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AI

Unlocking the Potential of Generative AI in Cybersecurity: A Roadmap to Opportunities and Challenges

Toward More Transparent and Accountable AI Algorithms in Public Service Delivery: Insights from Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Egypt, Ghana, Kenya, Mexico, and Rwanda

In Case You Missed It—Discussing the Impact and Implications of AI on Digital Inclusion at the NetHope Conference

The Potential Value of AI—and How Governments Could Capture It, Part 2

The Potential Value of AI—and How Governments Could Capture It, Part 1

Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare for Development 4.0: Recommendations for Policymakers

How Four Awardees Are Paving the Way for a More Equitable AI-Powered Future

How Can the Mexican Automotive Industry Capitalize on Data-Driven Global Value Chains?

Q&A: Drone Technology, Climate Adaptation, and Aerobotics—An Interview with Benji Meltzer

Shaping History Series: Innovative Leaders Driving Digital Transformation—Dr. Joy Buolamwini

Apply Now: Support USAID and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to Assess the Implications of Artificial Intelligence and Automation on Employment and Inclusive Economic Development in Agri-Food Systems

CDA Insights 2022: Toward Ethical Artificial Intelligence in International Development

Let’s Talk Fashion: How Digital Technology Can Support the Circular Economy

The AI Age Presents New Challenges in Cybersecurity

RFP: Funding Available for Solutions that Address Gender Inequity in AI Technology

Can Regulators Keep up with Artificial Intelligence?

Request for Information: Exploring the Role of AI and Automation on Agrifood Systems

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’

COVID-19

Digital Trade in Southern Africa: How Firms Have Adapted to Digital Trade During COVID-19

Digital Innovator Series: Discussing Entrepreneurship Ecosystems with Paing Hein Htet

Global Insights from a Major New Study on MSME Digital Tool Use in Emerging Markets Amidst the COVID-19 Pandemic

Digital@DAI Year in Review: Top 10 Posts of 2021

New Multi-Country Research Explores MSME Digital Tool Use in Emerging Markets Amidst the COVID-19 Pandemic

New Report Offers Guidance to Support Agriculture Market Systems Actors During COVID-19

Reflecting on the Role of Digital Solutions in Tackling USAID’s Global Priorities

Digital Innovator Series: Talking Girls in Tech with Voneat Pen

Going Virtual with Learning

What Are We Reading about Digital Transformation and COVID-19?

Digital@DAI 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

Digital Innovator Series: Talking Equitable Access to Healthcare During COVID-19 Pandemic with Vanderbilt Pediatrics

COVID-19 Data Analysis, Part 6: Insights from Forecasting COVID-19 Transmission Rates In Mexico with Google Mobility Data

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: Looking for Helpers in the Hardware Community

Cybersecurity

E-Governance Platforms Must be Cyber-Secure to Ensure Essential Services

Building a Safer Digital World: How ‘Secure By Design’ Shifts the Cybersecurity Paradigm

Three Approaches to Cybersecurity Preparedness—Highlights from RSA Conference 2024

The Impact of Corruption on Cybersecurity: Rethinking National Strategies Across the Global South

Here’s How to Harness the Top Gun Effect to Find the Next Generation of Cyber Talent

Why Cybersecurity Matters for Development: Lessons from the Field

Lessons from Kosovo: How Multi-Stakeholder Coalitions Can Enhance Policy and Regulatory Frameworks for Cybersecurity

Overcoming Gender Biases to Support Cyber Workforce Development in North Macedonia

Some Spider-Sense to Kick Off 20 More Years of Cybersecurity Awareness

4 Key Takeaways from DAI’s Cybersecurity Programs in Southeast Asia and Mongolia

What Have We Learned in the Past Five Years about Cybersecurity?

How Cybersecurity Literacy Can Help People Counter Disinformation and Exercise their Human Rights

Unlocking the Potential of Generative AI in Cybersecurity: A Roadmap to Opportunities and Challenges

As Democracy Goes Digital, Cybersecurity Takes Precedence: 5 Critical Resources For Protecting Elections Against Digital Threats

Playing the Short and Long Game: The Importance of Adaptability in Cybersecurity Programming

Digital Downsides: The Economic Impact of Misinformation and Other Digital Harms on MSMEs in Kenya, India, and Cambodia

A Call to Action: Igniting the Digital Revolution in International Development Studies

The Authentication Dilemma: Can a Single Solution Guarantee Security for Small Firms?

Lack of Cybersecurity Talent Poses a Global Challenge and Opportunity

Apply Now: 2022 USAID Digital Development Awards

Apply Now: SARDI MSME Cybersecurity Awareness Campaign Design and Implementation

5 Secret Sauces for Your Next Digital Safety Campaign: Insights from Thailand

Looking Ahead: What We’re Thinking About in 2022

The AI Age Presents New Challenges in Cybersecurity

In Case You Missed It: Decoding Cybersecurity for MSMEs

Digital Gaming Trends Offer Applications for International Development

Emerging Technologies Provide New Opportunities to Bridge the Digital Divide

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

Digital@DAI 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

Western Nations Seek to Bulk Up Critical Infrastructure, Digitalization, and Cybersecurity in the Western Balkans

Cybersecurity Frontier Insights Findings: User Perceptions of Trust and Privacy on the Internet

Research Launch: User Perceptions of Trust and Privacy on the Internet

Staying Safe Online—Cyber Hygiene Skills Strengthen Resilience for Small Business, Even In Times of Crisis

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?

Digital@DAI 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

Digital@DAI 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 2: Understanding Cyber Security as Part of the Digital Development Conversation

Cyber Security Series Part 1: Trust is Why Cyber Security Matters to Digital Development

Data

“We, The Data” Holds a Human Rights Lens to the Digital Age

The Digital Ecosystem Country Assessment (DECA) has Spurred Innovative Digital Development Around the World

Realizing Inclusive Connectivity in Liberia Through a Trusted Technical Engagement

Shaping History Series: Innovative Leaders Driving Digital Transformation—Interview with Neema Iyer

Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare for Development 4.0: Recommendations for Policymakers

Getting Subnational: Combining Large Scale Surveys with Geospatial Data to Produce Better Small Area Estimation, Part I

Digital@DAI Year in Review: Top 10 Posts of 2021

GIS Data: Availability and Applicability, Part 1

Apply Now: Support USAID and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation on an Assessment of Farmer-Centric Models of Data Governance and Ownership

Looking Ahead: What We’re Thinking About in 2021

Understanding Data Tracking: Tips, Tricks, and Tools

COVID-19 Data Analysis, Part 6: Insights from Forecasting COVID-19 Transmission Rates In Mexico with Google Mobility Data

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

5 Takeaways From ICT4D 2019

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

Digital@DAI 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

Digital@DAI 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

Remote Sensing Series Part 2: Landsat is the Stalwart of Satellite Imagery Platforms (and it’s Free!)

GeekFest 2017: Q&A with Ian Schuler, CEO of Development Seed

Digital@DAI 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

Should Big Data Be Open Data?

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 Mining and the Human Development Index

Digital Inclusion

Sustainability in Action: Technovation Cambodia 10 years on

The Power of Geospatial Tools for Improving Election Management and Voter Participation: Lessons from Nigeria

Can Rural Digital Community Centers Be Sustainable?

What Do You Get When You Combine Digital Infrastructure, Skills, and Trust with Affordability and Device Access? Introducing Our Concept of Digital Readiness

Bridging the Gender Digital Divide: Four Approaches to Bringing Women Online From the USAID/Microsoft Airband Initiative

Lessons Learned in Bangladesh: Engaging Women in Digital Agriculture Tools

Preparing International Development Professionals for the Digital Age

Realizing Inclusive Connectivity in Liberia Through a Trusted Technical Engagement

A Call to Action: Igniting the Digital Revolution in International Development Studies

Digital@DAI Rewind: Right to Repair is a Development Issue

Digital Literacy Series: Closing the Gap for Semi-Literate and Illiterate Populations

Embracing the Unlikely Resilience of Feature Phones

WomenConnect Challenge Blog Series: Strategy 5—Developing Community Support

WomenConnect Challenge Blog Series: Strategy 4—Designing Creative, Women-Centric Technology

WomenConnect Challenge Blog Series: Strategy 2—Creating Economic Opportunities

WomenConnect Challenge Blog Series: Strategy 1 — Changing Social Norms and Cultural Perceptions

WomenConnect Challenge Blog Series: Introducing Strategies for Closing the Gender Digital Divide

Technology and Displacement: The Role of Digital Tools Among Displaced Persons

Apply Now: Digital Inclusion Challenge Seeks to Advance Skills of Women-Led Firms Across Southeast Asia, Mongolia

Barriers to Digital Inclusion: What is Different for Children?

Frontier Insights Yemen: Understanding Children’s Digital Access

Frontier Insights South Sudan: Understanding Children's Digital Access

Frontier Insights Colombia: Understanding Children’s Digital Access

Blockchain: Are We Beyond the Peak of The Hype Cycle?

New Research Explores Digital Technologies and Their Impact on Social Accountability in Southeast Asia

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

Digital@DAI 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?

Staying Safe Online—Cyber Hygiene Skills Strengthen Resilience for Small Business, Even In Times of Crisis

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

Digital@DAI Year in Review: Top 10 Posts of 2018

An Embarrassment of Riches

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 Insights

Social Media for Civic Education: Challenges and Opportunities in Cambodia

What Do You Get When You Combine Digital Infrastructure, Skills, and Trust with Affordability and Device Access? Introducing Our Concept of Digital Readiness

The Kids are Alright: Reframing “Digital Natives” for International Development

Toward More Transparent and Accountable AI Algorithms in Public Service Delivery: Insights from Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Egypt, Ghana, Kenya, Mexico, and Rwanda

Frontier Insights Libya: Understanding Children’s Digital Access

Introducing Sesame Workshop’s Technology Decision Roadmap

The Digital Ecosystem Country Assessment (DECA) has Spurred Innovative Digital Development Around the World

Realizing Inclusive Connectivity in Liberia Through a Trusted Technical Engagement

Digital Downsides: The Economic Impact of Misinformation and Other Digital Harms on MSMEs in Kenya, India, and Cambodia

Global Insights from a Major New Study on MSME Digital Tool Use in Emerging Markets Amidst the COVID-19 Pandemic

CDA Insights 2022: Toward Ethical Artificial Intelligence in International Development

Digital Gaming Trends Offer Applications for International Development

New Multi-Country Research Explores MSME Digital Tool Use in Emerging Markets Amidst the COVID-19 Pandemic

Barriers to Digital Inclusion: What is Different for Children?

Frontier Insights Yemen: Understanding Children’s Digital Access

Frontier Insights South Sudan: Understanding Children's Digital Access

Frontier Insights Colombia: Understanding Children’s Digital Access

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

Digital@DAI 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!

Frontier Insights: Cyber Security Edition

Digital@DAI Year in Review: Top 10 Posts of 2018

Digital Insights Malawi: Information and Communication in Rural Communities

Digital@DAI 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

Digital@DAI 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

Digital Insights El Salvador: Mobile Adoption

Digital Repression

The Rise in Internet Shutdowns

Digital Transformation

Digital Rights and the Technology Workforce: Why Do We Need Our Technology Professionals to be Informed on Human Rights?

Digital Safeguards: Synergy between Cybersecurity, Data Protection, and Human Rights in Moldova

Localizing Digital Public Goods

What Do You Get When You Combine Digital Infrastructure, Skills, and Trust with Affordability and Device Access? Introducing Our Concept of Digital Readiness

Digital@DAI Year in Review: Top 10 Posts of 2022

A Look Into the Future: Rwanda’s Road to Digital Transformation

Starting Now on Digital Transformation for Ukraine Reconstruction

The Future of Work: A Review on the Trending Phenomenon of Digital Nomads

Global Insights from a Major New Study on MSME Digital Tool Use in Emerging Markets Amidst the COVID-19 Pandemic

Let’s Talk Fashion: How Digital Technology Can Support the Circular Economy

Looking Ahead: What We’re Thinking About in 2022

Digital@DAI Year in Review: Top 10 Posts of 2021

New Multi-Country Research Explores MSME Digital Tool Use in Emerging Markets Amidst the COVID-19 Pandemic

Bangalore and the Hidden Costs of ‘Silicon Cities’

Advances in ICT Connectivity Highlight Need for Digital Safety Preparedness in Pacific Communities

What Are We Reading about Digital Transformation and COVID-19?

Increasing Adoption and Awareness of Fintech Solutions in Mexico: Q&A with Roberto Velez and Lorena Segura

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

Entrepreneurship

The Path to a Sustained Network for Women Entrepreneurs in South Asia: Insights from the SARDI Strengthening Women in Tech Symposium

Digital Innovator Series: Discussing Entrepreneurship Ecosystems with Paing Hein Htet

Meaningful Connectivity: Providing Access to Life-Enhancing Digital Services

Apply Now: Strengthening Women in Tech in South Asia

In Case You Missed It: Decoding Cybersecurity for MSMEs

Digital Asia Accelerator Cultivates Digital Skills for Cambodia’s Creative Sector

Digital Innovator Series: Talking Girls in Tech with Voneat Pen

In Case You Missed It: The Digital Journey in South Asia—Opportunities and Challenges for Small Firms and Women Entrepreneurs

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

Governance

Government-Run Digital Tools to Combat Corruption: Can They Work?

As Democracy Goes Digital, Cybersecurity Takes Precedence: 5 Critical Resources For Protecting Elections Against Digital Threats

The Rise in Internet Shutdowns

Apply Now: Support USAID’s DRG Center in Addressing Electoral Cybersecurity Threats

Respond Now: USAID Seeks ICT Regulatory Policy Technical Assistance Services in Latin America, the Caribbean, Africa, and the Indo-Pacific

Respond Now: USAID Seeks Research Expertise in Responding to Digital Threats

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

Civil Society the Hard(ware) Way: Maker Lab Experiences in Cambodia

Human-centered design

Lessons Learned in Bangladesh: Engaging Women in Digital Agriculture Tools

Preparing International Development Professionals for the Digital Age

Towards Inclusive Machine Translation: A Case for User-Centered Design in Machine Learning

Using Social Media to Build Community (and Advance Project Goals)—Tips and Tricks from Development Innovations

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

Human-Centered Design for a Digital Farmer Business School Application: A One-Day Roadmap

Fishing with Smartphones

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

Digital@DAI 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

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

Innovation

Sustainability in Action: Technovation Cambodia 10 years on

Bridging the Gender Digital Divide: Four Approaches to Bringing Women Online From the USAID/Microsoft Airband Initiative

Chatbots for the International Development and Humanitarian Sectors: What Works?

A Look Into the Future: Rwanda’s Road to Digital Transformation

Lack of Cybersecurity Talent Poses a Global Challenge and Opportunity

Shaping History Series: Innovative Leaders Driving Digital Transformation—Interview with Neema Iyer

Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare for Development 4.0: Recommendations for Policymakers

Webinar Series: Connecting Innovators with Funders in Bangladesh

Digital Literacy Series: Closing the Gap for Semi-Literate and Illiterate Populations

WomenConnect Challenge Blog Series: Strategy 5—Developing Community Support

WomenConnect Challenge Blog Series: Strategy 4—Designing Creative, Women-Centric Technology

WomenConnect Challenge Blog Series: Strategy 3—Cultivating Women’s Confidence

WomenConnect Challenge Blog Series: Strategy 2—Creating Economic Opportunities

WomenConnect Challenge Blog Series: Strategy 1 — Changing Social Norms and Cultural Perceptions

Digital Innovator Series: Discussing Entrepreneurship Ecosystems with Paing Hein Htet

Shaping History Series: Innovative Leaders Driving Digital Transformation—Dr. Joy Buolamwini

WomenConnect Challenge Blog Series: Introducing Strategies for Closing the Gender Digital Divide

Digital@DAI Year in Review: Top 10 Posts of 2021

Location-Based Platform Work Presents Benefits—and Risks—to Workers in the Global South, Part 1

Five Tools to Foster Creative Innovation

What We Learned From a Deep Dive into the World of Prizes and Challenges

Fast Company's World Changing Ideas Awards Highlight Opportunities for Digital Development

Digital Innovator Series: Talking About Online Campaigns for Change with Sotheavy AT

Digital@DAI 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

Deadline Extended: Applications for Digital Trade and e-Commerce Technical Assistance for the African Union Commission

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

Digital@DAI 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

Looking Ahead to 2018

Digital@DAI 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?

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

SXSW: Tech Trends 2016

Innovation and Entrepreneurship in El Salvador

Defeated by the Digital Divide? Invest in Inclusion

Civil Society the Hard(ware) Way: Maker Lab Experiences in Cambodia

Innovation Into Action Challenge

Think Piece

Social Media for Civic Education: Challenges and Opportunities in Cambodia

The Digital Ecosystem Country Assessment (DECA) has Spurred Innovative Digital Development Around the World

A Call to Action: Igniting the Digital Revolution in International Development Studies

Starting Now on Digital Transformation for Ukraine Reconstruction

The Future of Work: A Review on the Trending Phenomenon of Digital Nomads

Embracing the Unlikely Resilience of Feature Phones

Flagged for Review: A Look at Hate Speech in the International Development Context

Five Tools to Foster Creative Innovation

Reflecting on the Role of Digital Solutions in Tackling USAID’s Global Priorities

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

5 Takeaways From ICT4D 2019

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

Looking Ahead to 2018

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)

Digital@DAI 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?

Should Big Data Be Open Data?

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

Free Basics and the Golden Rule