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Coming Soon: Hybrid Global Digital Development Forum 2023

Coming Soon: Hybrid Global Digital Development Forum 2023

Published on: Dec 15 2022 by Wayan Vota - Comments Off on Coming Soon: Hybrid Global Digital Development Forum 2023
The Global Digital Development Forum is returning for a 4th year on April 26-27, 2023. This year we will host a hybrid event, including an online conference for...
Apply Now: $100,000 for Your Climate Change Resilience Solutions

Apply Now: $100,000 for Your Climate Change Resilience Solutions

Published on: Dec 12 2022 by Wayan Vota - 4 Comments
UNICEF’s Children’s Climate Risk Index reveals that 1 billion children (nearly half of the world’s child population) are at ‘extremely high risk’...
ChatGPT is Coming for Your International Development Job

ChatGPT is Coming for Your International Development Job

Published on: Dec 08 2022 by Wayan Vota - 14 Comments
Almost 10 years ago, we predicted that the rise of advanced algorithms and open data would converge and a computer could to do your international development job...
FCDO Funding for Digital Development Programs to Improve Aid

FCDO Funding for Digital Development Programs to Improve Aid

Published on: Dec 07 2022 by Wayan Vota - Comments Off on FCDO Funding for Digital Development Programs to Improve Aid
The past decade has seen the United Kingdom’s government continue to evolve its strategy of “doing development in a digital world” from a sectoral lens towards...
Apply Now: TechGirls Interactive Technology and Computer Camp

Apply Now: TechGirls Interactive Technology and Computer Camp

Published on: Dec 05 2022 by Wayan Vota - 6 Comments
The global gender gap in technology is sadly very persistent. Women and girls are underrepresented in technology ownership, digital literacy, and STEM skills of...
Apply Now: $60,000 for Women Social Impact ICT Entrepreneurs

Apply Now: $60,000 for Women Social Impact ICT Entrepreneurs

Published on: Nov 28 2022 by Wayan Vota - 6 Comments
The latest researches shows that investors are hesitant to invest in businesses founded by women. Talented women specialists are often told that a career in technology...
Twitter is Dying. Join Us on Mastodon for Lively ICT4D Discussions

Twitter is Dying. Join Us on Mastodon for Lively ICT4D Discussions

Published on: Nov 25 2022 by Wayan Vota - 6 Comments
Two years ago, I noted that ICT4D discussions were dead on Twitter. That was very disappointing. The conversations and debates on Twitter from 2008 to around 2014...
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: $350,000 to Advance African Digital and Human Rights

Apply Now: $350,000 to Advance African Digital and Human Rights

Published on: Nov 21 2022 by Wayan Vota - 5 Comments
We need digital and human rights initiatives, projects and strategies led by African organizations that contribute towards a healthy internet. New digital solutions...
Apply Now: $5 Million for Innovative Climate Technology Solutions

Apply Now: $5 Million for Innovative Climate Technology Solutions

Published on: Nov 14 2022 by Wayan Vota - 2 Comments
Open data and advanced digital tools, including artificial intelligence and machine learning, are unlocking information about our planet that governments, researchers...