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EWIK: Enabling Kenya’s Informal Settlements’ Participation In Sustainable E-Waste Management

E-waste start-up EWIK contains the country’s growing waste while offering vulnerable communities a chance to earn an income.

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Accessible, Digital Healthcare for Refugees? The Hera App Is Here To Help

Hera Digital Health is an app that refugees can use to access healthcare even as they’re forcibly displaced.

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“The First Location Is a Stumbling Block or a Stepping Stone”: How AI Model GeoMatch Is Relocating Refugees

Refugees who settle in a new country face location-based challenges. Could artificial intelligence model GeoMatch provide a solution?

Closing the Digital Divide with the Good Things Foundation

Digital exclusion affects millions who lack digital skills or internet access. The Good Things Foundation works to bridge this divide.

The Role of Digital Tools in the World of Online Activism

It's impossible to imagine the world of online activism with the digital tools that underpin them. But their impact is not without downfalls.

What Is Child Labour? Definition, and What to Look Out For

Child labour is defined as work that harms or exploits children, and it's a lot more common than you might think. While progress has been made around the world in the fight against child labour, there's still a long way to go.

COP27: Where Was Digitisation?

COP27's new "loss and damage" funding agreement has been hailed as a great success, but was there serious progress towards a green digital transition?

The New Transparent Open Source Model Tackling Learned Biases in AI

Until now, the development of AI-based technologies for recognising text and speech has been in the hands of large technology companies. BLOOM aims to make this more transparent.

Can Sodium Dethrone Lithium and Make Cleaner, Safer, Fairer Batteries?

Lithium-ion batteries are central to our modern technological lives. However, they come with environmental and human rights concerns. Can the more plentiful sodium take over?