Discover how the FT Hub, in collaboration with Drones Doing Good Alliance, has been bringing together Peer Action Groups for African Civil Aviation Authorities to promote the safe and sustainable use of drones.

Each month we take one global critical challenge and explore what’s happening on the frontier of innovation. This month we're On the Frontier of Local Manufacturing.

In our first Launchpad series, Ready to launch we explored the innovation methodology we use to test a pilot project idea.

Each month we take one global critical challenge and explore what’s happening on the frontier of innovation. This month we're On the Frontier of Carbon Markets.

The Global South faces urgent climate challenges, and it also offers significant potential for climate mitigation and adaptation through its ecosystems. But this potential is untapped. Today, Africa receives just 3% of global climate finance. 

Each month we take one global critical challenge and explore what’s happening on the frontier of innovation. This month we're on the Frontier of Generative AI.

Read the final report for our pilot ‘Using AI to scale access to forest carbon markets’

One of 5 key trends related to the likely growing influence of AI over the next 10 years, on our lives and on the work of diplomats around the world as it grows in sophistication and maturity. 

A blog piece by FCDO Pioneer Seb Mhatre outlining the future of LLMs in knowledge management for international development, arguing that the creation of a community of practice is needed.

Each month we take one global critical challenge and explore what’s happening on the frontier of innovation, where FCDO colleagues are working with partners to test solutions in the real world. This month? We're on the Frontier of Sustainable Agriculture.

Learn more about Zero Circular’s overarching goal: to introduce biodegradable plastics into the plastic ecosystem in Nepal

Read about Zero Circular’s retrofitting of existing plastics machines to manufacture bioplastics in Nepal

Read the report for our pilot 'Smart GeoSeals to track delivery of humanitarian aid' here

Read the report for our pilot 'EmpatIA - enhancing healthcare access to remote areas in Peru' here

Read on to find out how the team on one of our current pilots, ‘Turning Drylands into Global Carbon Sinks’ are trying to mobilise carbon finance through the Voluntary Carbon Market, and the challenges that lay ahead.

Read more about our progress to date on providing assistive tech and digital mapping to help wheelchair users in Kenya.

We want to bring you the best stories from the frontlines of innovation around the world, so we’re excited to introduce Stories from the Frontier. Listen to the first 20 minute episode here.

Welcome to the September edition of On the Frontier, the Frontier Tech Hub’s regular monthly newsletter. In this edition we’re exploring innovation On the Frontier of humanitarian supply chains

The global demand for humanitarian aid is surging, with 308m+ people expected to need assistance by 2024. Traditional supply chains are struggling to keep up, and the pressure mounting to deliver aid faster, smarter, and more efficiently has never been greater.

This blog post by FCDO Pioneer Robert Phillips explores some of the results of user engagement surrounding the pilot 'Using LLMs as a tool for International Development professionals'.