How can digital transformation for development be better guided?. This new #DX4D Scorecard bridges research & practice: co-created with NGOs to support strategy design, evaluation & learning. 🔍Read the paper: #ICT4D

🎥 How can developing countries build competitive tech sectors like AI, fintech or software?. Watch my 3-min video applying Porter’s theory to India’s IT success—and how it can guide strategy in other sectors too. ▶️Watch now: #ICT4D #DigitalDevelopment

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Can e-commerce thrive in resource-constrained environments?. This study explores how Ghanaian firms are making e-commerce work despite the odds. Read it here 👉 #ecommerce #Ghana #digitaldevelopment

New from @CDDManchester: a co-produced #DX4D Scorecard to help development organisations evaluate & improve digital transformation strategies. Practical, research-informed, and ready to use. 📄Read: #ICT4D

ICTs and #Resilience-Building. How can ICTs be used to build resilience of organisations, communities or regions?. 📺 This short video explains, based on a practical project that used the RABIT resilience model:

ICTs and #Disaster Management. How can ICTs be used to improve disaster management?. 📺 This short video explores applications at the four stages of the disaster management cycle: #DisasterTech.

Want to understand what makes tech sectors thrive in the Global South? 📈. I apply Porter’s theory—and share how it can guide strategy in AI, fintech, and beyond. 🌍💡. Read the blog 👉

Environmental Impact of ICTs. What is the environmental impact of ICTs, and how can it be mitigated?. 📺 This short video discusses the three orders or types of effect: #GreenTech #ICT4Environment.

🚀 How can low-/middle-income countries build globally competitive tech sectors like AI, fintech or agritech?. My latest blog explores lessons from India’s software success using Porter’s competitive advantage theory. Read more 👉

e-Democracy and Development. What is the relationship between ICTs and democracy?. 📺 This short video outlines a spectrum of different political models, ICTs’ relation to those models, and an understanding of what determines #edemocracy outcomes:

e-Accountability and Development. How can we better understand the digitalisation of public #accountability?. 📺 This short video presents a three-stage model of accountability and identifies what needs to be in place for digital accountability to work:

e-Services and Development. What developmental benefits can e-services bring, and what barriers does public service digitalisation face?. 📺 This short video identifies four benefits and presents a model of barriers to e-services adoption and use:

#ICT4D and the Capability Approach. How can the capability approach be used in relation to ICT4D?. 📺 This short video summarises the capability approach, how ICTs fit into the approach, and some implications for ICT4D practice:

📢 Why do some countries succeed in building strong digital industries while others fall behind?. 💡 This paper applies Porter’s competitive advantage theory to offer key insights for policymakers, researchers & #ICT4D strategists. 📖 Read it:

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#Datafication, Value and Power. How is #bigdata affecting development?. 📺 This short video analyses the impact of big data systems on organisational value, organisational power and wider politics:

#ICT4D, Education and Development. How are ICTs being applied to improve education in the global South?. This short presentation identifies the six types of EdTech application and analyses the trajectory of their development impact:

Need to analyse the performance of digital sub-sectors in the global South: #AI, #fintech, #agritech, software #outsourcing, #telecommunications, etc?. 📖 Read this paper for guidance on how to use Porter’s competitive advantage theory:

#ICT4D, Health and Development. How are ICTs being applied to improve health in the global South?. 📺 This short presentation identifies the six types of e-health application and analyses the trajectory of their development impact:

Understanding #ICT4D and Livelihoods. What are the four ways in which ICTs can affect livelihoods?. 📺 This short presentation discusses the link between ICTs and the context, assets, structures and strategies of livelihoods: