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We often find ourselves navigating complex regulatory landscapes when deploying artificial intelligence solutions in low and middle-income countries (LMICs). A few countries have their own AI policies, like Rwanda and Nigeria,...
Talented women are often told that a career in technology isn’t for them and recent researches shows that investors are hesitant to invest in businesses founded by women. Only 2.3% of venture funding goes to women-led...
In a recent episode of High Impact Growth, Dimagi staff delved into the challenges and opportunities in the evolving digital health market. This discussion highlights the complexities of building impactful ICT4D tools...
What do tuberculosis and breast cancer have in common? We’ve spent decades paying for artificial intelligence-based solutions to solve both problems without any discernible sense of whether we are actually helping people.
Astounding...
USAID produces Digital Ecosystem Country Assessments (DECAs) to identify development opportunities and risks in a country’s digital ecosystem. DECAs inform decision-making about digital programming and investments for...
In an era where digital technology permeates nearly every aspect of our lives, USAID’s 2024-2029 Digital Health Position Paper emerges as a transformative initiative. This vision extends the agency’s commitment to leveraging...
Last week, I had ChatGPT explain what to expect in the $95 million USAID Advancing Digital Democracy Request for Proposal (RFP).
Back then we only had the ADD Request for Information (RFI). Yet the same day, USAID published...
Three years ago, I was asked to improve nutrition programming for a large USAID implementing partner. They were concerned about chronic malnutrition in target populations, and its impact on health, physical and cognitive...
Digital platforms, models, and systems have become an important battleground for democracy. Authoritarians have weaponized technology and data. States struggle to balance human rights protections with national security considerations....
African countries have often trailed behind other regions in technological innovation. From the adoption of the telephone, electricity, and even the Internet, the continent frequently lags in embracing new technologies that...
