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Apply Now: $500,000 for Your Humanitarian Crisis Solutions

Apply Now: $500,000 for Your Humanitarian Crisis Solutions

Published on: Feb 13 2023 by Wayan Vota - 1 Comment
Information and communication technology solutions have the potential to greatly enhance and amplify the impact of efforts to address pressing global challenges...
Giving Thanks to ICT4D Donors that Changed Digital Development

Giving Thanks to ICT4D Donors that Changed Digital Development

Published on: Nov 24 2022 by Wayan Vota - 3 Comments
Today in the USA it is the Thanksgiving holiday, which historically was a day we gave thanks for a bountiful summer harvest and successful preparations for winter....
Apply Now: $100,000 for Digital Solutions to the Global Food Crisis

Apply Now: $100,000 for Digital Solutions to the Global Food Crisis

Published on: Oct 24 2022 by Wayan Vota - 4 Comments
Up to 828 million people – more than one in ten of the world’s population – still go to bed hungry each night. A deadly combination of conflict, climate...
Apply Now: $250,000 Funding for Your Digital Health Innovations

Apply Now: $250,000 Funding for Your Digital Health Innovations

Published on: Aug 29 2022 by Wayan Vota - 1 Comment
The United Nations World Food Programme Innovation Accelerator sources, supports, and scales high-impact innovations to achieve Zero Hunger. The Innovation Accelerator...
Apply Now: $100,000 for Your Digital Climate Change Adaptation Solution

Apply Now: $100,000 for Your Digital Climate Change Adaptation Solution

Published on: Jun 27 2022 by Wayan Vota - 2 Comments
The climate crisis is one of the biggest problems facing the world today. It is, along with conflict and overall economic instability, the main reason why 811 million...
Apply Now: $1.5 Million Blockchain and Crypto for Good Program Grants

Apply Now: $1.5 Million Blockchain and Crypto for Good Program Grants

Published on: Apr 11 2022 by Wayan Vota - 2 Comments
New blockchain technologies are enabling new products and services that can solve critical challenges of our society. Even better, chain-agnostic Web3 innovations...
5 Ways to Implement 9 UN Principles for Responsible Digital Payments

5 Ways to Implement 9 UN Principles for Responsible Digital Payments

Published on: Feb 23 2022 by Wayan Vota - Comments Off on 5 Ways to Implement 9 UN Principles for Responsible Digital Payments
The transformative power of digital payments will be invaluable in rebuilding economies from the wreckage of the COVID-19 pandemic, especially for women and girls...
Apply Now: $250,000 for Open Source COVID-19 Digital Health Solutions

Apply Now: $250,000 for Open Source COVID-19 Digital Health Solutions

Published on: Nov 08 2021 by Wayan Vota - 3 Comments
As the COVID-19 Digital Response continues to create global goods with scalable digital solutions using open standards and approaches, there is a need to focus...
Four Surprising Ways Mode and Gender Can Transform Your Survey Data

Four Surprising Ways Mode and Gender Can Transform Your Survey Data

Published on: Mar 13 2019 by Guest Writer - Comments Off on Four Surprising Ways Mode and Gender Can Transform Your Survey Data
With the enormous growth of mobile connectivity in developing countries and the proliferation of apps enabling easy collection of data via mobile technologies,...
Look Who Is Riding the Blockchain Hype Train

Look Who Is Riding the Blockchain Hype Train

Published on: May 31 2018 by Guest Writer - 14 Comments
A blockchain is basically a special kind of database. They are inherently inefficient compared to a traditional database, but that is viewed as a sacrifice to gain...