May 31, 2021
People are willing to share health data, but…
"To fight the coronavirus, most people are comfortable sharing their health data with medical providers and public health authorities, but they are reluctant to provide it to other government officials,…
November 4, 2020
Estonia, the Digital Republic
Estonia, the Digital Republic, New Yorker Article summary: Its government is virtual, borderless, blockchained, and secure. Has this tiny post-Soviet nation found the way of the future? Estonia is entrusting terabytes…
November 4, 2020
The booming mobile economy tranforming Sub-Saharan Africa
Article summary: Sub-Saharan Africa had 300 mobile internet and 778 cellular subscriptions per 1,000 people in 2017. However, there is a significant gap between subscriptions and unique users, particularly for…
November 4, 2020
Soshana Zuboff on Surveillance Capitalism
Soshana Zuboff on Surveillance Capitalism In her book The Age of Surveillance Capitalism, scholar and sociologist Shoshana Zuboff posits a detailed examination of the unprecedented power of surveillance capitalism, by…
November 3, 2020
Digitizing Sub-Saharan Africa, the hopes and hurdles
Digitizing Sub-Saharan Africa, the hopes and hurdles, IMF.org The IMF’s African department* examines how digitalization can transform economies and people’s lives. The COVID‑19 pandemic has amplified those hopes. The pandemic…