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Cross-Post: Messaging Platforms: Best Practices, Costs, Security, and Privacy
“By 2019, an estimated 3.9 billion people will be using messaging apps (Activate & WSJ Tech). NGOs and the development community have already begun to embrace the opportunity afforded by…
Demand Aggregation: The Secret Ingredient to ICT4D Success
Many global international development organizations are using technology and mobile channels to better understand and reach their target populations. A substantial portion of their budgets for these…
Pooling Aid Sector Demand for Digital Public Goods: Lessons from Sizing Mobile Channel Demand in Sub-Saharan Africa
Mobile communication channels have the potential to deliver services targeting the underserved in support of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). But while there have been projects that…
Cross-post: Positive Collaboration Is Possible Between Aid and Mobile Sectors
Recently, the Digital Impact Alliance, DAI and Accenture Development Partnerships hosted a London Technology Salon on the question of: “Is Positive Collaboration Possible…
Workshop On The Application Of Mobile Technology As A Catalyst For The Delivery Of the SDGs In Sierra Leone
Together with the Ministry of Information and Communications and the Department of Science, Technology and Innovation (DSTI), the Digital Impact Alliance (DIAL) facilitated a workshop on April 24,…
Cross-Post: 4 Use Cases for Internet Messaging Applications in Development Programs
Nearly half of the world’s population uses one or more messaging applications and increasingly, development organizations are seeing the value of using mobile messaging applications to reach both…
Promoting Mobile Sector Engagement in Malawi
DIAL convened a one-day Mobile Engagement Workshop in Lilongwe, Malawi on 20 Feb, 2019, bringing together 55 people from over 30 organizations. There was senior representation from the development…
One Pager: Mobile Distribution Channels
The potential for mobile channels to help deliver services to the underserved and support the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals across multiple sectors has been well documented.…
Scaling Mobile for International Development: Harnessing Opportunities, Minimizing Challenges
As global mobile penetration expands, it brings with it a significant opportunity to create access to information and services in areas such as health, agriculture, education, finance, retail, etc.…
A Guide to Using Mobile Aggregators to Deliver NGO Services at National Scale
This guide is the second in a series focused on building awareness among NGOs of mobile channels and platforms, their capabilities and when to use an aggregator to deliver services at scale. …