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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…
This article was featured on the NetHope blog. The original post can be found here. By Katie Highet, Technical Advisor, mSTAR, FHI 360 and Jonathan Dolan, Digital Inclusion Team Lead, U.S….
On Oct. 12, 2017, a diverse group of over 100 digital development professionals gathered in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, to discuss how to put the Principles for Digital Development into…
No. This was my one-word stance on the question when I was invited to participate in a session about open source at this year’s MERLTech Conference. As the discussion proceeded…
Cross-Posted from NextBillion Over the past 10 years, and particularly over the past five, the use of mobile phones and internet-enabled, digital tools in farming activities has skyrocketed. Today, the…
Cross-Posted from the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development Data All 193 Member States of the United Nations convened in New York for the 72nd Session of the United Nations General…
Social Good Summit 2017, on the Topic of Extremism in the Age of Fake News Critical to the success of being data driven is the idea of getting the right…
Yesterday, Juliana Rotich, co-founder of BRCK and Ushahidi, and Digital Impact Alliance (DIAL) board member, spoke at the Social Good Summit about Africa’s tech revolution and the potential for data…
When digital technology became more accessible in the developing world more than a decade ago, international development organizations began seeking new ways to include digital tools in their programming for…
Advancements in digital technology are changing the model for development. It’s influencing how international development programs are implemented, what new tools are integrated into traditional development programs, and where, when…
