As the world has been on lockdown, unfortunately, domestic violence has gone up. The reality is that there are people without access to safe homes. Orders to “stay home” have created environments where some people, especially women and children, may find themselves in life-threatening situations where home is the last place they would rather be.… View Post
In this article, newsletter co-editor Dr. Ronda Zelezny-Green shares an interview with Ann Mei Chang, a leading advocate for social innovation, to discuss her new book LEAN IMPACT: How to Innovate for Radically Greater Social Good (Wiley, Nov. 6, 2018).… View Post
Last Thursday 14 June, I had the pleasure to host Eric Osiakwan, a Ghanaian serial entrepreneur and investor – and many other multi-hyphenates extraordinaire – alongside my co-organizer Dama Sathianathan. Up from Accra on a month-long visit to Europe on… View Post
Well, as a Black American woman from a low-income background, I constantly say that “development” not only takes place in Africa, Asia, and any other place typically associated with the Global South. There are several places even in the world’s… View Post
Today is as good a day as any to officially relaunch my personal blog! Amidst all the celebrations, digital and otherwise, for International Women’s Day 2018, ITID Journal, the highest-ranked journal for the field of ICTs for Development (ICT4D) has… View Post