Technology & Innovation

The flags of the United States and China fly from a lamppost in the Chinatown neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, U.S., November 1, 2021. REUTERS/Brian Snyder

Introducing Vying for Talent, a podcast about the role human talent plays in the U.S.-China competition

Jude Blanchette and Ryan Hass

Wednesday, March 23, 2022

A researcher works inside a laboratory at the International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (ICIPE) headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya May 11, 2020. Picture taken May 11, 2020. REUTERS/Jackson Njehia

Investment in science and technology is key to an Africa economic boom

Ameenah Gurib-Fakim, Landry Signé, and Aloysius Uche Ordu

Wednesday, March 2, 2022

Broadband cables

Building for the Future: Advancing Digital Competitiveness through Broadband Access and Adoption

Nicol Turner Lee

Wednesday, February 9, 2022

Dispatchers for the Rescue.co free ambulance service look at computer screens during the coronavirus night curfew in Nairobi, Kenya June 11, 2020. Picture taken June 11, 2020. REUTERS/Baz Ratner REFILE - CORRECTING SERVICE'S NAME

Data governance in Africa

Lesly Goh, Buhle Goslar, and Aloysius Uche Ordu

Wednesday, February 2, 2022

A villager goes through the process of a fingerprint scanner for the Unique Identification (UID) database system at an enrolment centre at Merta district in the desert Indian state of Rajasthan February 22, 2013. In a more ambitious version of programmes that have slashed poverty in Brazil and Mexico, the Indian government has begun to use the UID database, known as Aadhaar, to make direct cash transfers to the poor, in an attempt to cut out frauds who siphon billions of dollars from welfare schemes. Picture taken February 22, 2013. REUTERS/Mansi Thapliyal (INDIA - Tags: BUSINESS SOCIETY POVERTY SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY)

Digital public goods for SDG attainment

Zia Khan, John W. McArthur, Lucy Harris, Sanjay Jain, and Liv Marte Kristiansen Nordhaug

Thursday, December 30, 2021

A customer conducts a mobile money transfer, known as M-Pesa, at a Safaricom agent stall in downtown Nairobi, Kenya October 16, 2018. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya

Digital cash transfer infrastructure

Zia Khan, John W. McArthur, Michael Faye, and Cina Lawson

Thursday, December 23, 2021

Teacher helping student at computer

Building skills for life: How to expand and improve computer science education around the world

Emiliana Vegas, Michael Hansen, and Brian Fowler

Monday, October 25, 2021

Facebook, Whatsapp and Instagram logos are displayed through broken glass in this illustration taken October 4, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration

Will the Facebook whistleblower’s testimony spur new US digital regulation?

Tom Wheeler and Adrianna Pita

Thursday, October 14, 2021

Set of cryptocurrencies with Bitcoin, Etherium, Ripple, Litecoin. Cryptocurrencys new digital money.

Why crypto matters

The Open Mind

Tuesday, August 10, 2021

People wait in line as Kentucky Labor Cabinet reopens 13 Regional Career Centers for in-person unemployment insurance services, in Louisville, Kentucky, U.S., April 15, 2021. REUTERS/Amira Karaoud

After the COVID-19 lockdowns, how to fix benefit delivery tech for workers

Annelies Goger and Fred Dews

Friday, July 30, 2021