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By Michael Downey, OSC Director of Community At the Digital Impact Alliance (DIAL) Open Source Center, one of our values is the belief that the techniques evolved by the free…
By Michael M. Lokshin, Sardar Azari and Zurab Sajaia This blog post is originally featured on the World Bank Group’s Data Blog, found here “Every company is a technology company”. This idea, popularized…
By Joanne Peter, Johnson & Johnson As patient groups go, pregnant women and new mothers are among the most motivated. They’re eager for information on how to care for themselves and…
By 2018, 3.6 billion people – half of the world’s population – are estimated to be using mobile messaging applications. The growth of messaging applications such as WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger,…
By Innovate DFID (Department for International Development UK) DFID is delighted to become the 100th organisation to endorse the Principles for Digital Development! They are good practice guidelines for doing development in…
In February, the Digital Impact Alliance hosted its second Practicing the Principles event in Jakarta, Indonesia. The event shared insights from public and private sector implementers on how they are…
The DIAL Open Source Center (OSC) team has been busy scaling up its services since the beginning of the year. Our mission is to convene a vibrant and inclusive community…
By Laura Walker McDonald As I have written about elsewhere, we need more evidence of what works and what doesn’t in the ICT4D and tech for social change spaces –…
Today, the Digital Impact Alliance (DIAL) launched a survey of the global digital development ecosystem – the first of its kind. We are conducting research to be able to measure…
By Rachel Sibande and Danielle Dhillon At the annual Mobile World Congress (MWC) 107,000 visitors from 205 countries gathered to see the latest offerings showcased by the mobile industry and…
