Digital Sovereignty Won’t Save Us From Internet Shutdowns
The development community needs to wake up to a harsh reality: the same digital sovereignty rhetoric we’ve championed to counter American and Chinese tech...
Why India’s Digital Public Infrastructure Will Democratize AI Usage
Low- and middle-income countries often make the same mistake with every new technology wave. They chase the Silicon Valley model, throwing resources at private...
Ramses Fire Wake-Up Call Shows Urgency of eGovernment Resilience
On the evening of July 7, 2025, a fire erupted on the upper floors of the Ramses Central Exchange building in downtown Cairo, setting off a chain of events that...
Why Digital Public Infrastructure Orientation Determines Development Impact
When Facebook’s global outage in 2021 disrupted COVID-19 health updates for millions in Argentina and other countries, it exposed an uncomfortable reality...
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Rapid technological advancement promises tremendous benefits, but it also risks exacerbating socio-economic disparities and deepening social divisions.
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Artificial Intelligence and Digital Public Infrastructure Can Transform Service Delivery
The humanitarian sector stands at the cusp of a technological revolution that could fundamentally transform how we deliver services to the world’s most vulnerable...
Can Artificial Intelligence Improve Digital Public Infrastructure Solutions?
Technology can transform our ability to help those in need. The convergence of artificial intelligence and digital public infrastructure (DPI) represents one of...
Could Digital Public Infrastructure be a Reason for Trump 2.0 to Fund USAID?
At a recent Technology Salon on USAID under Trump 2.0, one of the participants put forth an interesting question for us to consider: Could digital public infrastructure...
Moving to Impact-Driven Change in Digital Health Transformation
Alain Labrique delivered the closing keynote at the 2024 Global Digital Health Forum in Nairobi, reflecting on the pressing need to transform global health through...
Why International Donors Are Investing in Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI)
In a world increasingly reliant on technology, digital public infrastructure (DPI) has emerged as a critical component of modern society. DPI has the potential...








