How Zambia’s Revenue Dreams Could Kill Digital Identity Adoption
Zambia is about to make a spectacular miscalculation.
While researchers and development practitioners celebrate the potential of linking the country’s digital...
Why Simple Voice Technology Still Matters for Digital Inclusion
Smartphones are everywhere, but not for everyone. One-third of adults in developing countries do not own smartphones. Yet, smart phones dominate the digital for...
The Surprising Invisible Killer of African Health Information Systems
Everyone wants to talk about digital infrastructure. Unreliable electricity, spotty internet, inadequate hardware budgets. These are real problems, and I’ve...
How Zambian Journalists are Using Artificial Intelligence in Newsrooms
Generative AI, natural language processing, and machine learning models, are being used by journalists in sub-Saharan Africa to enhance their reporting, storytelling,...
10 Examples of Successful African e-Government Digital Services
What are African e-Government Services?
African countries are implementing a diverse range of e-Government services, aiming to improve service delivery, enhance...
Do African Startup Bills Help Technology Firms?
Start up companies face a litany of challenges to grow from an idea to successful companies, and even more difficulties to scale nationally. From my research, most...
Congratulations! USAID 2022 Digital Development Award Winners
Winners of the USAID Digital Development Awards are helping countries and communities work toward sustainable growth and resilience by building digital skills...
5 Successful USAID Digital Health Solutions for HIV Patients
According to the USAID Development Experience Clearinghouse, a website that provides access to USAID’s project records and publications, there are...
Apply Now: 4 Ways to Launch Your Digital Development Career Today
Do you want to start our grow your career in digital development? Are you excited to use ICT4D to increase impact in 2022? Can you imagine yourself accelerating...
How African Governments and Citizens Spar Over Digital Civic Spaces
Civic space remains open in only two of Africa’s 54 countries. The reduction in safe public spaces in which democratic debate can take place represents a breach...











