2 Ways to Improve CHW Data Collection at Health Facilities
The mixed-methods assessment of community health data in ‘Do you trust those data?’—a mixed-methods study assessing the quality of data reported by community...
Fatima: An Ethically-Driven Approach to Your Data Collection and Research Needs
A record 110 million people now require humanitarian assistance, as highlighted in the UNHCR’s Global Trends report released in June 2023. Understanding their...
3 Ways Starlink is an Extractive ICT Company in LMICs
Starlink is now the big favorite for Internet access across low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) around the world. Every technologist in developing countries...
12 Digital Development Terms Defined by Human Rights Defenders
Most of the conversations surrounding technology and human rights focus on top-down solutions, quite often ignoring the lived experiences and expertise of grassroots...
Negative Externalities of Digital Platforms Should Be Taxed
Talk to any peacebuilder trying to disseminate an alternative, complex narrative about a conflict, and they’ll tell you a version of the same thing: the odds...
Data Misuse is a Timeless Problem in Development
In the research paper, “Datafication, Power and Control in Development: A Historical Perspective on the Perils and Longevity of Data“, Katarzyna Cieslik...
Unsafe National Biometric Data Collection in 23 African Countries
In assessing the various laws and policies, CIPESA’s new report – Privacy Imperilled: Analysis of Surveillance, Encryption and Data Localisation Laws in...
6 Ways to Start Decolonizing Data for Development Today
If you work in data for development, you have likely heard about the potential of “data for good”. You might have even attended a webinar on how taking a more...
Where is Data Justice for the Next Billion Users in Digital Development?
In 2017, the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) revealed that 210 government websites had accidentally exposed the private information of more than...
Who Owns the Data in Global Public Health Programming?
A couple of years ago I attended the Global Digital Health Forum, where a speaker by the name of Jeff Street said something that has stuck with me ever since: “Whoever...