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AI
What Are We Reading about Technology and Ethics?
Fast Company's World Changing Ideas Awards Highlight Opportunities for Digital Development
Beyond Features: Designing for the World’s ‘Digital Explorers’
Afghanistan
Reflections on Machine Learning for Gender Inclusion in Afghanistan
Machine Learning Will Help Development Projects Achieve Scale
Afghanistan Produces Highly Skilled Software Engineers
Sowing the Seeds of a Tech-for-Social-Good Ecosystem in Afghanistan
Digital Insights Afghanistan: How Young Women are Using Tech
Agriculture
Success to Sustainability: Engaging Horticulturalists in Uzbekistan with Digital Tools
Building Coffee Cloud: A Precision Ag Tool Used by Farmers Across Central America
Apply Now to Support Digital Tools and Approaches for USAID’s Bureau for Food Security
Kosmos Innovation Center wins 2018 P3 Impact Award
Take it to the Farmer: Behind the Scenes of the Fall Armyworm Tech Prize Co-Creation
Coffee Cloud: The Digital Project for Central American Coffee Growers
Blockchain for Development Part 2: Implementation Considerations
Submit Your Session Ideas for ICTforAg 2018
[email protected] Year in Review: Top 10 Posts of 2017
Q&A Responses: Looking For a Partner to Fight Fall Armyworm
Apply Now: Looking For a Partner to Fight Fall Armyworm
The Viral Success of Horticulturalist Chat Groups: An Uzbek ICT4Ag Case Study
ICT in the Agricultural Sector: Business Concepts from Ghanaian Youth
Algorithmic Bias
Appathon 2016
[email protected] Year in Review: Top Five Posts of 2016
App-a-Thon 2016: Viber for Development
App-a-Thon 2016: BlackBerry Messenger for Development
App-a-Thon 2016: LINE for Development
App-a-Thon 2016: Kik for Development
App-a-Thon 2016: Telegram for Development
Asia and the Pacific
Considerations for a Successful ICT Strategy in Local Context: Lessons from Timor-Leste
Digitizing Education Fairs to Reach South Asian Young People at Scale
Civil Society the Hard(ware) Way: Maker Lab Experiences in Cambodia
Blockchain Series
Blockchain for Development Part 2: Implementation Considerations
COVID-19
Digital Innovator Series: Talking Girls in Tech with Voneat Pen
What Are We Reading about Digital Transformation and COVID-19?
[email protected] 2020 Year in Review
How to Protect Digital Privacy and Security During COVID-19 Response
How to Use Digital Payments During the COVID-19 Response
How to Responsibly Invest in Digital Development During COVID-19 Response
Digital Development in Southern Africa: How SMEs Access Trade Data Amid COVID-19 Pandemic
Out of the Conference Room, into the Field: Hosting a Virtual Site Visit in Zambia
How the COVID-19 Pandemic is Accentuating the Digital Divide in the United States
Transforming In-Person Learning into Digital Collaboration
Privacy: How COVID-19 Has Sped Up the Debate
COVID-19 Data Analysis, Part 5: Different Models of Infection Rates in Mexico and What they Tell Us
5 Ways Entrepreneurship Ecosystems are Using Technology to Adapt to the COVID-19 Crisis
COVID-19 Data Analysis, Part 4: Forecasting Hospital Capacity in Mexico
Everything Old is New Again: Remembering the Lessons of Early ICT4D in the COVID-19 Era
COVID-19 Data Analysis, Part 3: Rethinking the Global Health Security Index
Approaching Digital Behavior Change Communications in the COVID-19 Era
Promoting Resilient Ecosystems: How Cambodians are Adapting in the Face of COVID-19
COVID-19 Data Analysis, Part 2: Health Capacity and Preparedness
Plan C: How Makerspaces are Providing a Stopgap for COVID-19 Supply Shortages
The Importance of Understanding Digital Divides During the COVID-19 Response
COVID-19 Data Analysis, Part 1: Demography, Behavior, and Environment
COVID-19 Data Series
COVID-19 Data Analysis, Part 5: Different Models of Infection Rates in Mexico and What they Tell Us
COVID-19 Data Analysis, Part 4: Forecasting Hospital Capacity in Mexico
COVID-19 Data Analysis, Part 3: Rethinking the Global Health Security Index
COVID-19 Data Analysis, Part 2: Health Capacity and Preparedness
COVID-19 Data Analysis, Part 1: Demography, Behavior, and Environment
Cambodia
Iterating Digital Insights with Cambodian Civil Society Groups
Have We Hit a Tech Tipping Point? Observations from Cambodia
Coding
Getting Started with RStudio, Part 2
Getting Started With RStudio, Part 1
Writing Code is for Everyone—Now the Code Partners Scholarship Makes it Affordable
Colombia
Los Mejores 3 Conceptos Para Enfrentar el Cambio Climatico de NASA Space Apps Bogotá
Top 3 Climate Change Concepts from NASA Space Apps Challenge Bogotá
Critical Infrastructure
Strengthening Cyber Resilience as a Cornerstone of Self-Determination
Cyber
[email protected] Year in Review: Top 10 Posts of 2019
Respond Now: USAID Seeks ICT Regulatory Policy Technical Assistance Services
Cyber Security Series
Frontier Insights: Cyber Security Edition
Cyber Security Series Part 3: Pirated Software
Cyber Security Series Part 1: Trust is Why Cyber Security Matters to Digital Development
Cybersecurity
Five Fresh Tips to Make Digital Safety Cool Again: A Case Study from Thailand
Digital Development for Newbies, Part 2: Sophomore Edition
Looking Ahead: What We’re Thinking About in 2021
[email protected] 2020 Year in Review
Apply Now: Support USAID’s DRG Center in Addressing Electoral Cybersecurity Threats
Strengthening Cyber Resilience as a Cornerstone of Self-Determination
Cybersecurity Frontier Insights Findings: User Perceptions of Trust and Privacy on the Internet
Research Launch: User Perceptions of Trust and Privacy on the Internet
What are User Perceptions of Internet Trust and Privacy in India and Ghana?
The Importance of Personal Digital Security
Privacy: How COVID-19 Has Sped Up the Debate
What are Cyber Harms and Why Are They Important for Digital Development?
[email protected] Year in Review: Top 10 Posts of 2019
Understanding Cybersecurity for Healthcare Professionals
Карти, гроші, VPN: кібербезпекові реалії в Україні
Cybersecurity Lessons from Ukraine
Digital Identity Series Part 2: Digital Identity and Politics
Machine Learning Changes the Business Case for Automated Phishing Attacks
The (Missing) Digital Principle: Educate the User
[email protected] Year in Review: Top 10 Posts of 2018
Cyber Security Series Part 3: Pirated Software
Digital Inclusion and a Trusted Internet
Cyber Security Series Part 1: Trust is Why Cyber Security Matters to Digital Development
Data
Looking Ahead: What We’re Thinking About in 2021
Understanding Data Tracking: Tips, Tricks, and Tools
COVID-19 Data Analysis, Part 5: Different Models of Infection Rates in Mexico and What they Tell Us
Information Liberation: What is Open Data, and Why Does it Matter?
What's the Best Architecture for a Management Information System?
What the Food Systems Dashboard Taught Me About Data for Decision Making
Looking Ahead: What We’re Thinking About in 2020
Unearthing Lessons by Revisiting—Not Reinventing—the Wheel by Utilizing Data Science
Making Sure Data Science For Good Does Good
Changes in Open-Data Policy in Global Development are a Game Changer
Digital Identity Series Part 2: Digital Identity and Politics
From One Qualie to Another: Insights from Qual360 2019
Digital Identity Series Part 1: Digital Identity and Informed Consent
Is Your Data in a Lake or Water Treatment Plant?
How Digital Tools Help Combat Illegal Mining and Logging in the Amazon
6 Tips for Making Great Monitoring and Evaluation Dashboards
[email protected] Year in Review: Top 10 Posts of 2018
The Americas’ Effort to Integrate, Distribute, and Use Open Data to Make Decisions
Essential Actions: A Human-Centred, Global Approach to Privacy Rights
A Do No Harm Framework for ICT4D: Inspiration from SwitchPoint 2018
[email protected] Year in Review: Top 10 Posts of 2017
GeekFest 2017: Talking Gender-Disaggregated Data with Alex Tyers, Panoply Digital
Why a Dashboard Isn’t Just a Dashboard
8 Do’s and Don’ts in Adaptive Management and Learning in ICT4D
Three Key Takeaways from USAID’s New Gender and ICT Survey Toolkit
Testing Data Collection with OpenDataKit
Open Source Series Part 3: Spatial Analysis with QGIS (Article 2/2)
Data Management Series Part 3: Painting a Vivid Picture with Data
Data Management Series Part 2: Don’t Let Your Data Get Dusty
Data Management Series Part 1: Planning and Collecting
Open Source Series Part 2: Spatial Analysis with QGIS (Article 1/2)
Open Source Series Part 1: What is Open Source?
5 Things to Consider When Doing Mobile Data Collection
HCD in the Field: Trading Counterfeit Rupees for Real Insights with Farmers in Nepal
What Bike to Work Day Tells Us About Open Data
First Contact with the Planet API and NodeJS
Crowdsourced Data Collection Provides On-the-Ground Insights
More Data, Less Risk: Innovators Chart a Path to Financial Inclusion
Remote Sensing Part 3: Identify Healthy Vegetation From Space
GeekFest 2017: Q&A with Ian Schuler, CEO of Development Seed
[email protected] Year in Review: Top Five Posts of 2016
Remote Sensing Series Part 1: The Foundations and Applications of Remote Sensing
Mobile Data Collection: A Sector in Flux
Counting People is Hard: Biometrics can Help
From Data to Knowledge: Applying Schema Agnostic Systems Modeling to Development Challenges
Building Cluster Maps with the AidData API
How Dashboards are like Olympians
Can Big Data Build Resilient Communities?
Visualizing Hierarchical Data: USAID’s $8.5 Billion Global Health Initiative
Measuring Mobile Connectivity: GSMA Launches New Analytical Tool
Machine Learning Will Help Development Projects Achieve Scale
Detecting Patterns in Survey Data with Data Visualization
Data Management Series
Studying River Health through Citizen Science and Data Analysis in Maryland
Open Source Versus Proprietary Data Management Stack—Which One is Best for Your Team?
Data, Analysis, and Information (Not as Boring as It Sounds)
Data Management Series Part 3: Painting a Vivid Picture with Data
Data Management Series Part 2: Don’t Let Your Data Get Dusty
Data Visualization
COVID-19 Data Analysis, Part 4: Forecasting Hospital Capacity in Mexico
COVID-19 Data Analysis, Part 3: Rethinking the Global Health Security Index
COVID-19 Data Analysis, Part 2: Health Capacity and Preparedness
COVID-19 Data Analysis, Part 1: Demography, Behavior, and Environment
What the Food Systems Dashboard Taught Me About Data for Decision Making
Visualizing Remotely Sensed Data: True Color and False Color
6 Tips for Making Great Monitoring and Evaluation Dashboards
Putting Liberian Cities on the Map With OpenStreetMap
Data Management Series Part 3: Painting a Vivid Picture with Data
Data Management Series Part 2: Don’t Let Your Data Get Dusty
Digital
Social Media Storefronts: A Digital Development Blind Spot?
Out of the Conference Room, into the Field: Hosting a Virtual Site Visit in Zambia
Respond Now: USAID Seeks ICT Regulatory Policy Technical Assistance Services
Apply Now to Redesign the USAID Center for Digital Development’s mAccess Online Platform
How Digital Tools Help Combat Illegal Mining and Logging in the Amazon
Digital Collaboration
Addressing Concurrent Crises with Digital Tools: An ICTforAg Recap
Transforming In-Person Learning into Digital Collaboration
Apply Now: Host USAID’s first-ever Digital Development Online Training
Lessons from a School Teacher: 5 Tips for Effective Distance Learning
Digital Collaboration: Recommendations from a Six-Week Veteran
Digital Ecosystems
Digital Innovator Series: Talking About Online Campaigns for Change with Sotheavy AT
Digital Innovator Series: Talking About Life After an Accelerator with Muuve’s Phanith Phan
Digital Innovator Series: The View from Latvia’s Startup Scene with TrueSix’s Julia Gifford
Digital Development in Southern Africa: How SMEs Access Trade Data Amid COVID-19 Pandemic
The Importance of Understanding Digital Divides During the COVID-19 Response
Digital Financial Services
Fast Company's World Changing Ideas Awards Highlight Opportunities for Digital Development
How to Use Digital Payments During the COVID-19 Response
Digital Innovator Series: Talking Financial Inclusion with MIX
Facebook’s Libra Currency: A Digital Development Perspective
Financial Sector Deepening Mozambique: The Regulatory Sandbox Startups
5 Recent Reads We Loved (And You May Have Missed!)
Blockchain for Development Part 1: Understanding the Tech
Playing The Right Role In Haiti’s Growing Mobile Sector: 4 Key Principles
Digital Insights: Would Haitians use Mobile Money for Banking?
GeekFest 2017: Discussing Blockchain and Economic IDs with Shailee Adinolfi of BanQu
Blockchain Summer News Round-Up: A Big Splash Into the Pool or a Dip of the Toe?
GeekFest 2017: Exploring Mobile Money and Women’s Financial Inclusion with Yasmin Bin-Humam
Digital Gender Divide
In Honor of Women’s History Month: Exploring the Gender Digital Divide
Eliminating Cyber Violence Against Women and Girls
Confidence Not Competence: What Holds Women Back from Embracing Tech in Development
Digital Health
What Are Algorithms and How Are They Biased?
Privacy: How COVID-19 Has Sped Up the Debate
COVID-19 Data Analysis, Part 5: Different Models of Infection Rates in Mexico and What they Tell Us
COVID-19 Data Analysis, Part 4: Forecasting Hospital Capacity in Mexico
COVID-19 Data Analysis, Part 3: Rethinking the Global Health Security Index
COVID-19 Data Analysis, Part 2: Health Capacity and Preparedness
COVID-19 Data Analysis, Part 1: Demography, Behavior, and Environment
COVID-19: Looking for Helpers in the Hardware Community
Building Digital Medical Records for Floating Villages in Cambodia
Understanding Cybersecurity for Healthcare Professionals
Digital Identity
New USAID Guide: How to Create Digital ID for Inclusive Development
Digital Identity Series
Digital Identity Series Part 3: Barriers to Inclusion for All
Digital Identity Series Part 2: Digital Identity and Politics
Digital Identity Series Part 1: Digital Identity and Informed Consent
Digital Inclusion
Right to Repair is a Development Issue
We Urgently Need to Build Skills to Bolster Trust in Digital Tools
In Honor of Women’s History Month: Exploring the Gender Digital Divide
Digital Development for Newbies, Part 2: Sophomore Edition
Towards Inclusive Machine Translation: A Case for User-Centered Design in Machine Learning
[email protected] 2020 Year in Review
Addressing Concurrent Crises with Digital Tools: An ICTforAg Recap
Launch of Two W-GDP WomenConnect Challenges: Apply Now
How to Responsibly Invest in Digital Development During COVID-19 Response
How the COVID-19 Pandemic is Accentuating the Digital Divide in the United States
What Are Algorithms and How Are They Biased?
How Technology Can Reflect Human Bias—And Resources to Understand It
Everything Old is New Again: Remembering the Lessons of Early ICT4D in the COVID-19 Era
New RFA Calls for Innovative Solutions to Advance Digital Skills for Small Firms
Closing the Gender Digital Divide: What We’re Doing to Bring Women Online
What are Cyber Harms and Why Are They Important for Digital Development?
Five Resources on Human Rights and Tech
Digital Insights: El contexto digital de la población con discapacidad en Honduras
Digital Insights: How the Disability Community in Honduras Uses Digital Tools
Center for Digital Acceleration Partners with Award-Winning Tech Startup Skilllab
Digital Identity Series Part 3: Barriers to Inclusion for All
Access for All in a Digital Economy: A Reflection on DAI Development Matters Roundtables in Nigeria
Apply Now to the Women’s Global Development and Prosperity Initiative WomenConnect Challenge
Digital Identity Series Part 1: Digital Identity and Informed Consent
Access as an Assumption: The Unintended Consequence of Increasing Digital Access
[email protected] Year in Review: Top 10 Posts of 2018
Powering Women’s Entrepreneurship in Cambodia
Meet the 9 WomenConnect Winners Who Are Using Tech for Good
DFID and DAI Host Malawi’s First Digital Development Forum
Cyber Security Series Part 1: Trust is Why Cyber Security Matters to Digital Development
5 Top Resources for Digital Access Data
A Time of Change. And Reflection.
Deadline Extended! Apply Now: Support USAID Missions to Improve Broadband Connectivity
Trends in Digital Health: 4 Takeaways From Our UK Event
Apply Now: Support USAID Missions to Improve Broadband Connectivity
5 Recent Reads We Loved (And You May Have Missed!)
Digital Insights Malawi: Information and Communication in Rural Communities
Getting ICT Into the Hands of More Women
3 Key Takeaways From Our London Digital Inclusion Event
Cyber Violence Against Women and Girls Exacerbates Digital Exclusion
GeekFest 2017: Delving into Public Access with Duduzile Mkhwanazi of Project Isizwe
The Second Chance Fund: Learning and Iteration with Tech in Cambodia
Investments in Internet Access Must Include Investments in “Critical Digital Literacy”
Digital Innovator Series
Digital Innovator Series: Talking Girls in Tech with Voneat Pen
Digital Innovator Series: Talking About Online Campaigns for Change with Sotheavy AT
Digital Innovator Series: Talking About Life After an Accelerator with Muuve’s Phanith Phan
Digital Innovator Series: The View from Latvia’s Startup Scene with TrueSix’s Julia Gifford
Digital Innovator Series: Talking E-Commerce in Nepal with Sastodeal
Digital Innovator Series: Talking Financial Inclusion with MIX
Digital Insights
Success to Sustainability: Engaging Horticulturalists in Uzbekistan with Digital Tools
Digital Development in the Western Balkans: Kosovo
Digital Development in the Western Balkans: Bosnia and Herzegovina
[email protected] Year in Review: Top 10 Posts of 2019
Digital Insights: El contexto digital de la población con discapacidad en Honduras
Digital Insights: How the Disability Community in Honduras Uses Digital Tools
Designing A Wildlife Identification Tool in the Philippines
5 Tips for Doing International Design Research
Working in Agriculture? Using Digital Ag Tools? Please Fill Out This Survey!
Citizen-Centered Design and Frontier Insights in Kabul
Frontier Insights: Cyber Security Edition
[email protected] Year in Review: Top 10 Posts of 2018
Digital Insights Malawi: Information and Communication in Rural Communities
[email protected] Year in Review: Top 10 Posts of 2017
Lean HCD: How to HCD When You Can’t Travel to the Field
DAI Launches 'Lean HCD: A Case Study in Human-Centered Design in the Highlands of Guatemala'
Digital Insights: Would Haitians use Mobile Money for Banking?
Three Key Takeaways from USAID’s New Gender and ICT Survey Toolkit
Iterating Digital Insights with Cambodian Civil Society Groups
Digital Insights Rwanda: How Do Rural Youth Use New Technologies?
Digital Insights Bangladesh: How Urban Youth Stay Connected
[email protected] Year in Review: Top Five Posts of 2016
Digital Insights Palestine: E-Governance Readiness
Digital Insights Indonesia Part 2: Where WhatsApp is Just Another BlackBerry Messenger Clone
Digital Insights Indonesia Part 1: Mobiles & Workforce Development
Móviles en América Central: Digital Insights Honduras, Parte 2
Móviles en América Central: Digital Insights Honduras, Parte 1
Detecting Patterns in Survey Data with Data Visualization
Mobiles in Central America: Digital Insights Honduras, Part 2
Mobiles in Central America: Digital Insights Honduras, Part 1
For the Love of Facebook: Digital Insights from Jordan
Digital Insights Afghanistan: How Young Women are Using Tech
Digital Literacy
Advances in ICT Connectivity Highlight Need for Digital Safety Preparedness in Pacific Communities
We Urgently Need to Build Skills to Bolster Trust in Digital Tools
Five Fresh Tips to Make Digital Safety Cool Again: A Case Study from Thailand
Digital Principles
Considerations for a Successful ICT Strategy in Local Context: Lessons from Timor-Leste
[email protected] Year in Review: Top 10 Posts of 2019
Digital Development for Newbies, Part 1: The Basics
Applying the Principles for Digital Development in a Flourishing Digital Ecosystem
The (Missing) Digital Principle: Educate the User
[email protected] Year in Review: Top 10 Posts of 2018
Data, Analysis, and Information (Not as Boring as It Sounds)
5 Top Resources for Digital Access Data
Working With Tech Service Providers: It’s About More Than Tech
DFID’s Digital Strategy: What Does it Mean for DAI?
We Don’t Need to Reinvent the Wheel, But it’s Time to Invest in Roads and Highways
Practicing the Principles for Digital Development in East Africa
9 Lessons on Digital Design from ICT4D 2017 in Hyderabad
5 (and 1/2) Things We Learned from Teaching the Digital Principles
Digital Privacy
We Urgently Need to Build Skills to Bolster Trust in Digital Tools
Eliminating Cyber Violence Against Women and Girls
How to Protect Digital Privacy and Security During COVID-19 Response
Digital Security
Advances in ICT Connectivity Highlight Need for Digital Safety Preparedness in Pacific Communities
How to Protect Digital Privacy and Security During COVID-19 Response
Digital Transformation
Advances in ICT Connectivity Highlight Need for Digital Safety Preparedness in Pacific Communities
What Are We Reading about Digital Transformation and COVID-19?
Transforming In-Person Learning into Digital Collaboration
Approaching Digital Behavior Change Communications in the COVID-19 Era
Unlocking the Value of Digital Transformation in the Social Sector
Disinformation
Digital Development for Newbies, Part 2: Sophomore Edition
What Are We Reading about Misinformation and Disinformation?
Looking Ahead: What We’re Thinking About in 2021
Disinformation and Dating Apps—A Match Made in Heaven (But Swipe Left Though)
E-Commerce
Fast Company's World Changing Ideas Awards Highlight Opportunities for Digital Development
Digital Innovator Series: Talking E-Commerce in Nepal with Sastodeal
Eastern Europe and Central Asia
Code Weekend: Locally Developed Apps Aim to Fight Street Harassment
Economic Growth
Digital Innovator Series: Talking Financial Inclusion with MIX
Business Concepts from KIC’s 2018 Agritech Entrepreneurs
How to Engage and Support Local Innovators: 3 Takeaways from the Digital Development Forum
Catalyzing Ghana’s Growing AgriTech Ecosystem
The Viral Success of Horticulturalist Chat Groups: An Uzbek ICT4Ag Case Study
Women in Agritech: Profiles from Ghana
How to Run an Electronic Cash Transfer Program: A Kenyan Case Study
GeekFest 2017: Exploring Mobile Money and Women’s Financial Inclusion with Yasmin Bin-Humam
Ecosystem Insights: How Trade Associations in Rural Afghanistan Use Mobile Tech
More Data, Less Risk: Innovators Chart a Path to Financial Inclusion
Hiring ICT Staff (Or, How to Get 500 IT CVs Without Really Trying)
[email protected] Year in Review: Top Five Posts of 2016
ICT in the Agricultural Sector: Business Concepts from Ghanaian Youth
Measuring Mobile Connectivity: GSMA Launches New Analytical Tool
Afghanistan Produces Highly Skilled Software Engineers
Injecting Ghana’s Ag Sector with Youth-led ICT Energy
Sowing the Seeds of a Tech-for-Social-Good Ecosystem in Afghanistan
Addressing the Issue: How to Deliver on Physical Addresses for the Poor
Ecosystem Insights
Digital Development in the Western Balkans: Kosovo
Digital Development in the Western Balkans: Bosnia and Herzegovina
Lessons Learned from Development Innovations Team: Adapt, Serve Users, and Tell Your Story
Iterating Digital Insights with Cambodian Civil Society Groups
Ecosystem Insights: How Trade Associations in Rural Afghanistan Use Mobile Tech
Education
Top 3 Considerations for eLearning Design
Lessons from a School Teacher: 5 Tips for Effective Distance Learning
Digitizing Education Fairs to Reach South Asian Young People at Scale
El Salvador
Electronic Cash Transfer
Management Information Systems at the Humanitarian-Social Protection Nexus, Part 1: Interoperability
How to Run an Electronic Cash Transfer Program: A Kenyan Case Study
Entrepreneurship
Digital Innovator Series: Talking Girls in Tech with Voneat Pen
5 Ways Entrepreneurship Ecosystems are Using Technology to Adapt to the COVID-19 Crisis
Looking Ahead: What We’re Thinking About in 2020
10 Trends Changing Entrepreneurship Ecosystems
10 Tips to Work Better with Small ICT4D Firms
KIC Mauritania: Winners Announced!
A Resolution to Support the Tech Sector Where We Need It Most
Powering Women’s Entrepreneurship in Cambodia
Meet the 9 WomenConnect Winners Who Are Using Tech for Good
Business Concepts from KIC’s 2018 Agritech Entrepreneurs
Kosmos Innovation Center wins 2018 P3 Impact Award
How to Engage and Support Local Innovators: 3 Takeaways from the Digital Development Forum
KIC Expands its Support of Tech-Driven Entrepreneurship to Mauritania
Catalyzing Ghana’s Growing AgriTech Ecosystem
Women in Agritech: Profiles from Ghana
Unemployed? Stop Looking for a Job and Create One—Insights from INC Monterrey
Climate Change in Colombia: Hack the Problem
Addressing the Issue: How to Deliver on Physical Addresses for the Poor
Environment & Energy
Why Electronic Waste is Relevant for the Digital Development Community
A Vision for Smart Connectivity in the Three Seas Region
Studying River Health through Citizen Science and Data Analysis in Maryland
Los Mejores 3 Conceptos Para Enfrentar el Cambio Climatico de NASA Space Apps Bogotá
Top 3 Climate Change Concepts from NASA Space Apps Challenge Bogotá
Events
A Vision for Smart Connectivity in the Three Seas Region
Digital Collaboration: Recommendations from a Six-Week Veteran
GIS
How Satellite Imagery and ‘Light at Night’ Helps Development Practitioners Estimate GDP
GIS Toolkit Overview Part I: Remote Sensing
The Americas’ Effort to Integrate, Distribute, and Use Open Data to Make Decisions
[email protected] Year in Review: Top 10 Posts of 2017
Open Source Series Part 3: Spatial Analysis with QGIS (Article 2/2)
Open Source Series Part 2: Spatial Analysis with QGIS (Article 1/2)
Geekfest 2017
GeekFest 2017: Talking Gender-Disaggregated Data with Alex Tyers, Panoply Digital
GeekFest2017: A Discussion with Cassandra Mickish Gross
GeekFest 2017: Delving into Public Access with Duduzile Mkhwanazi of Project Isizwe
GeekFest 2017: Discussing Blockchain and Economic IDs with Shailee Adinolfi of BanQu
GeekFest 2017: Talking Open Source Design, Makerspaces, and Global Supply Chains with Jessica Berlin
GeekFest 2017: Exploring Mobile Money and Women’s Financial Inclusion with Yasmin Bin-Humam
GeekFest 2017: Q&A with Ian Schuler, CEO of Development Seed
Global Health
Understanding Cybersecurity for Healthcare Professionals
Coming Soon: Global Digital Health Forum 2018 & ICT4Drinks
Digital Health in International Development: Using Tried & Tested Technology Innovatively
Catching Up with the Winners of MIT’s Grand Hack for Health
Trends in Digital Health: 4 Takeaways From Our UK Event
ICT4D Conference: Unpacking the Complexities of Integrated Health Data and Data Ownership
Blockchain for Development Part 2: Implementation Considerations
How a Pilot Project in Haiti Brings Optimism for Digitally Enabled Health System
We Don’t Need to Reinvent the Wheel, But it’s Time to Invest in Roads and Highways
GeekFest2017: A Discussion with Cassandra Mickish Gross
Open Innovation in 60 Minutes or Less
Human-Centered Design for Behavior Change in Health
Can Big Data Build Resilient Communities?
Visualizing Hierarchical Data: USAID’s $8.5 Billion Global Health Initiative
6 Amazing Examples Proving that the Medical Technology Transformation is Upon Us
Governance
Apply Now: Support USAID’s DRG Center in Addressing Electoral Cybersecurity Threats
Respond Now: USAID Seeks Research Expertise in Responding to Digital Threats
Citizen-Centered Governance App Launches in Kabul
Five Resources on Human Rights and Tech
The Rising Tide of ICTs for Accountability
Replicando la App de Transparencia en Guatemala
TicTec 2018: Key Takeaways from the Impacts of Civic Technology Conference
Putting Liberian Cities on the Map With OpenStreetMap
ICT for Citizen Engagement and Advocacy: Lessons Learned from Mozambique DIÁLOGO
Lanzamos ‘Somos Chiantla’, App de Transparencia, en Guatemala
Results of HCD: Governance App Launches in Guatemala
Jhatkaa: Tech-enabled Citizen Advocacy in India
Situamos a la Ciudadanía en el Centro del Proceso de Diseño en Guatemala
We’re Putting Citizens at the Center of the Design Process in Guatemala
Next Steps: Making Countering Violent Extremism Approaches More Rigorous
Top 5 Civic Tech Concepts and Ideas from PDF 2016
Online Petitions and the Future of Citizen-driven Advocacy: A Conversation with Avijit Michael
Digital Insights Palestine: E-Governance Readiness
ICT for Democracy? A Review of NDI’s DemTools
Code Weekend: Locally Developed Apps Aim to Fight Street Harassment
Civil Society the Hard(ware) Way: Maker Lab Experiences in Cambodia
Guatemala
Replicando la App de Transparencia en Guatemala
Forking a Live Tool with Design Thinking in Guatemala
Lanzamos ‘Somos Chiantla’, App de Transparencia, en Guatemala
Results of HCD: Governance App Launches in Guatemala
Situamos a la Ciudadanía en el Centro del Proceso de Diseño en Guatemala
We’re Putting Citizens at the Center of the Design Process in Guatemala
Hardware
Racist Hardware and What to Do About It
Castles Made of Sand: Digital Transformation From the Silicon Up
Plan C: How Makerspaces are Providing a Stopgap for COVID-19 Supply Shortages
Honduras
Meet Honduras's Innovation Community
Móviles en América Central: Digital Insights Honduras, Parte 2
Móviles en América Central: Digital Insights Honduras, Parte 1
Human-centered design
Towards Inclusive Machine Translation: A Case for User-Centered Design in Machine Learning
Citizen-Centered Governance App Launches in Kabul
Building Coffee Cloud: A Precision Ag Tool Used by Farmers Across Central America
Designing A Wildlife Identification Tool in the Philippines
5 Tips for Doing International Design Research
Nobody Cares What Tech You Use
Access as an Assumption: The Unintended Consequence of Increasing Digital Access
The Four Rs: An Interview With the Lean Research Initiative
Citizen-Centered Design and Frontier Insights in Kabul
Human-Centered Design for a Digital Farmer Business School Application: A One-Day Roadmap
Thinking About the User Part I: Design Considerations for Mobile Apps
Essential Actions: A Human-Centred, Global Approach to Privacy Rights
DAI’s Center for Digital Acceleration Featured on Podcast
Digital Health in International Development: Using Tried & Tested Technology Innovatively
Coffee Cloud: The Digital Project for Central American Coffee Growers
Trends in Digital Health: 4 Takeaways From Our UK Event
Working With Tech Service Providers: It’s About More Than Tech
5 Recent Reads We Loved (And You May Have Missed!)
Replicando la App de Transparencia en Guatemala
Forking a Live Tool with Design Thinking in Guatemala
[email protected] Year in Review: Top 10 Posts of 2017
Lean HCD: How to HCD When You Can’t Travel to the Field
DAI Launches 'Lean HCD: A Case Study in Human-Centered Design in the Highlands of Guatemala'
5 Podcasts for Human-Centered Designers
Lanzamos ‘Somos Chiantla’, App de Transparencia, en Guatemala
Results of HCD: Governance App Launches in Guatemala
Human-Centered Design for Behavior Change in Health
Refugee Co-Lab: Using Design Thinking to Integrate Refugees into Communities in Greece
GeekFest 2017: Talking Open Source Design, Makerspaces, and Global Supply Chains with Jessica Berlin
HCD in the Field: Trading Counterfeit Rupees for Real Insights with Farmers in Nepal
Lean Design for Development: A Practical Approach to Human-Centered Design
Situamos a la Ciudadanía en el Centro del Proceso de Diseño en Guatemala
We’re Putting Citizens at the Center of the Design Process in Guatemala
ICT
Considerations for a Successful ICT Strategy in Local Context: Lessons from Timor-Leste
Out of the Conference Room, into the Field: Hosting a Virtual Site Visit in Zambia
September 2018 ICT4D Happy Hour Roundup: Were You There?
August Roundup: Leapfrogging Technology, ICT4E in Conflict, and Facebook in Myanmar
ICT for Citizen Engagement and Advocacy: Lessons Learned from Mozambique DIÁLOGO
Imagery Analysis
How Satellite Imagery and ‘Light at Night’ Helps Development Practitioners Estimate GDP
Indonesia
Digital Insights Indonesia Part 2: Where WhatsApp is Just Another BlackBerry Messenger Clone
Digital Insights Indonesia Part 1: Mobiles & Workforce Development
Innovation
Fast Company's World Changing Ideas Awards Highlight Opportunities for Digital Development
Digital Innovator Series: Talking About Online Campaigns for Change with Sotheavy AT
[email protected] 2020 Year in Review
A Vision for Smart Connectivity in the Three Seas Region
Digital Innovator Series: Talking About Life After an Accelerator with Muuve’s Phanith Phan
Digital Innovator Series: The View from Latvia’s Startup Scene with TrueSix’s Julia Gifford
Apply Now: Digital Trade and e-Commerce Technical Assistance for the African Union Commission
Promoting Resilient Ecosystems: How Cambodians are Adapting in the Face of COVID-19
Unlocking the Value of Digital Transformation in the Social Sector
6 Ways Innovation and Entrepreneurship Promote Prosperity
Five Trends in Hardware to Watch
How the Digital Marketplace is Changing the Way We Eat
Looking Ahead: What We’re Thinking About in 2020
[email protected] Year in Review: Top 10 Posts of 2019
Apply Now: Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in International Development
Lessons Learned from Development Innovations Team: Adapt, Serve Users, and Tell Your Story
10 Trends Changing Entrepreneurship Ecosystems
Apply Now: Support USAID on the Digital Development Awards and Communications Activities
Lessons from Cambodia: How to Grow a Girls’ Tech Entrepreneurship Challenge in Six Years
Lessons from the Makerspace Community in High-Income Countries
Mobile Technologies Push Latin America Forward
Las Tecnologías Móviles Empujan a América Latina Hacia Adelante
Building the Future of Tech-Enabled Agriculture
You Keep Using That Word: Why “Scale” Doesn’t Mean What You Think It Means
Access for All in a Digital Economy: A Reflection on DAI Development Matters Roundtables in Nigeria
Apply Now to the Women’s Global Development and Prosperity Initiative WomenConnect Challenge
Longing for my SuperApp: Where’s the American Go-Jek?
What Makes This Wireless Technology (5G) Different From All Other Wireless Technologies?
Game Mechanics—Great Tool for Designing Digital Development Services
KIC Mauritania: Winners Announced!
Building a Culture of Innovation in Cambodia
Lessons from the Fall Armyworm Tech Prize: The Importance of Ensuring Goals Align
A Resolution to Support the Tech Sector Where We Need It Most
The Four Rs: An Interview With the Lean Research Initiative
Looking Ahead: What We’re Thinking About in 2019
Human-Centered Design for a Digital Farmer Business School Application: A One-Day Roadmap
Financial Sector Deepening Mozambique: The Regulatory Sandbox Startups
DFID and DAI Host Malawi’s First Digital Development Forum
Fortnite for International Development?
Take it to the Farmer: Behind the Scenes of the Fall Armyworm Tech Prize Co-Creation
Digital Health in International Development: Using Tried & Tested Technology Innovatively
Catching Up with the Winners of MIT’s Grand Hack for Health
TicTec 2018: Key Takeaways from the Impacts of Civic Technology Conference
Blockchain for Development Part 2: Implementation Considerations
Submit Your Session Ideas for ICTforAg 2018
Getting Past the Blockchain Hype Cycle
Build a Facebook Messenger Chatbot in 5 Steps in Just 5 Minutes
[email protected] Year in Review: Top 10 Posts of 2017
Tailored Technology Enhances Resilience Programming
8 Do’s and Don’ts in Adaptive Management and Learning in ICT4D
Practicing the Principles for Digital Development in East Africa
Open Innovation in 60 Minutes or Less
The Second Chance Fund: Learning and Iteration with Tech in Cambodia
GeekFest 2017: Discussing Blockchain and Economic IDs with Shailee Adinolfi of BanQu
Blockchain Summer News Round-Up: A Big Splash Into the Pool or a Dip of the Toe?
Refugee Co-Lab: Using Design Thinking to Integrate Refugees into Communities in Greece
GeekFest 2017: Talking Open Source Design, Makerspaces, and Global Supply Chains with Jessica Berlin
HCD in the Field: Trading Counterfeit Rupees for Real Insights with Farmers in Nepal
Lean Design for Development: A Practical Approach to Human-Centered Design
6 Things I Have Learned About Delivering an Introductory ICT4D Training
Takeaways From F8: It’s Zuckerberg’s World—We’re Just Living In It
Meet Honduras's Innovation Community
SXSW 2017: The More Trends Change, the More They Stay the Same
Jhatkaa: Tech-enabled Citizen Advocacy in India
I Made a Facebook Chatbot (And You Can, Too)
Unemployed? Stop Looking for a Job and Create One—Insights from INC Monterrey
More Data, Less Risk: Innovators Chart a Path to Financial Inclusion
What Good Is the Internet of Things to People Who Don’t Have the Internet?
Hey USAID, Want to Promote Innovation?
ICT in the Agricultural Sector: Business Concepts from Ghanaian Youth
Notes from the Field: Makerspaces a Great Solution for Tanzanian Youth to Realize Dreams
Los Mejores 3 Conceptos Para Enfrentar el Cambio Climatico de NASA Space Apps Bogotá
Top 3 Climate Change Concepts from NASA Space Apps Challenge Bogotá
Injecting Ghana’s Ag Sector with Youth-led ICT Energy
6 Amazing Examples Proving that the Medical Technology Transformation is Upon Us
Innovation and Entrepreneurship in El Salvador
Code Weekend: Locally Developed Apps Aim to Fight Street Harassment
Defeated by the Digital Divide? Invest in Inclusion
Civil Society the Hard(ware) Way: Maker Lab Experiences in Cambodia
Internet of Things
Mobile Technologies Push Latin America Forward
Las Tecnologías Móviles Empujan a América Latina Hacia Adelante
Interoperability
Management Information Systems at the Humanitarian-Social Protection Nexus, Part 1: Interoperability
What's the Best Architecture for a Management Information System?
Latin America and the Caribbean
Mobiles in Central America: Digital Insights Honduras, Part 2
Climate Change in Colombia: Hack the Problem
Mobiles in Central America: Digital Insights Honduras, Part 1
Machine Learning
What Are We Reading about Technology and Ethics?
Towards Inclusive Machine Translation: A Case for User-Centered Design in Machine Learning
Looking Ahead: What We’re Thinking About in 2021
Reflections on Machine Learning for Gender Inclusion in Afghanistan
Unearthing Lessons by Revisiting—Not Reinventing—the Wheel by Utilizing Data Science
Making Sure Data Science For Good Does Good
Machine Learning Changes the Business Case for Automated Phishing Attacks
Makerspace
Racist Hardware and What to Do About It
Castles Made of Sand: Digital Transformation From the Silicon Up
Lessons from the Makerspace Community in High-Income Countries
Mobile
Citizen-Centered Governance App Launches in Kabul
Center for Digital Acceleration Partners with Award-Winning Tech Startup Skilllab
Open Source Series
Open Source Versus Proprietary Data Management Stack—Which One is Best for Your Team?
Getting Started with RStudio, Part 2
Getting Started With RStudio, Part 1
Testing Data Collection with OpenDataKit
Open Source Series Part 3: Spatial Analysis with QGIS (Article 2/2)
Open Source Series Part 2: Spatial Analysis with QGIS (Article 1/2)
Privacy
Consent to Data Processing in Humanitarian and Development Contexts, Part 2: Beyond Consent
Cybersecurity Frontier Insights Findings: User Perceptions of Trust and Privacy on the Internet
Research Launch: User Perceptions of Trust and Privacy on the Internet
Understanding Data Tracking: Tips, Tricks, and Tools
Management Information Systems at the Humanitarian-Social Protection Nexus, Part 1: Interoperability
What are User Perceptions of Internet Trust and Privacy in India and Ghana?
The Importance of Personal Digital Security
Five Resources on Human Rights and Tech
Digital Identity Series Part 3: Barriers to Inclusion for All
Product review
RFP
Apply Now to Support USAID Missions through Digital Agriculture Ecosystem Assessments
Apply Now to Provide Digital Development Strategic Communications Support
Apply Now to Redesign the USAID Center for Digital Development’s mAccess Online Platform
Remote Sensing Series
Visualizing Remotely Sensed Data: True Color and False Color
GIS Toolkit Overview Part I: Remote Sensing
First Contact with the Planet API and NodeJS
Remote Sensing Part 4: The Everest of Satellite Conferences, SatSummit 2017
Remote Sensing Part 3: Identify Healthy Vegetation From Space
Remote Sensing Series Part 1: The Foundations and Applications of Remote Sensing
Satellite
How Satellite Imagery and ‘Light at Night’ Helps Development Practitioners Estimate GDP
How Digital Tools Help Combat Illegal Mining and Logging in the Amazon
Site Selection
“S3” Site Selection System: A Data-Driven Decision-Making Tool for Effective Engagement
Sub-Saharan Africa
Putting Liberian Cities on the Map With OpenStreetMap
KIC Expands its Support of Tech-Driven Entrepreneurship to Mauritania
Women in Agritech: Profiles from Ghana
ICT in the Agricultural Sector: Business Concepts from Ghanaian Youth
Notes from the Field: Makerspaces a Great Solution for Tanzanian Youth to Realize Dreams
Think Piece
My Transition from a Tech Company to DAI
Knowledge Sharing in ICT4D: Beyond Internet Searches and Panel Events
Beyond Features: Designing for the World’s ‘Digital Explorers’
Why Electronic Waste is Relevant for the Digital Development Community
Looking Ahead: What We’re Thinking About in 2021
Information Liberation, Part 2: Bringing the Private Sector into the Movement
Looking Ahead: What We’re Thinking About in 2020
Digital Development for Newbies, Part 1: The Basics
Facebook’s Libra Currency: A Digital Development Perspective
Building the Future of Tech-Enabled Agriculture
What Makes This Wireless Technology (5G) Different From All Other Wireless Technologies?
From One Qualie to Another: Insights from Qual360 2019
Lessons from the Fall Armyworm Tech Prize: The Importance of Ensuring Goals Align
The (Missing) Digital Principle: Educate the User
Access as an Assumption: The Unintended Consequence of Increasing Digital Access
Looking Ahead: What We’re Thinking About in 2019
Getting the Basics of ICT4D Right
Fortnite for International Development?
The Rising Tide of ICTs for Accountability
A Time of Change. And Reflection.
DAI’s Center for Digital Acceleration Featured on Podcast
ICT4D Conference: Unpacking the Complexities of Integrated Health Data and Data Ownership
A Do No Harm Framework for ICT4D: Inspiration from SwitchPoint 2018
DFID’s Digital Strategy: What Does it Mean for DAI?
Getting Past the Blockchain Hype Cycle
Tailored Technology Enhances Resilience Programming
Cyber Violence Against Women and Girls Exacerbates Digital Exclusion
Investments in Internet Access Must Include Investments in “Critical Digital Literacy”
Lean Design for Development: A Practical Approach to Human-Centered Design
6 Things I Have Learned About Delivering an Introductory ICT4D Training
Top 5 Social Media Blogs: How & Why ICT4D Pros Should Think Like Digital Marketers
I Made a Facebook Chatbot (And You Can, Too)
What Good Is the Internet of Things to People Who Don’t Have the Internet?
Hiring ICT Staff (Or, How to Get 500 IT CVs Without Really Trying)
[email protected] Year in Review: Top Five Posts of 2016
Crowdsourcing Ideas—The Challenge Fund Model for Innovation
4 Things I Learned at MIT’s TechCon
Counting People is Hard: Biometrics can Help
Hey USAID, Want to Promote Innovation?
Geeks Like Us: How Academic Research Can Help us Create Better ICT Programs
Have You Read the 2016 Digital GAP Act?
Appified: How Social Media is Doing the Hard Work in ICT4D
From Data to Knowledge: Applying Schema Agnostic Systems Modeling to Development Challenges
Building Cluster Maps with the AidData API
A Call for Action: Leaving Behind “One App at a Time” Approaches
Machine Learning Will Help Development Projects Achieve Scale
Ready for Takeoff: Video Games in International Development
ICT4Ag: Smart Thoughts from USAID on the Partnership Gap
Have We Hit a Tech Tipping Point? Observations from Cambodia
Trust
Cybersecurity Frontier Insights Findings: User Perceptions of Trust and Privacy on the Internet
Research Launch: User Perceptions of Trust and Privacy on the Internet
What are User Perceptions of Internet Trust and Privacy in India and Ghana?
Disinformation and Dating Apps—A Match Made in Heaven (But Swipe Left Though)
Virtual Workshops
Out of the Conference Room, into the Field: Hosting a Virtual Site Visit in Zambia
Digital Collaboration: Recommendations from a Six-Week Veteran
cybersecurity
What Are We Reading about Misinformation and Disinformation?
Respond Now: USAID Seeks Research Expertise in Responding to Digital Threats
digital agriculture
Apply Now to Support USAID Missions through Digital Agriculture Ecosystem Assessments
How the Digital Marketplace is Changing the Way We Eat
Part I: Big Data in Agriculture Conference Download: Building Trust and Fueling Innovation
digital divide
digital justice
diseño centrado en el humano
Coffee Cloud: El proyecto digital para los caficultores de Centroamérica
ecommerce
Apply Now: Digital Trade and e-Commerce Technical Assistance for the African Union Commission
humanitarian response
Consent to Data Processing in Humanitarian and Development Contexts, Part 2: Beyond Consent
innovation
Part I: Big Data in Agriculture Conference Download: Building Trust and Fueling Innovation
Social Media
Social Media Storefronts: A Digital Development Blind Spot?
Beyond Features: Designing for the World’s ‘Digital Explorers’
Success to Sustainability: Engaging Horticulturalists in Uzbekistan with Digital Tools
Using Social Media to Build Community (and Advance Project Goals)—Tips and Tricks from Development Innovations
Build a Facebook Messenger Chatbot in 5 Steps in Just 5 Minutes
[email protected] Year in Review: Top 10 Posts of 2017
Top 5 Social Media Blogs: How & Why ICT4D Pros Should Think Like Digital Marketers