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Rethinking innovation funding in the age of AI
Rethinking innovation funding in the age of AI
Applicants can now use generative AI to craft powerful funding proposals.
Rosie Afia-Ford
Aug 22
Identity and Migration — research update #2: Digital ID in Kenya
Identity and Migration — research update #2: Digital ID in Kenya
(Authors: Keren Weitzberg, Nora Naji, and Emrys Schoemaker)
Dr. Emrys Schoemaker
Jul 31
Identity and Migration — Digital ID in Kenya
Identity and Migration — Digital ID in Kenya
(Authors: Keren Weitzberg, Nora Naji, and Emrys Schoemaker)
Dr. Emrys Schoemaker
Jul 31
DPI or Digital Transformation? Identifying DPI-specific risks in a Caribou Digital — UNDP convening
DPI or Digital Transformation? Identifying DPI-specific risks in a Caribou Digital — UNDP convening
Caribou Digital and UNDP recently held a convening of practitioners and scholars to explore the distinction between digital public…
Dr. Emrys Schoemaker
Jul 22
Sifting through the noise in the age of information overload — the power of evidence synthesis
Sifting through the noise in the age of information overload — the power of evidence synthesis
It is hard for organizations that address complex social, economic, and environmental challenges to determine what strategies may have the…
Niamh Barry
Jun 26
Digital Identification in Africa — insights from ID4Africa
Digital Identification in Africa — insights from ID4Africa
Digital identification is one of the central elements of digital transformation, and governments, civil society and development actors are…
Dr. Emrys Schoemaker
May 30
Uganda’s young creatives: A case for more skills for a digital age.
Uganda’s young creatives: A case for more skills for a digital age.
“Social media really, really helps to connect. There are so many places I’ve gone to and they already know me,” Kisakye says.
Grace Natabaalo
Dec 6, 2023
Governing Digital Public Infrastructure
Governing Digital Public Infrastructure
DPI is neither good, nor bad but never neutral — governance is the key to achieving the goals of DPI and Digital Transformation
Dr. Emrys Schoemaker
Jun 9, 2023
Persons Living With Disabilities Self-Directing Their Own Stories
Persons Living With Disabilities Self-Directing Their Own Stories
Rethinking participatory storytelling methodology; from training, to filming, to the accessibility of final edits.
Abu Majid
May 16, 2023
The human impact of identity exclusion in financial services
The human impact of identity exclusion in financial services
Stories from the UK and Ghana
Savita Bailur
Jan 7, 2022
Satellite and geospatial tech for humanitarian crises
Satellite and geospatial tech for humanitarian crises
A Public Q&A
Dr. Emrys Schoemaker
Dec 8, 2021
Online livelihoods and young women’s economic empowerment in Nigeria
Online livelihoods and young women’s economic empowerment in Nigeria
Country Landscape Review
Alina Kaiser
Oct 4, 2021
Digital Identity for Development — and protection
Digital Identity for Development — and protection
On August 27th, the Taliban boasted of using US digital identity technology to hunt down Afghans who had worked with the international…
Dr. Emrys Schoemaker
Sep 7, 2021
What are the limits of the private sector in serving the poor?
What are the limits of the private sector in serving the poor?
Two conclusions for the wider implications of impact investing and the poor as a profitable market segment
Jake Kendall
Aug 16, 2021
Social Agriculture — understanding Kenyan farmers’ use of social media platforms for agricultural…
Social Agriculture — understanding Kenyan farmers’ use of social media platforms for agricultural…
While the digital development community has come to know a lot about social commerce, it needs to know more about social agriculture.
Dr. Emrys Schoemaker
Aug 10, 2021
Digital Public Goods for Development
Digital Public Goods for Development
Digital transformation is neither good, nor bad, but never neutral.
Dr. Emrys Schoemaker
Jul 24, 2021
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