Building consumer confidence in water for a future with less plastic
Can sharing data about public water filtration systems build trust in the water supply and reduce the use of single-use plastic bottles?
Protecting forests: Open data for supply chain due diligence
Can open data systems help smallholder farmers prove they’re following deforestation rules and stay in global supply chains?
Protecting white yam crops using treated banana-fibre paper
Can banana fibre paper help fight parasitic nematodes and protect white yam crops?
Monitoring biodiversity with frontier sensing technologies
Can we gather better data on insect biodiversity with the help of sensing technologies and AI?
Data for matchmaking: connecting start-ups and funders
Can an AI-powered platform connect Kenyan start-ups with the right funders to help them secure early-stage investment?
AI legal assistant: accelerating access to justice
Can an AI legal tool tailored to Malawi’s local context help reduce case backlogs and improve access to justice?
Teaching the future: Personalized learning technology for teacher professional development
Can digital personalised learning technology empower teachers and improve classroom instruction?
AI-enhanced gender-based violence reporting and response
Can an AI-powered chatbot provide immediate support to victims of gender-based violence?
Found: testing technologies to locate clandestine graves
Can a combination of sensors, imagery, and machine learning help locate clandestine graves in Mexico?
Evidence for accountability: remote sensing to prevent the environment from harms
Can we use technologies to detect environmentally damaging activities and help hold governments accountable?
Stop the spread: using drones and nano-biogel to prevent wildfires
Can drones deploy a special nano-biogel fire retardant in Brazil’s forests to stop the spread of wildfires?
AI vs conflict misinformation in Sub-Saharan Africa
Can we use AI to tackle conflict-related misinformation on social media in Arabic?
AI/Machine Learning-based system capable of predicting forced displacement in near real time
Is it possible to develop an Artificial Intelligence-based system to predict forced displacement in near real time?
Using LLMs as a tool for International Development professionals
Can AI systems that retrieve and synthesise data support international development practitioners with common evidence-based tasks?
Turning drylands into global carbon sinks
Can technology accurately measure the carbon storage impact of regeneration efforts in the Sahel and link to global carbon markets?