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Can drone-based, remote sensing create a reforestation value chain in Sierra Leone?

6 Jul 2023

Can drone-based, remote sensing create a reforestation value chain in Sierra Leone?

6 Jul 2023

6 Jul 2023

Could access to real-time data enable smarter targeting of health and social services in the Philippines?

24 Apr 2023

Could access to real-time data enable smarter targeting of health and social services in the Philippines?

24 Apr 2023

24 Apr 2023

Can big data analytics support local governments in Nepal to prepare communities against climate and non-climate shocks?

24 Apr 2023

Can big data analytics support local governments in Nepal to prepare communities against climate and non-climate shocks?

24 Apr 2023

24 Apr 2023

How virtual and augmented reality could provide an empathy tool to disguise victims of CSRV and increase levels of justice

25 Nov 2022

How virtual and augmented reality could provide an empathy tool to disguise victims of CSRV and increase levels of justice

25 Nov 2022

25 Nov 2022

With the right data, could remote cocoa farmers in Colombia access international markets and pioneer a new way to protect the country’s rainforests?

15 Nov 2022

With the right data, could remote cocoa farmers in Colombia access international markets and pioneer a new way to protect the country’s rainforests?

15 Nov 2022

15 Nov 2022

Could we use digital remittances to upend the way we think about informal business support in Southern Africa – and let businesses themselves decide what they need?

4 Nov 2022

Could we use digital remittances to upend the way we think about informal business support in Southern Africa – and let businesses themselves decide what they need?

4 Nov 2022

4 Nov 2022

Can smart sensors improve the health and productivity of bee colonies in South Africa?

2 Nov 2022

Can smart sensors improve the health and productivity of bee colonies in South Africa?

2 Nov 2022

2 Nov 2022

Real-time insights from the pilots

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The future of AI x international diplomacy: AI information retrieval

13 Nov 2024

The future of AI x international diplomacy: AI information retrieval

13 Nov 2024

13 Nov 2024

What might a Community of Practice in LLMs for knowledge management look like, and why is it needed?

13 Nov 2024

What might a Community of Practice in LLMs for knowledge management look like, and why is it needed?

13 Nov 2024

13 Nov 2024

Submissions Open - Building consumer confidence in water for a future with less plastic

11 Nov 2024

Submissions Open - Building consumer confidence in water for a future with less plastic

11 Nov 2024

11 Nov 2024

Submissions Open - Climate Finance Tech CoLab

11 Nov 2024

Submissions Open - Climate Finance Tech CoLab

11 Nov 2024

11 Nov 2024

Invitation to Tender: Research into Using Banana-fibre Papers to Protect White Yams from Nematodes

7 Nov 2024

Invitation to Tender: Research into Using Banana-fibre Papers to Protect White Yams from Nematodes

7 Nov 2024

7 Nov 2024

Invitation to Tender: Exploring Frontier Technologies Beyond the Hype

1 Nov 2024

Invitation to Tender: Exploring Frontier Technologies Beyond the Hype

1 Nov 2024

1 Nov 2024

On the Frontier of Sustainable Agriculture

1 Nov 2024

On the Frontier of Sustainable Agriculture

1 Nov 2024

1 Nov 2024

Submissions Open - Mis/dis-information CoLab

29 Oct 2024

Submissions Open - Mis/dis-information CoLab

29 Oct 2024

29 Oct 2024

Bioplastics in Nepal - Pioneering a plastics-free future

25 Oct 2024

Bioplastics in Nepal - Pioneering a plastics-free future

25 Oct 2024

25 Oct 2024

Nepal Bioplastics - Transition to bioplastics through retrofitting

25 Oct 2024

Nepal Bioplastics - Transition to bioplastics through retrofitting

25 Oct 2024

25 Oct 2024

Smart GeoSeals pilot report - using technology to improve humanitarian supply chains

25 Oct 2024

Smart GeoSeals pilot report - using technology to improve humanitarian supply chains

25 Oct 2024

25 Oct 2024

Explore the pilot portfolio

Pilot Portfolio

AI/Machine Learning-based system capable of predicting forced displacement in near real time

AI/Machine Learning-based system capable of predicting forced displacement in near real time

Using LLMs as a tool for International Development professionals

Using LLMs as a tool for International Development professionals

Turning drylands into global carbon sinks

Turning drylands into global carbon sinks

Smart District initiative in Tamil Nadu

Smart District initiative in Tamil Nadu

Smart Mobility: Using Assistive tech and digital mapping to promote urban accessibility

Smart Mobility: Using Assistive tech and digital mapping to promote urban accessibility

From rice husk to silicon: exploring new supply chains for semi-conductors

From rice husk to silicon: exploring new supply chains for semi-conductors

Behaviour change chatbot to encourage vaccine uptake

Behaviour change chatbot to encourage vaccine uptake

Bioplastic future: using bioplastics to transform domestic plastic production

Bioplastic future: using bioplastics to transform domestic plastic production

Optimising vaccines for epidemics through gene editing in Vero cells

Optimising vaccines for epidemics through gene editing in Vero cells

Integrating Earth Observation and ground data to improve cocoa production

Integrating Earth Observation and ground data to improve cocoa production

Project Sapling - drone-based remote sensing for reforestation investment

Project Sapling - drone-based remote sensing for reforestation investment

Improved education through AR

Improved education through AR

Films, podcasts and reports

Films from our pilots

Featured

Introducing GeoSeals: Eliminating supply chain stockouts in rural Ethiopia

Introducing GeoSeals: Eliminating supply chain stockouts in rural Ethiopia

Integrating AI into the asset management of rural water supply schemes in Nepal

Integrating AI into the asset management of rural water supply schemes in Nepal

Project Sapling: the role of technology in reducing funder hesitancy in reforestation initiatives

Project Sapling: the role of technology in reducing funder hesitancy in reforestation initiatives

Blockchain for International Development and Humanitarian Use Cases: a deep dive

Blockchain for International Development and Humanitarian Use Cases: a deep dive

Resources

Frontier Technologies for the Voluntary Carbon Market

8 Nov 2024

Frontier Technologies for the Voluntary Carbon Market

8 Nov 2024

8 Nov 2024

Frontier Data Study: Releasing the power of digital data for development

25 Mar 2024

Frontier Data Study: Releasing the power of digital data for development

25 Mar 2024

25 Mar 2024

Opportunities and challenges: for improving transparency in aid

12 May 2023

Opportunities and challenges: for improving transparency in aid

12 May 2023

12 May 2023

IoT Sensors for Impact

12 May 2023

IoT Sensors for Impact

12 May 2023

12 May 2023

Making climate finance work for early-stage innovations in low-income country settings

12 May 2023

Making climate finance work for early-stage innovations in low-income country settings

12 May 2023

12 May 2023

Scaling Distributed Manufacturing in the Global South

14 Apr 2023

Scaling Distributed Manufacturing in the Global South

14 Apr 2023

14 Apr 2023

FCDO’s investments in piloting and scaling e-mobility solutions

14 Apr 2023

FCDO’s investments in piloting and scaling e-mobility solutions

14 Apr 2023

14 Apr 2023

Blockchain for Social Impact

14 Apr 2023

Blockchain for Social Impact

14 Apr 2023

14 Apr 2023

Routes to Resilience through Distributed Manufacturing and Circular Economy Approaches

19 Jan 2023

Routes to Resilience through Distributed Manufacturing and Circular Economy Approaches

19 Jan 2023

19 Jan 2023

Report: What’s ethics got to do with it?

1 Dec 2022

Report: What’s ethics got to do with it?

1 Dec 2022

1 Dec 2022

The Drone Frontier: an eagle-eyed view on the future of unmanned aerial vehicles

5 Aug 2022

The Drone Frontier: an eagle-eyed view on the future of unmanned aerial vehicles

5 Aug 2022

5 Aug 2022

Podcasts

Resources

The Drone Frontier: an eagle-eyed view on the future of unmanned aerial vehicles

5 Aug 2022

The Drone Frontier: an eagle-eyed view on the future of unmanned aerial vehicles

5 Aug 2022

5 Aug 2022

Understand the power of data: The Data Frontier podcast series

14 Jul 2021

Understand the power of data: The Data Frontier podcast series

14 Jul 2021

14 Jul 2021

Frontier Tech Talks

22 Apr 2020

Frontier Tech Talks

22 Apr 2020

22 Apr 2020

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