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Big data from space to be used for disaster prevention in Africa
On Monday, outer space and disaster response experts gathered at a United Nations...
World Bank highlights new ways to measure and address poverty
The World Bank’s 2018 Poverty and Shared Prosperity Report explores how poverty...
Costa Rica experiments with drones to monitor remote forests
Deep Forest, a project backed by environmental group Fundecor, is testing drones as...
Tech firms and humanitarian organisations partner to create famine-predicting technology
The UN, World Bank, and other humanitarian organisations have partnered up with global...
Venuste Kubwimana, International Transformation Foundation, wins Global Innovator of the Year Award
Aid & International Development Forum is delighted to announce the winner of the...
Efficient Humanitarian Satcom Networks
By Koen Willems, Newtec Market Director Government & Humanitarian Networks Introduction...
Finalists Announced: AIDF Global Innovator of the Year Award
AIDF are pleased to announce the shortlisted finalists for the AIDF Global Innovator...
Smallholder farmers set to benefit from new agreement between African Union and Copernicus Programme
The African Union has signed a deal with the European Commission’s Copernicus...
‘Multilateralism is more important than ever’ highlights António Guterres in annual report
António Guterres, UN Secretary General, released the Annual Report of the Secretary...
WFP and UNICEF utilise technology to improve food and hygiene distribution in Cox’s Bazar
UNICEF and the World Food Programme (WFP) are working together in Cox’s Bazar,...
British Virgin Islands launches disaster notification app
The British Virgin Islands has launched a new Disaster Emergency Notification App,...
How could a Global Disaster Database transform disaster resilience?
A new Global Disaster Database is hoping to use data from satellite imagery, geographic...