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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…
Innovate FCDO
Aug 22, 2022
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…
Miranda Dixon
Jan 10, 2022
What is Frontier Technology Livestreaming?
What is Frontier Technology Livestreaming?
Read about the programme in 5 minutes
David Vigoureux
Dec 18, 2020
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…
Sara Al Harfan
Nov 11, 2020
Latest sprint notes from our pilot teams
It’s been a minute …
We are so busy running that we forget to stop and tell stories, so here’s one of those “just the facts” sort of updates.
John Gershenson
Oct 5, 2023
E-mobility in Senegal: assessing the technical viability of local battery swapping and electric…
E-mobility in Senegal: assessing the technical viability of local battery swapping and electric…
The world is witnessing a rise in electric mobility solutions, and it’s not just happening in developed countries. In Africa, electric…
namory diakhate
Aug 7, 2023
Project EmpatIA: Innovating within the Peru Ecosystem
Project EmpatIA: Innovating within the Peru Ecosystem
You can read our earlier publication here
Alexis de Brouchoven
Jul 20, 2023
Leveraging Technology for Responsible Voting and Accountable Politics: Digitalising the Malaysian…
Leveraging Technology for Responsible Voting and Accountable Politics: Digitalising the Malaysian…
Snapshot of the pilot
Gopi
Jul 12, 2023
Unleashing Change through Individual Effort in Community-Based Flood Early Warning System: A Case…
Unleashing Change through Individual Effort in Community-Based Flood Early Warning System: A Case…
In the early morning of December, amidst the sunlit mid-hills of the Eastern Himalayas, chilling northerly wind gust through the Karnali…
Youth Innovation Lab
Jul 5, 2023
Transforming Sierra Leone’s Landscape: A Community Tree Planting Event Powered by Mobile App…
Transforming Sierra Leone’s Landscape: A Community Tree Planting Event Powered by Mobile App…
Despite administrative delays due to Sierra Leone’s upcoming general election and the start of the rainy season, Crown Agents and Tacugama…
Sheikh Mohamed Alpha Janneh II
Jun 30, 2023
Flying medicines over mountains in Nepal
Flying medicines over mountains in Nepal
Communication, Co-ordination and Coherence across stakeholders is key for action
Shanti Mahendra
Jun 28, 2023
Investing In New Forests ? — How to prove trees have actually been planted.
Investing In New Forests ? — How to prove trees have actually been planted.
Author: Daniel Ronen, UAVaid. June 2023.
Daniel Ronen
Jun 21, 2023
Humanitarian aid deduplication using blockchain technology
Humanitarian aid deduplication using blockchain technology
In this article, I’ll be explaining the work that we did in the fourth sprint of our pilot on the blockchain-based technology we proposed…
Samer Haffar
Jun 11, 2023
Pilot Story: Data Aggregation and Distributed Manufacturing
Pilot Story: Data Aggregation and Distributed Manufacturing
See the story of the pilot and our insights on data aggregation for distributed manufacturing here.
David Vigoureux
Jun 9, 2023
With the right data, cocoa farmers in Colombia access international markets and pioneer a new way…
With the right data, cocoa farmers in Colombia access international markets and pioneer a new way…
This post captures learning from the first Sprint of our pilot — ‘Integrating satellite and ground data to generate transparency to cocoa…
Carlos Pedraza
Jun 8, 2023
Pilot Story: A digital verification platform for social impact bonds in South Africa.
Pilot Story: A digital verification platform for social impact bonds in South Africa.
At the Frontier Technologies Hub, we work with UKAid to explore how emerging technologies can help to solve the variety of challenges found…
Alexis de Brouchoven
Jun 6, 2023
Can sensor technologies help to safeguard the future of beekeeping in South Africa?
Can sensor technologies help to safeguard the future of beekeeping in South Africa?
This post captures learning from the first Sprint of our pilot — ‘Harnessing sensor technologies to improve beekeeping productivity in…
James Godber
May 24, 2023
A Bumpy Sprint to the Finish Line
A Bumpy Sprint to the Finish Line
by Anayatullah Khan and Neshmiya A. Khan
Neshmiya A. Khan
May 11, 2023
Lush to rush
Lush to rush
Most nations in the world are currently facing an unprecedented increase in population and environmental issues which have posed a threat…
Akinropotobifestus
Apr 27, 2023
Project EmpatIA: Local Impact, Global Reach
Project EmpatIA: Local Impact, Global Reach
Health and inclusion represent two interlinked pillars of Project EmpatIA. These two elements encompass the philosophy of the pilot, and…
Alexis de Brouchoven
Apr 13, 2023
Embracing IoT and AI for Forest Protection: Lessons Learned and the Path Forward for the Forest…
Embracing IoT and AI for Forest Protection: Lessons Learned and the Path Forward for the Forest…
Exploring the challenges, insights, and future roadmap of the technology-driven forest fire detection project in collaboration with…
Ali Akbar
Apr 6, 2023
Considerations for mapping reforested land with smallholder farmers
Considerations for mapping reforested land with smallholder farmers
Part 2 — written by Lottie Laken
Cheenar Shah
Mar 29, 2023
Determining Digital Literacy for Reforestation in the Mansonia Community, Sierra Leone
Determining Digital Literacy for Reforestation in the Mansonia Community, Sierra Leone
Operating in the Digital Age
Sheikh Mohamed Alpha Janneh II
Mar 27, 2023
Blockchain-based deduplication: Towards a standardized data management practice
Blockchain-based deduplication: Towards a standardized data management practice
This is the third article that I’m writing about our findings and learnings in the context of the piloting of a blockchain-based technology…
Samer Haffar
Mar 23, 2023
Drone Mapping UK Cornwall On The Way To Africa
Drone Mapping UK Cornwall On The Way To Africa
Author: Daniel Ronen, UAVaid. Mar 2023.
Daniel Ronen
Mar 6, 2023
CLOSED: VR developer to help us explore the role of virtual reality in International Criminal Court…
CLOSED: VR developer to help us explore the role of virtual reality in International Criminal Court…
PLEASE NOTE: the call for proposals is now closed.
David Vigoureux
Feb 17, 2023
A powerful Trajectory Ahead
A powerful Trajectory Ahead
It is now a fact that the potential of insect-protein, which is a growth industry in Africa, especially in Kenya, can be realized by…
Eugene Oduor
Feb 7, 2023
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…
Jeremy Huet
Jan 25, 2023
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