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@TimUnwin

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Emeritus Prof of Geography, Royal Holloway, University of London; Honorary Prof Lanzhou University; Shujaa; views my own.

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@TimUnwin
Tim Unwin
7 days
Listen to Nick Hughes' contribution for my new book "Digital Inclusion in an Unequal World" ( https://t.co/4f1IvypDOa on "The power of micro-transactions" available at https://t.co/z7cA1zLSK8. Also available through our podcast at https://t.co/pyMU8IiJ2P.
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@ICT4DCollective
ICT4DCollective
19 days
Details are in the image below, or find out more at https://t.co/l5jfAdQngh. The award us with $100,000.
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@ICT4DCollective
ICT4DCollective
19 days
Do you know anyone involved in the application of science to support innovations in ICT, AI and digital tech for development. If so, do encourage them to submit an application by 30 April 2026 for THE NIGERIA PRIZE FOR SCIENCE AND INNOVATION.
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@TimUnwin
Tim Unwin
30 days
Do you care about the post-SDG post-Agenda2030 world? If you do, please think about supporting the newly founded and largely Canadian-led https://t.co/P74ElNMraR. If you don't yet care, now is the time to start caring! #sustainabledevelopment #SDGs
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@TimUnwin
Tim Unwin
1 month
Very humbled to have been added to the @ITCILO Innovation Lab's Hall of Fame
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@TimUnwin
Tim Unwin
1 month
It was very kind of the @ITCILO , European Training Foundation, @nexacenter for Internet & Society, and the Turin School of Development for supporting the event. Grazie mille a tutti!
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@TimUnwin
Tim Unwin
1 month
Thanks so much to all those who spoke, including Ugo Vallauri, Fabio Nascimbeni, Juan Carlos De Martin and Ed Canela ( https://t.co/WxK5WPFc5W) for their humbling comments and reflection. Thanks too to the great live audience and online participants
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@TimUnwin
Tim Unwin
1 month
So very grateful to Tom Wambeke and the Innovation Lab at ITCILO for hosting a pre-launch event at their wonderful campus in #Turin #Torino on Monday evening for my upcoming book "Digital Inclusion in an Unequal World: An Empancipatory Manifesto" ( https://t.co/4f1IvypDOa).
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@TimUnwin
Tim Unwin
1 month
In it, Mei Lin focuses perceptively on the parallels between land rights and data rights. The vignette can also be read in English at https://t.co/QqiFpKKQ0W and watched on video at
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@TimUnwin
Tim Unwin
1 month
This is the 6th episode of our podcast https://t.co/cm1bSDjl0p based on the vignettes contributed by friends and colleagues to my new book Digital Technologies in an Unequal World: An Empancipatory Manfesto.
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@TimUnwin
Tim Unwin
1 month
Digital Inclusion in an Unequal World (Episode 5) – Listen to Mei Lin Fung on “Learning from Land Rights so Data Rights are Right from the Get Go” https://t.co/Af2QUiXCSN .
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@TimUnwin
Tim Unwin
1 month
I'm very much looking forward to a lively discussion that will hopefully be emancipatory for all involved! You can also join online (see details in poster below). Find out more about the book at https://t.co/4f1Ivyp5YC and listen to the podcasts at https://t.co/EJNaUJjd6o.
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podcasts.apple.com
Technology Podcast · A podcast on all matters relating to digital tech and international development, mainly by members of the ICT4D Collective and those with whom we work
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@TimUnwin
Tim Unwin
1 month
If you are in #Turin on Monday evening (1st December) do join us at the ITCILO for a pre-launch of Digital Incliusion in an Unequal World ( https://t.co/Cb1PhCc3WT - currently 25% off for pre-order).
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@TimUnwin
Tim Unwin
2 months
Download the flyer for my upcoming book "Digital Inclusion in an Unequal World: an emancipatory manifesto" here https://t.co/QJ2EpbLka7 ; and follow the links at https://t.co/4f1IvypDOa to access free audio/video material.
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@TimUnwin
Tim Unwin
3 months
Great little books on cybsecurity and cryptography for toddlers by Elizabeth Quaglia illustrated by Alex Thompson. https://t.co/jVbkf75IwN These are really useful introduction on important issues for children (and their caregivers).
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ict4d.org.uk
Elizabeth Quaglia, a member of the ICT4D Collective from Royal Holloway, University of London’s Information Security Group, has recently published two exciting and informative short books on …
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@TimUnwin
Tim Unwin
4 months
Please sign the petition against digital ID cards in the UK now available at https://t.co/3RegJZgTAO - more than 1.5 million have already signed - add your name and stand up for individual freedom against state tyranny.
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petition.parliament.uk
We demand that the UK Government immediately commits to not introducing a digital ID cards. There are reports that this is being looked at.
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@TimUnwin
Tim Unwin
5 months
We are relaunching the audio recordings produced during our Education For The Most Marginalised project in 2000 on our podcast channel at https://t.co/zrtxpJG0ax as well as on our ICT4D Collective blog ( https://t.co/orpBplq3UR). They remain so relevant today! Do follow for more.
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ict4d.org.uk
Digitally empowering poor people and marginalised communities
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@TimUnwin
Tim Unwin
6 months
Too right! We need to have a much more realistic and less arrogant view of the quality and importance of our science. @whippletom https://t.co/M1ea3IfQfz
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@globalyouthigf
Youth IGF: youth voice on digital world + 35ctry
6 months
🧠 At our #WSIS20 session masterfully moderated by @TimUnwin, powerful brainstorming led to 5 urgent priorities for making digital tech truly inclusive. The session closed with a shared commitment: 👉 Do things differently — for the poorest and most marginalised. For #YouthIGF,
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@ICT4DCollective
ICT4DCollective
6 months
Find out more about our session on "Digital tech and the most marginalised: what still needs to be done?" (306) at the WSIS+20 gathering in Geneva - including a mind map generated by participants that directly answers the question https://t.co/JDm3ERe7gp @WSISprocess
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