Just found this phenomenal set of research commissioned by FCDO Research, Science and Technology (formerly DFID). Looking forward to the UK continuing to be a leader in producing cutting-edge, action-oriented research to improve the lives of the poor & most marginalized. gov.uk/research-for-d…

After 6 years, Ideas to Impact is coming to an end. Invaluable learning on #prizes to drive #innovation for #development can be found in three reports, and summarised in this blog post bit.ly/3h3wvJ8

After six years, the UKAid-funded Ideas to Impact programme has come to an end, yielding an impressive amount of lessons on how innovation prizes can best be used to help solve development challenges. Read some of our final thoughts here -> imcworldwide.com/news/can-innov…

Interested in #innovation prizes and want to find out whether they can improve lives for the poorest? Missed Ideas to Impact blog? Catch up now, it is reposted here: itad.com/article/can-in…

We are the Frontier Technologies Hub! 👋 We work with the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office at the intersection of tech, innovation, and international development for positive social impact around the world 🌍 #frontiertech

🚨 The Frontier Technologies Hub is now on Twitter! 🚨 Follow them at Frontier Technologies if you want to keep abreast of how the team supports Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office to harness the potential of #frontiertechnologies to tackle some of the world’s biggest #internationaldevelopment challenges.

⚡ #FrontierTech can be used to make democratic participation more inclusive, but poorer, rural communities often lack access to digital connectivity. So how can tech be used to ensure that *all* citizens have a voice?🗳️ Here are three solutions. What have we missed?👇 [1/4]

We're finishing our work with Onyx Connect Zambia on the pay-as-you-go bikes pilot in Zambia as they look to line up new collaborations to scale their model 📈⚡️ Find out what the pilot achieved here medium.com/frontier-techn… But the journey has just begun 🏁🚴‍♀️🇿🇲

We worked with Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office to explore the Top Ten Frontier Technologies for Climate Action ⚡️ This week, we're sharing highlights of the report. Now, the Circular Economy ⭕️ Read the whole thing here: frontiertech4climate.org

We worked with Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office to explore the Top Ten Frontier Technologies for Climate Action ⚡️ This week, we've been sharing highlights of the report. Now, we're talking about Electrification & Decarbonisation 💡 Read the whole report here: frontiertech4climate.org

All this week, Disberse are sharing their journey to reimagine the aid sector. Working with Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office we helped them test a financial platform that uses the blockchain to make aid more transparent 🔍, faster ⚡️, and cheaper 🪙 🎉More learnings at disberse.com

In 2019/20, we partnered with DFID / Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office & UN Humanitarian. The pilot was organised as a series of sprints, during which we conducted research and analysis of Country Based Pooled Funds in Iraq & the Occupied Palestinian Territories. (1/6)

We worked with Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office in #Sudan 🇸🇩 to deliver our latest #FrontierTech Futures engagement. Click here to see our top 3 lessons learned 👉 bit.ly/2KcPlTn Thanks to Louise Walker and Juliana Stoyanova for championing the engagement with so much enthusiasm and insights.

🏆 Want to run an #innovation prize to tackle a gnarly development challenge but don't know where to start? Check out this practical handbook for step by step guidance on how to design & run prizes and how to give them their best chance for success. 👉bit.ly/3moWNsb

We are looking for five facilitators to help co-create, organise, and run our Frontier Technology Futures Regional engagements throughout 2021⚡ These will take place in: 🌍Southern Africa 🌍Eastern Africa 🌍Sahel 🌏South Asia 🌍MENA 👉🏽link.medium.com/kvbeIC8Locb #FrontierTech

Just a couple of days left for the chance to work with us throughout 2021! ⏳ Read more about the opportunity here: bit.ly/3bdgroS