UNICEF 10 Point Children’s Data Governance Manifesto
This year, 123 million children will celebrate their 18th birthday and entry into adulthood. For each boy or girl, tens of thousands of data points on average will...
8 Adolescent Perspectives on Artificial Intelligence Solutions
The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child promotes the right of young children and adolescents to participate in decision-making in policies, processes...
How to Develop Work-Ready Digital Skills in African Youth?
Although Kevin has a master’s degree in science and had been teaching ICT to secondary school students in Kenya for over 25 years, he scored just 61% on a digital...
Apply Now: $250,000 Cisco Youth Leadership Award for Tech Innovation
Around the world, countless people face daily inequalities. There’s no country in the world where girls and women have equal opportunities to boys and men....
5 Ways to Protect Children Online During COVID-19 Digital Response
The global coronavirus pandemic has prompted widespread school closures and physical distancing measures, making online platforms and communities essential to maintain...
What Are the Top 4 Mobile Money Purchases by African Youth?
Digital financial services in sub-Saharan Africa are changing rapidly with diversity in usage and uptake on such a diverse continent. Recently, GeoPoll embarked...
How an Online Lifestyle Brand Changed Gender Norms in Nigeria
Voices for Change (V4C) was an innovative social behaviour change communications (SBCC) programme aimed to create an environment for young Nigerian women and men...
Groundbreaking Work From Three Leading Female ICT4D Researchers – Your Weekend Long Reads
It’s no secret that the technology sector is riddled with major gender disparities. In the United States, discrepancies in employment and pay are so widespread...
How We Get 80 Percent Engagement with Our HIV ART Mobile App
Over 50% of HIV-positive adolescents in Western Kenya fail to adhere to antiretroviral therapy (ART), despite the availability of free services and medications....
USAID Guide: Strengthening Civil Society through Social Media
Social media may be passing television as a source for news around the world.
A Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism report found that over 28% of 18–24...