Delighted that Hari and I received the award for "Best Collaborative and Innovation Research Project" from Royal Holloway, University of London for 2025 at our annual Festival of Research yesterday afternoon for our research-practice with many other organisations on the safe, wise and secure use of digital tech in marginalised/peripheral communities, working espcially with migrants and refugees. The background image is from one of our visits to the UNESCO offices in Nepal in 2023. For more details see: https://ict4d.org.uk/sws/, https://ict4d.org.uk/mig.../our-research-practice-in-brazil/, and https://ict4d.org.uk/technology-inequality.../interventions/ See less

Exciting to be involved in online discussion on "ICT Policies and Development Politics in the Global South" at SEADS (Monash University Malaysia) tomorrow, 18 June 2025 - to register please use this link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeWdT50qMqYYTeQt6PIZTOgE7ZCMV5r9EODyTAvIrW_Tsa8_w/viewform

Summary of our latest research-practice with SIHMA and migrants in South Africa - most grateful to them for all their support https://ict4d.org.uk/2025/05/19/outputs-of-collaboration-with-the-scalabrini-institute-for-human-mobility-in-africa/

The latest May 2025 update of our guidance for small civil society organisations on using digital tech safely, wisely and securely is now available, not least including SIM-Swap fraud and the latest advice on password protection https https://ict4d.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/udtsws-v6.pdf

Great to see our contributions to the @ITU
/ UN Partner2Connect initiative featuring in their latest briefing at https://itu.int/partner2connect/p2c-flash-edition-03/. Looking forward to requests for us to support ongoing implementations by ensuring that they address basic cybersecurity issues.

WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE NOW SO THAT THE POOREST AND MOST MARGINALISED CAN BENEFIT FROM USING DIGITAL TECH?
Please complete our survey at https://app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/rhul/digital-equity-wsis2025. Results will form part of our discussions at @WSISprocess July summit in Geneva.

Interested in Inclusive Digital Transformation - do join us at the Global Developent Conference to be held in Clermont-Ferrand, France, 28-30 October 2025. Full details and call for papers at https://conf2025.gdn.int/, and do note that funding is available for people from poorer countries to participate. https://conf2025.gdn.int/

So fortunate to have been invited to a fascinating workshop on "Navigating Uncertainty: Leveraging digital technologies for migration decisions", hosted by the Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Study (STIAS). I fear that my own presentation on "Digital tech, inequality, and migration: ethical and political considerations" may have been a little too provocative!

Celebrating both Women and Girls in Science Day https://www.un.org/en/observances/women-and-girls-in-science-day and Safer Internet Day today https://saferinternet.org.uk/safer-internet-day/safer-internet-day-2025. Take a look at our work towards both these agendas at https://ict4d.org.uk/sws and https://teqtogether.org

Great to have been able to share a Masterclass today with staff and postgrads in the School of IT at the University of Cape Town (UCT) on "We've seen it all before: why digital tech does not serve the interests of the world's poorest and most marginalised people". Thanks to those who participated and gave me much food for thought and ideas to clarify in my fothcoming book.