ICTworks

Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion, expression, and the press, including the right to seek, receive, and impart information without interference through any media – and that the best way to protect these freedoms...

Every day since the inauguration of Donald Trump’s second term has brought unprecedented announcements with dramatic consequences all over the world. It is still impossible at this stage to fully grasp the impact of the...

As artificial intelligence technologies rapidly advance globally, African governments are beginning to develop national AI strategies and policies. However, they face crucial decisions about how to govern artificial intelligence...

Women’s health continues to be under-represented and poorly measured in global health frameworks. Current measurement frameworks, such as the Disability-Adjusted Life Year (DALY), fail to capture the full complexity...

The rapid proliferation of generative AI foundational large language models has become a double-edged sword, with expansive capabilities on one hand and profound ethical, social, and environmental challenges on the other. The...

  The promise of technology as a vehicle for African economic development often comes wrapped in the values and norms of the Global North. Western-designed software, pervasive across the Continent, reflects ideologies that...

Jaco Renken and Richard Heeks recently published “Data Justice for Development: What Would It Mean?” to examine the intersection of datafication and social justice within the context of international development. They...

A few years ago, MIT, Georgetown, and the GSMA proved that mobile money can lift women out of poverty. Then we learned that mobile broadband Internet access reduces poverty in rural Tanzania and increases household income...

Digital transformation is often hailed as a game-changer for efficiency and innovation in both public and private sectors. However, in many developing countries, it risks exacerbating inequality. Vulnerable communities,...