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We’ve spent years watching development organizations celebrate every new digital initiative as a silver bullet for poverty and poor governance. The conventional wisdom is seductive: build the digital rails, and development...

Artificial intelligence is moving from hype to reality, offering powerful tools to transform health, education, livelihoods, and climate resilience. Yet in Ethiopia, many communities remain underserved by both technology...

While development practitioners obsess over access to capital and business training, groundbreaking research from The Gambia reveals something far more powerful: how platforms like Facebook and WhatsApp connect women entrepreneurs...

The MIT report declaring that 95% of generative AI pilots are “failing” has sent shockwaves through boardrooms and generated countless LinkedIn hot takes about artificial intelligence’s imminent demise. Headlines...

Africa’s women entrepreneurs face a staggering $42 billion financing gap, and traditional venture capital continues failing them spectacularly. They need strategic economic development that recognizes women entrepreneurs...

Deep digital divides exist in India’s Assam tea plantations, where nearly 7 million Adivasi workers labor daily. These tribal communities live in stark poverty. Dismissed by ISPs, they have weak connectivity and some of...

Technology is transforming access and delivery of sexual and reproductive health (SRH) information and services, and artificial intelligence (AI) is one of the latest additions to this technological advancements. From fertility...

Against the backdrop of rapidly evolving digital technologies, it is unimaginable that one third of humanity – or 2.6 billion people – still remain offline. Sign up now for more funding emails. This lack of connectivity...

For nonprofits ready to move beyond the basics, two learning pathways in the Unlocking AI for Nonprofits series provide clear, hands-on entry points into advanced tools and workflows. Both of these courses are free, take...