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THREAD: I❤️INNOVATION but...
Family & friends send me links about innovative tech solutions for #globaldev. I disappoint them with my muted enthusiasm.
I 💖tech. We fund brilliant innovation- e.g. in humanitarian w/ partners like @Elrha & @FldRdy bit.ly/2TNtEdX
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Family & friends send me links about innovative tech solutions for #globaldev. I disappoint them with my muted enthusiasm.
I 💖tech. We fund brilliant innovation- e.g. in humanitarian w/ partners like @Elrha & @FldRdy bit.ly/2TNtEdX
1/25
UNFINISHED BUSINESS #LeaveNooneBehind
We also fund research tackling enduring, complex problems: extreme poverty, disability exclusion, VAWG, corruption.
There are some openings for tech, but few ‘solutions’, & the need to tackle Tech AND Political constraints is clear.
2/25
We also fund research tackling enduring, complex problems: extreme poverty, disability exclusion, VAWG, corruption.
There are some openings for tech, but few ‘solutions’, & the need to tackle Tech AND Political constraints is clear.
2/25
#NotALuddite but…
Most tech innovators are pretty grounded.
But i worry about the
<HYPE> around innovation &
<POLLYANNA> techo-optimism
& <RISK-BLINDNESS>
…often by those – in funding, comms – a step removed from the tech.
But I am not a Flat-Earth-data-hater...
3/25
Most tech innovators are pretty grounded.
But i worry about the
<HYPE> around innovation &
<POLLYANNA> techo-optimism
& <RISK-BLINDNESS>
…often by those – in funding, comms – a step removed from the tech.
But I am not a Flat-Earth-data-hater...
3/25
