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Washington, D.C. – For Immediate Release, April 1, 2019: Today the United States Agency for International Development launches a groundbreaking initiative...
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When I was younger, I was taught that the ridges and patterns found...
Apply Now: $25 Million in Artificial Intelligence Grants from Google
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They...
The Rise of Artificial Intelligence for International Development – Your Weekend Long Reads
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Which African Governments Spy on Technology Users the Most?
Governments can legally spy on their residents in many ways, most of them hidden from our purview. However, telecommunications companies, now often a target of...
We Need to Start Investing in Data We Already Have
If there’s one thing we’ve learned in the last few months it’s just how much data there is out there that’s not being used.
In fact by aggregating data...
How Do You Know When You Are Done?
Here is one of the basic questions for a mass Long Lasting Insecticidal Net distribution campaign, “How do you know when you are done?” Population data...
Basic Mobile Internet Skills Training Toolkit
Mobile phones are much more than just a tool for making calls. Increasingly they are the primary way people across the world access the internet. Whilst the internet...
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