Big data refers to the astonishing amount of information that is created as a by-product of the growing digitization of our lives – our use of mobile phones, social networks, search engines, online payment methods, apps, and so on. What is exciting for the...
This is an excerpt from UNHCR’s recently released report: Beyond Technology | Innovation at UNHCR 2015. This report highlights and showcases some of the innovative approaches the organization is taking to address complex refugee challenges. It is easy to think about...
Ever since the Syrian refugee crisis has come to the world’s attention, coders, designers and other professionals of the technology sector have jumped in to help with countless new apps, websites and smart devices. Hackathons – multi-day events where tech specialists...
The long, winding road of our Innovation Fellowship led us to Cape Town and the AfricaCom conference, the largest meeting of telecom operators in Africa. After many hours of brainstorming, funneling ideas, researching, reaching out to experts, and prototyping, our...
Virtually any wicked humanitarian problem can be solved by applying the following 7 powers: 1) vision, 2) innovation, 3) human-centered design, 4) collaboration, 5) venture philanthropy, 6) passion, and 7) perseverance. Let’s use emergency shelters as an example. As...
Roy Amara coined the phrase “We tend to overestimate the effect of a technology in the short run and underestimate the effect in the long run.”[1] Sweeping changes, transformations that fundamentally alter the way the world works, are easily discounted...
