Project EmpatIA Starts: Peru
Explore learnings from our pilot, ‘EmpatIA — AI to enhance healthcare in remote areas of Peru'.
Frontier Tech Hub Newsletter #6
Welcome to the 6th issue of the Frontier Tech Hub’s regular newsletter, with a wide range of updates from across the Hub.
ELEK TEY Sprint Two Learnings
This post captures learning from the second sprint of our pilot — ELEK TEY, Electrifying Water Transport for Better Livelihoods.
Can you cost-effectively track soap?
This blog outlines learnings from our pilot — ‘Smart geo-seals to track delivery of humanitarian aid’
Frontier Tech Hub Newsletter #5
Welcome to the fifth issue of the Frontier Tech Hub’s regular newsletter, with a wide range of updates from across the Hub.
Stories and insights from our alumni community
In this Pioneer community meet-up, we explore some of the problematic questions commonly encountered on pilot projects, and pooled guidance, experience and advice from the cohort.
How virtual and augmented reality could provide an empathy tool to disguise victims of CSRV and increase levels of justice
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.
(3/3) Deep dive into beneficiary de-duplication in the Nigerian context: Use of biometrics
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”.
(2/3) Deep dive into beneficiary de-duplication in the Nigerian context: Compliance with data protection laws
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”.
(1/3) Deep dive into beneficiary de-duplication in the Nigerian context: Data management workflows
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”.
With the right data, could remote cocoa farmers in Colombia access international markets and pioneer a new way to protect the country’s rainforests?
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.
Could we use digital remittances to upend the way we think about informal business support in Southern Africa – and let businesses themselves decide what they need?
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.
Can smart sensors improve the health and productivity of bee colonies in South Africa?
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.
Frontier Tech Hub Newsletter #4
Welcome to the fourth issue of the Frontier Tech Hub’s regular newsletter, with a wide range of updates from across the Hub.
Frontier Tech Hub Newsletter #3
Welcome to the third issue of the Frontier Tech Hub’s regular newsletter, with a wide range of updates from across the Hub.
Frontier Tech Hub Newsletter #2
Welcome to the second issue of the Frontier Tech Hub’s regular newsletter, with a wide range of updates from across the Hub.
Could white paint be considered ‘frontier tech’?
Colleagues come together to discuss where the opportunities are to harness technologies to solve challenges across the FCDO. Explore the infographic 📈
Introducing our latest cohort of Frontier Technologies Pioneers
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 🚀
Frontier Tech Hub Newsletter #1
Welcome to the first issue of the Frontier Tech Hub’s regular newsletter, with a wide range of updates from across the Hub.