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Data Is At The Centre Of The Global Agenda
What is the global agenda?In 2015, 193 Member States of the United Nations agreed on a plan of action -- for people, prosperity, planet and peace -- to address some of the biggest challenges of today...
Can mobile phone traces help shed light on the spread of Zika in Colombia?
Nowadays, thanks to the continuous growth of the transport infrastructures, millions of people travel every day around the world, resulting in more opportunities for infectious diseases to spread on...
Voices of Uganda: How and Where to Find Them
A blog post by our radio data science team at Pulse Lab Kampala. Keyword Spotter, Pulse Lab Kampala’s New Speech Recognition and Filtering SoftwareThe year 2017 was an exciting one for...
Indonesian Government Develops a Monitoring Dashboard for the SDGs
Setting national goals and implementing a set of strategies to achieve them have been central to how modern governments operate. From maintaining economic stability to promoting social welfare, these...
New Gender Equality and Big Data Report Takes Stock of Innovation Efforts to Close Gender Gaps
Photo Credit:HuffPostWith a growing number of gender-related data innovation efforts, there are emerging opportunities for ensuring gender equality in achieving the SDGs. Most recently, UN Women and...