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Outsourcing accountability: Extractive data practice and inequities of power in humanitarian third-party monitoring
Big Data & Society, issue January–March (2025), 14 pp.
"Since the early 2010s, humanitarian donors have increasingly contracted private firms to monitor and evaluate humanitarian activities, accompanied by a promise of improving accountability through their data and data analytics. This article contributes to scholarship on data practices in the humanit
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The State of Large Language Models for African Languages: Progress and Challenges
arXiv.org (2025), 25 pp.
"Large Language Models (LLMs) are transforming Natural Language Processing (NLP), but their benefits are largely absent for Africa’s 2,000 low-resource languages. This paper comparatively analyzes African language coverage across six LLMs, eight Small Language Models (SLMs), and six Specialized SL
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Democratising AI through Culture: Making Generative AI Participatory and Intersectional Through an AI of the Commons
Stuttgart: Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen (ifa) (2025), 72 pp.
"This research proposes a participatory, decolonial and feminist approach to AI through the concept of “AI as commons”, offering a practical approach for cultural practitioners to decolonise existing AI systems. Conducted in Seoul, South Korea, the study combines critical theory with practical i
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Digital Progress and Trends Report 2025: Strengthening AI Foundations
Washington, DC: World Bank (2025), xix, 111 pp.
"The recent rapid evolution of artificial intelligence (AI) has outpaced society's ability to fully grasp its implications. Unlike technological shifts that have unfolded over decades, AI's integration is accelerating at an unprecedented speed and scale. Along with AI's immense opportunities come ne
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Patterns of Inclusion: How Gender Matters for Automation, Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Work
Oxford; 9781032669892 (pbk): Routledge (2025), xiv, 169 pp.
"It is widely presumed that digitalisation, automation and artificial intelligence (AI) shape the future of work. Yet gender is rarely considered in those debates. This path-breaking book, written by a leading thinker on gender, inclusion and organisations, Elisabeth Kelan, is based on in-depth rese
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Ericsson Mobility Report
Ericsson (2025), 31 pp.
"We are at an inflection point, where 5G and the ecosystem are set to unleash a wave of innovation. In this Ericsson Mobility Report, we explore how an ecosystem partner is leveraging 5G, network slicing and dynamic Quality of Service (QoS) that will take live broadcasting to a new level, by ensurin
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"In the Santiago River Basin of Peru’s Amazonas region, an ambitious initiative is underway to bridge the digital divide and bring reliable internet connectivity to rural communities. The “Connectivity for the Santiago River Basin” project, led by a multi-stakeholder alliance, aims to foster s
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Self-sustaining Financing Solutions for Community Connectivity
Deep Insights
Rio de Janeiro: Internet Goverance Forum, Dynamic Coalition on Community Connectivity; FGV Direito Rio (2025), 148 pp.
"This book is the Official 2025 Outcome of the Dynamic Coalition on Community Connectivity (DC3) of the United Nations Internet Governance Forum (IGF). DC3 is a multistakeholder group, fostering a collaborative analysis of community networks (CNs), exploring how such initiatives can improve and expa
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Me, myself and AI: Understanding and safeguarding children’s use of AI chatbots
London: Internet Matters (2025), 56 pp.
"This report explores how children are interacting with AI chatbots, which are computer programmes designed to simulate conversation with a person. Our findings show that while these tools can offer clear benefits, such as 24/7 learning support and a non-judgemental space to ask questions, they pose
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Companion Document: The Guidelines for the Governance of Digital Platforms and Generative Artificial Intelligence
Paris: UNESCO (2025), 34 pp.
"The Guidelines for the Governance of Digital Platforms outline a set of responsibilities, duties, and recommendations relevant to the governance of generative AI. These include fostering an enabling environment for freedom of expression and access to information; establishing independent governance
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Critical Data Studies: An A to Z Guide to Concepts and Methods
Cambridge (UK); Hoboken, NJ: Polity Press (2025), vii, 258 pp.
"The principal aims of this book are threefold. First, to produce a comprehensive (but not exhaustive) mapping of the conceptual and methodological terrain of Critical Data Studies (CDS). To that end, the book identifies the present state-of-play, providing succinct definitions and descriptions of
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Digital Shadows: Deepfakes Used As Violence Against Women in Journalism and Politics During African Elections
Kibera: Tanda Community Network (2025), 77 pp.
"This report delves into the growing threat of deepfakes as a tool for technology-facilitated gender-based violence (TfGBV) against women in politics and journalism during elections across Africa. With increasing reliance on digital tools and artificial intelligence (AI), deepfakes pose a serious ri
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"Artificial intelligence has the potential to improve the daily lives of Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) in Africa in practical, cumulative ways—transcribing, translating, summarizing, personalizing, and predicting to reduce routine frictions in school, work, health, mobility, and access to publi
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Measuring Digital Development. Facts and Figures: Focus on Landlocked Developing States
Deep Insights
Geneva: ITU (2025), iv, 33 pp.
"Landlocked Developing Countries (LLDCs) face unique development challenges. Higher transportation costs, trade barriers, and limited connectivity impede economic integration. LLDCs rely on neighbouring countries for access to trade routes, resulting in delays and higher costs. These countries also
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AI and Data Science Bootcamp for Women and Minoritised Groups: Impact Report
Bonn; Eschborn: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ); FAIR Forward; Intel (2025), vii, 35 pp.
"The AI and Data Science Bootcamp for Women and Minoritised Groups was designed to actively address the diversity gap in the AI field by lowering the entry barriers that women and minoritised groups face and empowering them with advanced technical and personal development skills to succeed in the AI
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2025 State of Humanitarian and Development Cybersecurity Report: Continued progress, but more is needed to keep pace with rapidly evolving threats
NetHope (2025), 37 pp.
"This report reveals a notable rise in perceived cybersecurity risk within the nonprofit sector, with 70% of organizations reporting an increased cyber risk profile in 2025, up from 51% in 2024. Encouragingly, confidence in managing these risks has also improved, with 56% of organizations feeling co
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Digital Sovereignty in the BRICS Countries: How the Global South and Emerging Power Alliances Are Reshaping Digital Governance
Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press (2025), xxix, 282 pp.
In a world where digital development and policymaking are dominated by Silicon Valley tech giants, the BRICS countries - Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa - play an increasingly important role. With forty percent of the world's population and twenty-five percent of global GDP, these nat
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How Afghan women amplify their voices through digital activism: A study of global engagement and local cultural resistance
Journal of Multicultural Discourses (2025), pp. 1–24
"Under Taliban rule, Afghan women, who make up more than half of the country’s population, face systematic restrictions in accessing education, employment, and other fundamental rights. Despite efforts to silence their voices, Afghan women have not given up; they have adopted Innovative strategies
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Measuring what matters: How to assess AI’s environmental impact
Geneva: ITU (2025), viii, 21 pp.
This report synthesizes key findings from a diverse range of sources, including academic literature, corporate sustainability initiatives, and emerging environmental tracking tools. Collectively, these documents provide a thorough overview of current methodologies for evaluating the environmental im
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