dec 13 2021 by Wayan Vota - 4 Comments
We will soon witness the unavoidable effects of climate change over the next few decades even as the global community works to limit global warming. People around the world will see more frequent extreme weather events,...
3 Ways to Overcome the Frontline Health Worker Shortage Today

3 Ways to Overcome the Frontline Health Worker Shortage Today

Published on: Dec 09 2021 by Guest Writer - 1 Comment
A ten-year countdown has begun to the deadline for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), including a pledge for universal health coverage. However, half the world’s population still lack access to essential...
New WHO Handbook: How to Build Digital Health Information Infostructure

New WHO Handbook: How to Build Digital Health Information Infostructure

Published on: Dec 08 2021 by Guest Writer - 1 Comment
The Digital Health Platform Handbook from the International Telecommunication Union and World Health Organization aims to assist countries with the advancement of their national digital health system, specifically through...
Apply Now: $750,000 Digital Health Funding from Gates Foundation

Apply Now: $750,000 Digital Health Funding from Gates Foundation

Published on: Dec 06 2021 by Wayan Vota - 3 Comments
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation sponsors Grand Challenges – a family of initiatives fostering innovation to solve key global health and development problems. Each initiative is an experiment in the use of challenges...
How EduTech Can Increase Literacy Skills for Children with Disabilities

How EduTech Can Increase Literacy Skills for Children with Disabilities

Published on: Dec 02 2021 by Guest Writer - Comments Off on How EduTech Can Increase Literacy Skills for Children with Disabilities
More than 93 million children globally have a disability, and of those who reside in countries with high poverty levels, at least 90 percent do not attend school. Factors like a lack of suitable transportation and infrastructure,...
12 Recommendations for Using Digital and Biometric Identity Systems

12 Recommendations for Using Digital and Biometric Identity Systems

Published on: Dec 01 2021 by Guest Writer - Comments Off on 12 Recommendations for Using Digital and Biometric Identity Systems
The AI4D – Digital and Biometric Identity Systems policy paper examines issues emerging around the deployment of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Digital and Biometric Identities (BDI) being rolled out across Africa...
Apply Now! $2 Million for Smallholder Farmer AgriTech Solutions

Apply Now! $2 Million for Smallholder Farmer AgriTech Solutions

Published on: Nov 29 2021 by Wayan Vota - 16 Comments
Agriculture is by far the most important economic activity in Africa, employing about two-thirds of the continent’s working population. Yet agricultural productivity growth in Africa is about half that seen in other developing...
What Are Your Thoughts on Health Data Governance Principles?

What Are Your Thoughts on Health Data Governance Principles?

Published on: Nov 25 2021 by Wayan Vota - Comments Off on What Are Your Thoughts on Health Data Governance Principles?
Over the last several decades, the collection and use of health data have grown in complexity and have become increasingly indivisible from the operation of health systems and the provision of health services. With this...
Apply Now: $900,000 for African Natural Language Processing Projects

Apply Now: $900,000 for African Natural Language Processing Projects

Published on: Nov 24 2021 by Wayan Vota - 1 Comment
The ability to communicate and be understood in one’s own language is fundamental to digital and societal inclusion. Natural language processing techniques have enabled critical artificial intelligence applications...