In 2015, China presented its Digital Silk Road (DSR), with a vision of global connectivity. The idea may sound appealing, with massive digitalisation investments aiming to raise living standards and bring the world closer together (The Diplomat, 2021a). At the same time, African nations remain highly indebted to China’s government…
The secret to gaining access to your most intimate and personal qualities, the ones that make you unique and vulnerable is privacy, when you are experiencing closer proximity with someone you love you offer them the key to your privacy, it involves revealing your vulnerabilities with them. Loved ones may…
Using Machine learning (ML) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) in order to process data and as a result helping solve various issues of governmental importance are not new. Their use found itself in the development area as well, but there is a problem with it as it is not the panacea…
Social media use during general elections in a politically polarized state. In 2025, Guyana, one of the world’s fastest-growing economies, projected to grow by 47% in 2022, will have general elections (Wyss, 2022). It does not take elections, whether local or general, for the country’s political parties to mobilize support…
Efficiency, automation, integration, innovation: information and communication technologies (ICT) promise all of these and more. More specifically, the field of data for development (D4D) “ascribe[s] power and agency to data as a development actor” (Cinnamon, 2020, p. 215). How can data be a development actor? Cinnamon (2020) explains that in…
The Likely Future of Social Media Monitoring Elon Musk’s journey to Twitter has been a ‘wild ride’. It should be no surprise to many that his eventual takeover has begun on the heels of controversy and likely massive changes in store for the platform. the bird is freed — Elon…
As a part of a three-day course organised by Sida, I got to know about DIAL. DIAL, which stands for Digital Impact Alliance, promotes digital inclusion via research, capacity-building and advocacy. In this post, you will get to know more about the principles which guide their work. I hope it…
What is AI? The notion of AI (Artificial Intelligence) has been at the tip of the tongues of many these days, but what is it all about and what is its use for development? We are increasingly surrounded by automated data-driven algorythms that are able to do many things. AI…
According to the media, techno-optimism is everywhere. There’s a lot of buzz around the metaverse, artificial intelligence, web 3, NFTs… the list goes on. But what do these terms actually mean, and what good (or bad) will they deliver for society? I had the chance to delve deeper into this…
