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Three events, three perspectives on community participation, one week…
This week I attended three different events – variations on the common theme of community engagement and participation: Plan UK (London), Citizen Voices UK: A Global Conference on Citizen Engagement...
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Is it time for ICTD conferences to have a bit of a shake-up..?
It was with some reservations that I booked my travel to Singapore to attend ICTD2015. It’s a long way to go for a conference, and I had heard very mixed things from friends and colleagues who have...
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Looking for hands-on experience with grass-roots participatory technology…...
So my colleagues at Aptivate have kindly approved my proposal to take a sabbatical. So from October 2015 I will taking a break for the UK to explore a core interest of mine – the intersection of...
View ArticleOxfam research poses a challenge to NGOs in Digital Development – what should...
Today Oxfam launches the research that they commissioned my colleague George Flatters and I to do last spring. (Download Digital Development: What is the role for international NGOs?) What research..?...
View ArticleThe literature gap between academia and big business..?
Where is the literature on upcoming ICT4D trends and funding?
View ArticleWould you like to read interviews with people working in ICT4D, digital...
Recently my friend Izzy (Isabelle Amazon-Brown) and I were discussing the fact that we both at a point of deciding what we want to do next in our ICT4D careers… And there is not a whole lot out there...
View ArticleBack to Kenya to explore growing the tech4good / social tech sector… Can you...
Next month I am going back to Nairobi to meet with a selection of people who work in the tech4good [replace with social tech, ICT4D, digital development, or whatever buzzword you prefer here]. What led...
View ArticleWhat is the real ecosystem for ICT4D?
I was recently back in Kenya doing some self-directed research exploring potential ways to support and develop the local technology ecosystem (and more specifically the tech4good/ICT4D elements of it)....
View ArticleJust released – new report exploring challenges facing the social-tech scene...
Earlier this year I conducted some self-directed and self-funded research in Kenya, looking at challenges and opportunities for the social-tech / ICT4D sector in Kenya. The final report has just been...
View ArticleStriking a Balance: The Data Dilemma in Aid and Development (AI-aided...
Last week I attended Festival de Datos in Uruguay. While my work is more… ‘data adjacent’, it’s a short flight from Peru (my current temporary home) so why not spend 3 days immersed in a world of data...
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