Financial inclusion: Learning from cash for better products
Financial literacy is highly valuable, but the prevailing idea that education is the only solution to financial exclusion often overlooks
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Transforming African finance, one payment at a time
Karen Nadasen, CEO of PayU Africa, highlights how digital payments are driving financial inclusion across Africa, enabling economic opportunities and transforming access to financial services.
Mobile money is transforming financial inclusion in Sub-Saharan Africa
Mobile money is enabling millions in Sub-Saharan Africa to access financial services, driving economic growth, and empowering underserved communities, particularly women, through innovative digital solutions.
Driving financial inclusion in developing countries
Discover how technology drives financial inclusion in developing countries, enhancing access to banking, loans, and cross-border payments through innovative fintech, blockchain, and digital wallets.
Educating the data and AI policymakers of the future
Dr Elinor Carmi, co-director of a new MSc in Data, Policy & Social Justice at City St George’s, University of London, on educating critical thinkers as policymakers of the future.
Bringing clinical trials to historically underrepresented populations
Alicia Staley, Chief Patient Officer at Medidata, highlights the need for diversity in clinical trials, exploring how AI and patient-centred technology improve accessibility and inclusivity.
Humanity, technology and the mental health crisis
Matthew Jenkins, founder of Dream and Leap, examines technology’s impact on mental health, urging leaders to foster balance and ensure it enhances, rather than overwhelms, human wellbeing.
Connectivity and mobile technology: A humanitarian lifeline
Kimberly Brown of GSMA highlights how mobile technology supports humanitarian efforts, providing critical information, aiding crisis response, and addressing challenges including inequality, misinformation, and connectivity gaps.
Why is it easier to find cinema times than mental health support online?
Navigating online mental health support is often confusing and fragmented. Clearer signposting and better data infrastructure can make finding help as simple as everyday digital tasks.
AI and alternative data: The key to financial inclusion in emerging markets?
Dmitry Borodin, Head of Decision Analytics at Creditinfo, explores how AI and alternative data are transforming financial inclusion, helping underserved groups access credit and economic opportunities.
AI in Action: Transforming disaster response for a safer tomorrow
AI is revolutionising disaster response, from predictive analytics preventing crises to real-time data aiding relief efforts. Ethical AI solutions empower nonprofits, ensuring technology serves global humanitarian needs.
Promoting feelings: Tech and mental health
As AI reshapes industries, its impact on mental health is profound. While it disrupts jobs, it also fosters new opportunities. Human creativity remains irreplaceable.
Data-driven resilience: The foundation for effective disaster response
Robust data management is crucial for disaster response. Accurate, real-time data enables swift decisions, preventing misallocated resources and delays that could cost lives.
The role of technology in the development of disaster response
Technology is revolutionising disaster response, from AI-driven predictions to emergency telecommunications. As climate change intensifies crises, innovative solutions are vital for preparedness, immediate relief, and long-term recovery.
Helpster: The hard journey of a simple life-saving idea
Founder Nikita Kuzmin on Helpster’s long, arduous mission to save lives in developing countries by connecting patients and doctors directly with donors.
Delivering lifesaving healthcare in underserved communities
Dulas is transforming healthcare in underserved communities by delivering solar-powered solutions, such as vaccine refrigerators, to ensure reliable immunisations and to build resilient local healthcare systems.
Building neuroinclusive workplaces and why it matters
auticon US CEO Vance Checketts on reckoning with the fact that up to 20% of people in our teams are neurodivergent.
Your teams are neurodiverse. It’s time to embrace neuroinclusion.
Tech leaders may already know their teams are rich in neurodiversity, but keeping hold of them means intentional action.
The role AI can play in building a safer internet by moderating online content
AI is revolutionising online content moderation by automating the detection of harmful materials like violence and abuse, while working alongside human moderators to ensure safety and compliance.
Helpster: Leveraging technology to save children’s lives in underserved regions
Helpster Charity, led by CEO Kate Lysykh, leverages technology to provide life-saving healthcare to children in Africa and Asia, combating preventable deaths from diseases like malaria and pneumonia.
Reimagining rail travel: Why real-time, personalised information is the future of public transport
Real-time, personalised transport information is key to improving passenger experience. By integrating accessible data, rail travel can become more intuitive, responsive, and inclusive for all.
Healthcare’s remote connectivity solution
Peter Turner, CCO at TeamViewer, discusses how remote connectivity solutions are transforming healthcare by improving accessibility, reducing costs, and enhancing patient care in remote areas.
Unlocking the power of AI in education: From early years to after the classroom
Felix Ohswald, CEO of GoStudent, explores AI’s transformative role in education, from early childhood learning to post-classroom tools, and its potential to enhance personalised, lifelong learning.
Bridging healthcare gaps: How technology is transforming women’s health globally
Women, comprising half the global population, face significant healthcare disparities. Rebecca Hainsworth of Browne Jacobson explores how technology is improving diagnoses, treatments, and outcomes.
Thames Valley Police: A force for automation
Thames Valley Police’s digital transformation programme has a pioneering approach to automation, focused on frontline policing rather than back-office tasks. The results are remarkable.
Creating A Pathway To Hope
Gilead Science’s PrEP Hub® platform is a gamechanger in the fight against HIV – both the disease and the stigma.
Sparking into life
We track the current state of the EV market. How close is the revolution? What are the barriers? And will Tesla dominate forever?
Ada Lovelace Day: Advocating for Diversity in STEM
Six successful women in STEM on the need for better representation in the tech industry.
How technology can protect women using public transport
WhereIsMyTransport’s Chantal Lailvaux on the road to women’s safety
How tech leaders can drive community impact with data centre ESG initiatives
Mark Pestridge of Telehouse Europe highlights how tech leaders can leverage data centre ESG initiatives to drive sustainability, workforce development, and community impact while advancing corporate goals.
Teenage Tech Stories: Sahda Haroon
Sahda Haroon is shooting for the stars. In this podcast, the 18-year-old talks about creating The Mars Generation and the Astronaut’s Club to support other young people who share her dream of being on the first space crew that goes to Mars.
Poppy Szkiler
Poppy Szkiler is co-founder and CEO of Quiet Mark, a company that works with manufacturers to prioritise noise reduction within product design. In this podcast, Poppy talks about following in her grandfather’s footsteps to continue his fight against noise pollution.
Social Good
Financial inclusion: Learning from cash for better products
Financial literacy is highly valuable, but the prevailing idea that education is the only solution to financial exclusion often overlooks
Transforming African finance, one payment at a time
Karen Nadasen, CEO of PayU Africa, highlights how digital payments are driving financial inclusion across Africa, enabling economic opportunities and transforming access to financial services.
Mobile money is transforming financial inclusion in Sub-Saharan Africa
Mobile money is enabling millions in Sub-Saharan Africa to access financial services, driving economic growth, and empowering underserved communities, particularly women, through innovative digital solutions.
Driving financial inclusion in developing countries
Discover how technology drives financial inclusion in developing countries, enhancing access to banking, loans, and cross-border payments through innovative fintech, blockchain, and digital wallets.
Educating the data and AI policymakers of the future
Dr Elinor Carmi, co-director of a new MSc in Data, Policy & Social Justice at City St George’s, University of London, on educating critical thinkers as policymakers of the future.
Bringing clinical trials to historically underrepresented populations
Alicia Staley, Chief Patient Officer at Medidata, highlights the need for diversity in clinical trials, exploring how AI and patient-centred technology improve accessibility and inclusivity.
Humanity, technology and the mental health crisis
Matthew Jenkins, founder of Dream and Leap, examines technology’s impact on mental health, urging leaders to foster balance and ensure it enhances, rather than overwhelms, human wellbeing.
Connectivity and mobile technology: A humanitarian lifeline
Kimberly Brown of GSMA highlights how mobile technology supports humanitarian efforts, providing critical information, aiding crisis response, and addressing challenges including inequality, misinformation, and connectivity gaps.
Why is it easier to find cinema times than mental health support online?
Navigating online mental health support is often confusing and fragmented. Clearer signposting and better data infrastructure can make finding help as simple as everyday digital tasks.
AI and alternative data: The key to financial inclusion in emerging markets?
Dmitry Borodin, Head of Decision Analytics at Creditinfo, explores how AI and alternative data are transforming financial inclusion, helping underserved groups access credit and economic opportunities.
AI in Action: Transforming disaster response for a safer tomorrow
AI is revolutionising disaster response, from predictive analytics preventing crises to real-time data aiding relief efforts. Ethical AI solutions empower nonprofits, ensuring technology serves global humanitarian needs.
Promoting feelings: Tech and mental health
As AI reshapes industries, its impact on mental health is profound. While it disrupts jobs, it also fosters new opportunities. Human creativity remains irreplaceable.
Data-driven resilience: The foundation for effective disaster response
Robust data management is crucial for disaster response. Accurate, real-time data enables swift decisions, preventing misallocated resources and delays that could cost lives.
The role of technology in the development of disaster response
Technology is revolutionising disaster response, from AI-driven predictions to emergency telecommunications. As climate change intensifies crises, innovative solutions are vital for preparedness, immediate relief, and long-term recovery.
Helpster: The hard journey of a simple life-saving idea
Founder Nikita Kuzmin on Helpster’s long, arduous mission to save lives in developing countries by connecting patients and doctors directly with donors.
Delivering lifesaving healthcare in underserved communities
Dulas is transforming healthcare in underserved communities by delivering solar-powered solutions, such as vaccine refrigerators, to ensure reliable immunisations and to build resilient local healthcare systems.
Building neuroinclusive workplaces and why it matters
auticon US CEO Vance Checketts on reckoning with the fact that up to 20% of people in our teams are neurodivergent.
Your teams are neurodiverse. It’s time to embrace neuroinclusion.
Tech leaders may already know their teams are rich in neurodiversity, but keeping hold of them means intentional action.
The role AI can play in building a safer internet by moderating online content
AI is revolutionising online content moderation by automating the detection of harmful materials like violence and abuse, while working alongside human moderators to ensure safety and compliance.
Helpster: Leveraging technology to save children’s lives in underserved regions
Helpster Charity, led by CEO Kate Lysykh, leverages technology to provide life-saving healthcare to children in Africa and Asia, combating preventable deaths from diseases like malaria and pneumonia.
Reimagining rail travel: Why real-time, personalised information is the future of public transport
Real-time, personalised transport information is key to improving passenger experience. By integrating accessible data, rail travel can become more intuitive, responsive, and inclusive for all.
Healthcare’s remote connectivity solution
Peter Turner, CCO at TeamViewer, discusses how remote connectivity solutions are transforming healthcare by improving accessibility, reducing costs, and enhancing patient care in remote areas.
Unlocking the power of AI in education: From early years to after the classroom
Felix Ohswald, CEO of GoStudent, explores AI’s transformative role in education, from early childhood learning to post-classroom tools, and its potential to enhance personalised, lifelong learning.
Bridging healthcare gaps: How technology is transforming women’s health globally
Women, comprising half the global population, face significant healthcare disparities. Rebecca Hainsworth of Browne Jacobson explores how technology is improving diagnoses, treatments, and outcomes.