4 Ways to Stop Digital Colonialism in International Development
Digital colonialism is an emerging challenge in the global ICT4D landscape. While it mirrors traditional colonialism, it operates through control over digital infrastructure...
How Google Uses AI to Improve Flood Forecasting in 80 Countries
The prediction and management of floods is a critical humanitarian issue in regions lacking hydrological data. Floods disproportionately affect developing countries...
Open Question for AI4Good: AI for (whose) good?
In recent years, AI for Good (AI4G) – or also AI for Social Good (AI4SG) – has become a catchy label for initiatives, gatherings and funding calls, all revolving...
Five AI Innovators Shaping the Future of International Development
Artificial Intelligence stands at the forefront as a transformative force, reshaping myriad sectors including international development. In this article, we delve...
Caution: Free Generative AI Solutions Like ChatGPT Don’t Understand USAID – Yet
I know you are excited to explore consumer-grade tools like ChatGPT in your work. We had a Technology Salon that asked how Generative AI solutions can improve international...
Apply Now: $25 Million Google Funding for AI4Good Solutions
In 2015, the UN set the Sustainable Development Goals, ambitious targets for a better and more sustainable future by 2030. As we near the halfway point of the goals,...
We Need to Build Minimum Valuable Products for Social Impact
With digital becoming increasingly mainstream in the social impact sector, more organisations are practising Agile development – the way of working used to...
Giving Thanks to ICT4D Donors that Changed Digital Development
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: $5 Million for Innovative Climate Technology Solutions
Open data and advanced digital tools, including artificial intelligence and machine learning, are unlocking information about our planet that governments, researchers...
Please RSVP Now: Frontiers of Digital Development Forum 2022
Please RSVP Now for the Frontiers of Digital Development Forum on November 1-2 – a hybrid forum for tough conversations on frontier technology brought to...