Welcome to the 6th issue of the Frontier Tech Hub’s regular newsletter, with a wide range of updates from across the Hub.

This post captures learning from the second sprint of our pilot — ELEK TEY, Electrifying Water Transport for Better Livelihoods.

This blog outlines learnings from our pilot — ‘Smart geo-seals to track delivery of humanitarian aid’

Welcome to the fifth issue of the Frontier Tech Hub’s regular newsletter, with a wide range of updates from across the Hub.

There are no easy fixes when it comes to piloting frontier technologies to progress on global challenges. There are, however, lots of difficult questions: How do we best engage local governments to scale ideas? How do we know the technology is suited to the problem we’re trying to solve? How do we build a solution that is sustainable, outside the comfort of grant funding?

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.

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”.

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”.

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”.

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.

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.

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.

Welcome to the fourth issue of the Frontier Tech Hub’s regular newsletter, with a wide range of updates from across the Hub.

Welcome to the third issue of the Frontier Tech Hub’s regular newsletter, with a wide range of updates from across the Hub.

Welcome to the second issue of the Frontier Tech Hub’s regular newsletter, with a wide range of updates from across the Hub.

Colleagues come together to discuss where the opportunities are to harness technologies to solve challenges across the FCDO. Explore the infographic 📈

The seventh call of Frontier Technology Livestreaming has come to a close and the latest cohort of 21 innovative proposals and FCDO Pioneers has been chosen 🚀

Welcome to the first issue of the Frontier Tech Hub’s regular newsletter, with a wide range of updates from across the Hub.

This post captures learning from the first sprint of our pilot — ELEK TEY, Electrifying Water Transport for Better Livelihoods.

During the Frontier Technologies Hub sixth call for applications, almost two-thirds of the blockchain applications we received wanted to pilot the technology in East Africa.