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Discover the full Livestreaming portfolio, podcasts, research and stories about frontier tech

Discover the full Livestreaming portfolio, podcasts, research and stories about frontier tech

We publish real-time, raw learnings from our pilot sprints here on Medium, and share research, learning resources and deeper insights on…
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Innovate FCDO
Join the FCDO’s Frontier Technology Network

Join the FCDO’s Frontier Technology Network

How will the world feed a growing population with a changing climate and dwindling environmental resources? What role will money play in a…
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Miranda Dixon
What is Frontier Technology Livestreaming?

What is Frontier Technology Livestreaming?

Read about the programme in 5 minutes
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David Vigoureux
Calling all technology providers! Register your interest in our programme

Calling all technology providers! Register your interest in our programme

Here at the Frontier Technologies Hub, we’re often looking for technologists to engage with the programme. It might be an invitation to…
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Sara Al Harfan
Latest sprint notes from our pilot teams
Mapping Mangroves to Farm Bivalves

Mapping Mangroves to Farm Bivalves

Northern Mozambique has the highest recorded levels of marine biodiversity in East Africa. Poverty is widespread within communities here…
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Jeremy Huet
Project EmpatIA Starts: Peru

Project EmpatIA Starts: Peru

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Alexis de Brouchoven
DEADLINE EXTENDED: Help us test the application of data and digitalisation to empower democracy in…

DEADLINE EXTENDED: Help us test the application of data and digitalisation to empower democracy in…

Can data and technology provide voters with more and verified information on electoral candidates and elected officials, and monitor their…
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Ruth McPake
My three takeaways from a year working on Blockchain in India

My three takeaways from a year working on Blockchain in India

Over the last year I’ve been lucky enough to work with an FTL Pilot team that is piloting the use of Blockchain to increase transparency in…
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Nick Moore
Sprinting towards Inclusive Conservation: Bringing the Community Onboard

Sprinting towards Inclusive Conservation: Bringing the Community Onboard

by Anayatullah Khan and Neshmiya A. Khan
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Neshmiya A. Khan
Exploring Technology-Driven Approaches for Early Detection and Response to Forest Fires: The LUMS…

Exploring Technology-Driven Approaches for Early Detection and Response to Forest Fires: The LUMS…

As our partners, WWF-Pakistan highlighted in their initial blog post about this pilot, Pakistan is among the most vulnerable countries to…
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Ali Akbar
Sprinting to the finish line: what to do when hurdles appear

Sprinting to the finish line: what to do when hurdles appear

Learnings from our last sprint on piloting a digital verification solution on an impact bond
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Triggerise
Marketplace of ideas: testing the application of data and digitalisation to empower democracy in…

Marketplace of ideas: testing the application of data and digitalisation to empower democracy in…

Can you help us to develop a frontier tech enabled platform to provide voters in Malaysia with access to verified information on electoral…
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Ruth McPake
And then there was land…

And then there was land…

With what seemed like a year filled with uncertainties for a nation heading toward an election and a populace facing the biggest hike in…
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Bayo Imam
ELEK TEY Sprint Two Learnings

ELEK TEY Sprint Two Learnings

Since the Marketplace of Ideas in Casamance in 2021, the ElekTey pilot project has been a rich learning experience. The mission was clearly…
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namory diakhate
Can you cost-effectively track soap?

Can you cost-effectively track soap?

How we’re designing a low-cost electronic tracker for the bare essentials of humanitarian aid.
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Ruby Hill
Open tender: Making Climate Finance work for early-stage innovations in low-income country settings

Open tender: Making Climate Finance work for early-stage innovations in low-income country settings

We are pleased to announce that the tender for a partner to produce a short research report exploring how public sector climate finance can…
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Anna Crawford

The Final Sprint in Distributed Manufacturing: Conducting Hyperlocal experiments

Kuldeep Bandhu Aryal, Frontier Technology Specialist at BRAC Social Innovation Lab
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Kuldeep Bandhu Aryal/SIL/BRAC

Here’s Why the Core of Your Distributed Manufacturing System is Advocacy (Part 1)

Chathuri Weerasinghe and Kuldeep Bandhu Aryal
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Kuldeep Bandhu Aryal/SIL/BRAC
Who Wants Digital to Do What in Development Impact Bonds?

Who Wants Digital to Do What in Development Impact Bonds?

By Tom Rintoul
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Alexis de Brouchoven
Digital Outcomes Monitoring, and verification, in Development Impact Bonds

Digital Outcomes Monitoring, and verification, in Development Impact Bonds

By Tom Rintoul
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Alexis de Brouchoven
(3/3) Deep dive into beneficiary de-duplication in the Nigerian context: Use of biometrics

(3/3) Deep dive into beneficiary de-duplication in the Nigerian context: Use of biometrics

This article is the fourth in a series of articles I’m writing about our findings and learnings in the context of the piloting of a…
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Samer Haffar
(2/3) Deep dive into beneficiary de-duplication in the Nigerian context: Compliance with data…

(2/3) Deep dive into beneficiary de-duplication in the Nigerian context: Compliance with data…

This article is the third in a series of articles I’m writing about our findings and learnings in the context of the piloting of a…
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Samer Haffar
(1/3) Deep dive into beneficiary de-duplication in the Nigerian context: Data management workflows

(1/3) Deep dive into beneficiary de-duplication in the Nigerian context: Data management workflows

This three-part article is the second I’m writing about our findings and learnings in the context of the piloting of a blockchain-based…
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Samer Haffar
Open Tender: Blockchain for International Development — Lessons from the Frontier Technologies Hub…

Open Tender: Blockchain for International Development — Lessons from the Frontier Technologies Hub…

We are happy to announce that the tender to surface what has been evidenced to date by blockchain initiatives in international development…
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Ruth McPake
Engaging the Stakeholders — Implementing Blockchain for Property Records

Engaging the Stakeholders — Implementing Blockchain for Property Records

Engaging the Stakeholders — Implementing Blockchain for Property Records
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Navneet Kumar
Harnessing technology to make forest carbon markets work for Ugandan smallholder farmers

Harnessing technology to make forest carbon markets work for Ugandan smallholder farmers

An untapped opportunity for restoration
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Cheenar Shah
Increasing financing to Venezuelan NGOs. Blockchain and cryptocurrencies: A real solution?

Increasing financing to Venezuelan NGOs. Blockchain and cryptocurrencies: A real solution?

According to the Global Humanitarian Assistance Report 2022, in the last three years, global funding for humanitarian responses has…
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Simon Pestano
Moving to where technology and people intersect to create change and improve lives

Moving to where technology and people intersect to create change and improve lives

As you know from reading Mevis’ previous blogs describing Sprints 1, 2 and 3, the overall goal of this project is to see if we can…
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Mambidzeni Madzivire
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