SV Podcast 1: The Role of Technology in International Development

Meet Virginia. She’s the Global Innovation Manager at AKTEK, a leading organisation in the development of people-centered IT solutions in difficult contexts.

Virginia was born in Madrid, but has been living abroad for several years now; she pursued her bachelor’s degree at UCL, and lived (for a while) in Beijing, Shanghai, Cameroon, and Malawi.

In the pilot episode of our SV Podcast series, we will be discussing the role of technology in the developing world.

Here’s a little taste of what you can expect in today’s podcast:

• What the main challenges are in conflict areas.
• Why technology needs to be adapted to suit local needs.
• How technology startups, like AKTEK, are changing the way technology is delivered to and used in fragile environments.

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