Can sensor technologies help to safeguard the future of beekeeping in South Africa?
This post captures learning from the first Sprint of our pilot — ‘Harnessing sensor technologies to improve beekeeping productivity in South Africa’.
Making space for innovation at the British Embassy in Colombia to inspire FCDO
At the Frontier Tech Hub, we believe that playfulness, brainstorming, and testing are important ingredients for innovation. With that in mind, the goal of our Ideas Generation Workshop wasn’t for FCDO staff to create refined or excellent ideas that could actually be applications to our programme.
Could access to real-time data enable smarter targeting of health and social services in the Philippines?
By her own admission, Liz Bautista is a bit of a geek. Early in her career, she had taken supplemental courses on robotics, coding and data analytics simply because she was interested in how those technologies might supplement her interests in governance, public policy and development.
Can big data analytics support local governments in Nepal to prepare communities against climate and non-climate shocks?
In April of 2015 Nepal was affected by a large earthquake that killed almost 9,000 people and injured around 22,000 more.
Project EmpatIA: Local Impact, Global Reach
Explore learnings from our pilot, ‘EmpatIA — AI to enhance healthcare in remote areas of Peru'.
Determining Digital Literacy for Reforestation in the Mansonia Community, Sierra Leone
Explore learnings from the second sprint of our pilot, Project Sapling
Blockchain-based deduplication: Towards a standardized data management practice
This post captures learning from the third sprint of our pilot, “De-duplicating aid to enhance the impact of humanitarian assistance”.
Drone Mapping UK Cornwall On The Way To Africa
Explore key learnings from our pilot, Project Sapling.
Project EmpatIA Starts: Peru
Explore learnings from our pilot, ‘EmpatIA — AI to enhance healthcare in remote areas of Peru'.
ELEK TEY Sprint Two Learnings
This post captures learning from the second sprint of our pilot — ELEK TEY, Electrifying Water Transport for Better Livelihoods.
Can you cost-effectively track soap?
This blog outlines learnings from our pilot — ‘Smart geo-seals to track delivery of humanitarian aid’
How virtual and augmented reality could provide an empathy tool to disguise victims of CSRV and increase levels of justice
This could protect identities by replacing blurred faces with life-like avatars. The possibilities are broad. And these strands could all pull together to shift the power balance and offer victims a genuinely safe and possible route to justice.
(3/3) Deep dive into beneficiary de-duplication in the Nigerian context: Use of biometrics
This is post three of three that captures learning from the second sprint of our pilot, “De-duplicating aid to enhance the impact of humanitarian assistance”.
(2/3) Deep dive into beneficiary de-duplication in the Nigerian context: Compliance with data protection laws
This is post two of three that captures learning from the second sprint of our pilot, “De-duplicating aid to enhance the impact of humanitarian assistance”.
(1/3) Deep dive into beneficiary de-duplication in the Nigerian context: Data management workflows
This is post one of three that captures learning from the second sprint of our pilot, “De-duplicating aid to enhance the impact of humanitarian assistance”.
With the right data, could remote cocoa farmers in Colombia access international markets and pioneer a new way to protect the country’s rainforests?
Coca, the leaf needed to make the illegal drug cocaine, can be grown easily in most regions of Colombia. Crops like corn, soybeans and most kinds of coffee need regular sunlight, but coca is capable of thriving in the shade - but so is cocoa.
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?
By his own admission, Matthew MacDevette began his career in the investment space thinking that finance was “a little bit evil”. Then he began working on how to get private investors into risky and impactful sectors in Africa. He began to warm to the topic.
Can smart sensors improve the health and productivity of bee colonies in South Africa?
The 2007 Dreamworks film, Bee Movie was generally regarded as a bit of a letdown, but 15 years later, it can confidently claim to have inspired one of the latest projects taken forward as part of Frontier Technology Livestreaming.
Piloting e-mobility in Casamance’s waterways
This post captures learning from the first sprint of our pilot — ELEK TEY, Electrifying Water Transport for Better Livelihoods.