Latest Ict4d Podcast Episodes
Blockchain technology for food security
ICT4D Conference Podcast: Global Tech, Local Good - June 08, 2023 22:00 - 13 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsJessica Agnew, Ph.D., Associate Director of CALS Global, the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Virginia Tech, explores the potential of blockchain to solve global food security challenges. Introducing their Laser Pulse project’s unique user-based design, creating ‘stickiness’ and encou...
Using AI to detect pests in crops in Tanzania
ICT4D Conference Podcast: Global Tech, Local Good - April 21, 2023 16:00 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsBenedicto Hosea, CEO at Mboni ya Vijana, partnering with Plant Village, explains how have implemented a global AI app to help farmers in Tanzania with detecting pests in staple crops, and further improve their knowledge for resilience.
Digitization & farmer's behavioral change
ICT4D Conference Podcast: Global Tech, Local Good - March 16, 2023 23:00 - 14 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsWorlali Senyo, Head of Corporate Services at Farmerline, explores how to encourage (small-holder) farmers to digitize and inspire social behavioral change for more resilience and agricultural productivity.
Setting up a market monitoring dashboard for food security
ICT4D Conference Podcast: Global Tech, Local Good - February 23, 2023 15:00 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsSonja Perakis, Senior Market Monitoring Advisor, and Janeen Cayetano, Data and Geospatial Analyst, at Catholic Relief Services discuss the importance of data-driven response to food security and explain how to get started with a market monitoring dashboard.
AI for climate adaptation
ICT4D Conference Podcast: Global Tech, Local Good - February 15, 2023 17:00 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsLeila Toplic, Head of Emerging Technologies Initiative at NetHope, demonstrates how AI can assist vulnerable communities in adapting to the effects of climate change. She shares three examples on anticipatory action, climate-smart agriculture, and AI for environmental protection. [Publication r...
Improving livestock farming with big data
ICT4D Conference Podcast: Global Tech, Local Good - February 08, 2023 20:00 - 13 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsAnthony Whitbread, Principal Scientist at the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), demonstrates how big data is being used to support livestock farming.
Scaling agri extension apps
ICT4D Conference Podcast: Global Tech, Local Good - February 02, 2023 20:00 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsFranziska Atwii, Team Lead of the Innovation Lab in Kampala at Welthungerhilfe, shares how they are scaling and customizing agriculture extension apps for each country to better support small holder farmers.
Lessons learned using digital agri innovations in Africa
ICT4D Conference Podcast: Global Tech, Local Good - January 25, 2023 14:00 - 14 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsNixon Mageka Gecheo, Senior Program Officer, Digital Systems & Solutions for Agriculture at AGRA (Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa), shares lessons learned and examples of using digital agriculture innovations in Africa.
Role of ICT and data to improve food systems
ICT4D Conference Podcast: Global Tech, Local Good - January 20, 2023 13:00 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsThembani Malapela, Knowledge and Information Management Officer at FAO e-agriculture, explains what impact digital technologies and data have to improve global food systems and address the current food crisis.
Guidance for NGOs on using social media for peace building
ICT4D Conference Podcast: Global Tech, Local Good - December 21, 2022 10:00 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsDr. Sanjana Hattotuwa, Special Advisor at the ICT4Peace Foundation, offers advice for civil society organization to better use their online presence and social media for peace building efforts.
Civil society's role in fighting hate speech
ICT4D Conference Podcast: Global Tech, Local Good - October 12, 2022 22:00 - 14 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsAlice Nderitu, the Special Adviser of the Secretary-General on the Prevention of Genocide at the United Nations, explains how civil society organizations can join the collaborative flight against hate speech and contribute to the prevention of atrocity crimes. For more information visit https...
Training youth social media activists
ICT4D Conference Podcast: Global Tech, Local Good - October 05, 2022 17:00 - 10 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsJomari Guillermo, Communications Manager at Catholic Relief Services in the Philippines, shares lessons learned from social media training of youth activists for strengthening their peace agendas and increase influence.
Social media & conflict: Global framework, local context
ICT4D Conference Podcast: Global Tech, Local Good - September 28, 2022 16:00 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsAdrienne Brooks, Senior Advisor for the Technology for Development team at Mercy Corps, specializes in addressing the weaponization of social media as it relates to peacebuilding. She introduces Mercy Corps’ global framework for understanding risks and resilience of social media and conflict and...
What is peace tech? How is it used by civil society?
ICT4D Conference Podcast: Global Tech, Local Good - September 14, 2022 16:00 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsDr. Lisa Schirch, Professor of Peace Studies at the University of Notre Dame’s Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies and Research Fellow at the Toda Peace Institute, introduces us to peace tech, its history, trends, current examples, and their impact - including Ushahidi, Build Up, Poli...
What is peace tech? How is it used by civil society?
ICT4D Conference Podcast: Global Tech, Local Good - September 14, 2022 16:00 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsDr. Lisa Schirch, Professor of Peace Studies at the University of Notre Dame’s Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies and Research Fellow at the Toda Peace Institute, introduces us to peace tech, its history, trends, current examples, and their impact - including Ushahidi, Build Up, Poli...
ICT4D for Malaria Elimination
ICT4D Conference Podcast: Global Tech, Local Good - April 25, 2022 09:00 - 9 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsDr. John Reeder, Director of TDR, the Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Disease, based at the World Health Organization, gives an overview of digital technologies used globally to help fight malaria, their benefits and potential, as well as challenges or barriers to overco...
ICT4D for Malaria Elimination
ICT4D Conference Podcast: Global Tech, Local Good - April 25, 2022 09:00 - 9 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsDr. John Reeder, Director of TDR, the Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Disease, based at the World Health Organization, gives an overview of digital technologies used globally to help fight malaria, their benefits and potential, as well as challenges or barriers to overco...
Demystifying Conspiracies & Infodemics
Global Digital Futures - September 29, 2021 09:53 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingThis week, we are speaking to Samuel Olaniran, and Dr Stephanie Diepeveen, who have worked on the article, “Demystifying the COVID-19 infodemic: Conspiracies, context and the agency of users,” which has just been published in Social Media & Society. Samuel Olaniran is a PhD Candidate in the de...
Multiple Feminisms, Multiple Internets
Global Digital Futures - September 17, 2021 08:13 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingThis week we are joined by Paromita Vohra to talk about her platform, Agents of Ishq. Paromita is a filmmaker and writer whose work focuses on gender, feminism, urban life, love, desire and popular culture. It spans many forms, including documentary, fiction, print, video and sound installation....
Global Dynamics of AI in Healthcare
Global Digital Futures - September 01, 2021 17:58 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingThis week we are joined by Darlington Akogo to speak about Global Dynamics of AI in Healthcare. Darlington Akogo is the Founder and Director of Artificial Intelligence at GUDRA, and its subsidiaries; including minoHealth, an AI Healthtech company and minoHealth AI Lab, an AI Healthcare, Biotech ...
Mobile for Development in Tanzania
Global Digital Futures - August 18, 2021 17:44 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingThis week we are joined by Hannah Metcalfe to speak about Mobile for Development in Tanzania. Hannah has had an 8 year career in mobile for development and technology for development. Since 2017 she has been working for Viamo, and since 2019 she has been the Country Director in Tanzania. Viamo i...
NFTs & Digital Art Production
Global Digital Futures - August 04, 2021 15:58 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingOn this episode we are speaking to Tais Koshino and Amelie Maia, co-founders of the DiverseNFTArt initiative which aims to provide a community for Women, BIPOC and LGBTQIA+ NFT artists. Tais Koshino is a digital artist from Brazil whose work is featured on Hic et Nunc . Amelie Maia is an artist ...
Online Activism & Digital Freedom
Global Digital Futures - July 07, 2021 15:16 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingThis week, we are speaking to Bhavjit Singh, the founder of the Twitter account @Tractor2twitr. The account was set up to support the Indian Farmers’ Protests and counter the narrative being promoted by the mainstream media and the IT cells of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party led by President N...
Extreme Speech & Content Moderation Online
Global Digital Futures - June 23, 2021 15:00 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingThis week we are joined by Dr. Matti Pohjonen to speak about Extreme Speech & Content Moderation Online. For the past 10 years, Matti has developed critical-comparative research approaches for understanding digital cultures globally. This has included work on international news and blogging in I...
UNCDF's SPRINT4Women: a unique approach to HCD with rural women in Zambia
ICT4D Conference Podcast: Global Tech, Local Good - June 10, 2021 15:00 - 16 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsKilyelyani Kanjo, Digital Financial Services Consultant, and Nandini Harihareswara, Senior Advisor for Inclusive Digital Economies & Women's Economic Empowerment, at United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) on SPRINT4Women, a unique design sprint engaging private sector in human-centred d...
Social Transgressions & the Digital Influencer Trajectory in Brazil
Global Digital Futures - June 09, 2021 20:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingThis week we are joined by Thaysa Costa do Nascimento to speak about Social Transgressions & the Digital Influencer Trajectory in Brazil. Thaysa is a Doctoral student in Business Administration at COPPEAD Graduate School of Business of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. Her phD research f...
Bonnie Chiu: grassroots approaches to the gender digital gap
ICT4D Conference Podcast: Global Tech, Local Good - June 02, 2021 14:00 - 13 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsBonnie Chiu (Managing Director of The Social Investment Consultancy, Founder of Lensational) on grassroots and entrepreneurial approaches to digital capacity building of marginalized women.
Bonnie Chiu: grassroots approaches to the gender digital gap
ICT4D Conference Podcast: Global Tech, Local Good - June 02, 2021 14:00 - 13 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsBonnie Chiu (Managing Director of The Social Investment Consultancy, Founder of Lensational) on grassroots and entrepreneurial approaches to digital capacity building of marginalized women.
Social Media & the Changing Election Landscape in Zimbabwe
Global Digital Futures - May 26, 2021 15:45 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingThis week we are speaking to Dr. Admire Mare on Social Media & the Changing Election Landscape in Zimbabwe. Dr. Mare is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Communication at the Namibia University of Science and Technology, Windhoek, Namibia. He is also a Senior Research Associate at the Univers...
Revi Sterling: Stategies to Close the Gender Digital Divide
ICT4D Conference Podcast: Global Tech, Local Good - May 19, 2021 20:00 - 14 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsRevi Sterling (Gender and Technology Specialist, DAI Global; Director, USAID WomenConnect Challenge) shares five proven strategies to close the gender digital divide and increase women’s economic empowerment.
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