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Data can create immense value for the people and communities who generate it. Data leaders in Africa demonstrate how to pursue data strategies that build public trust.
As Africa reaches a critical juncture, will the world rise to the moment?
With a booming youth population and rapid urbanization, Africa is undergoing extraordinary demographic changes. By 2030, Africans will make up roughly 50% of new workers globally. Yet these shifts are coupled with a distressing lack of economic growth. Digital technology, when responsibly harnessed, leveraged, and governed, can play an outsized role in bridging key development gaps. Read this expert comment to learn more.
Millions of young Africans are entering the workforce. A DPI approach can fuel urgently needed job growth.
In 2035, there will be more young Africans entering the workforce each year than in the rest of the world combined. Millions of new job opportunities are urgently needed for people like Abigail, her peers, and her family to thrive. At the same time, countries across Africa – and around the world – are rapidly investing in and expanding digital public infrastructure (DPI). In this expert comment, we examine how to maximize DPI investments for economic growth and new job opportunities.
Online dispute resolution and digital public infrastructure – what are the most effective pathways to scale?
In this expert comment, explore the opportunities and considerations around how ODR could be harnessed for public value, specifically looking at how ODR could be integrated into the design of good digital public infrastructure (DPI). Building on the insights from our consultative research, we share our recommendations for how actors within the DPI ecosystem could overcome barriers and adopt ODR.
2024 has shown how data can be transformative for people. What we do next will determine if those benefits are universal.
With 2025 on the horizon, we stand at a pivotal crossroads, with power to shape the future of digitalization. The decisions we make today will have extraordinary impact on whether data and technology benefit people and society in the future, or exacerbate inequality, fuel jobless growth, and undermine trust in institutions.