The University of Oxford's Pathways for Prosperity Commission released a background paper on tackling cybercrime to unleash developing countries' digital potential. It looks at the cybercrime landscape in developing countries with...
According to Reuters, the government of Indonesia has submitted a new data protection bill to parliament. This proposal aims at strengthening consumer data protection rules, up to seven-year jail times for unlawful distribut...
The EDPS released a quick guide to necessity and proportionality for processing personal data. The guide outlines eight steps in to help assess the compatibility of measures impacting the fundamental rights to privacy and to the p...
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the government of Singapore launched a project entitled 'Cultiv@te' that strives to innovate and foster sustainable agriculture. The initiative gathers stakeholders who are willi...
The president of the EU Commission Ursual von der Leyen together with the managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) signed a new Financial Framework for Partnership Agreement that is meant to help improve their co...
In 2017, Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) launched the InvestmentMap, an information management tool that supports transparency and efficiency of Latin American and Caribbean public investments. At the time of the launch, Col...
Pursuing the acceleration of agriculture's digital transformation in the Americas and the Caribbean, the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) and Microsoft have outlined actions to be jointly implemented ...
Following an enactment of amendment laws tofacilitate digital identificiation in Kenya, questions are being raised about the project. Local consumer groupCofekasked in a blog post why the project was being implemented as a restric...
Women of Uganda Network (WOUGNET) has published a 'Technology related violence against women: Investigating Tech Related Violence Against Women in Peri-Urban Areas of Uganda' report. It emphasises various aspects of tech-related v...
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner, Dr Scott Gottlieb, and the Director of the Centre for Devices and Radiological Health, Dr Jeff Shuren, issueda statement on a record year for device innovation. According to ...
The Male Champions of Change (MCC) Institute, has shared an open letter dedicated to 'every male leader in the tech sector', in order to emphasise their motivation for and commitment to implementing practical actions to create a g...
The government of Malaysia is looking the introduction of regulation to combat fake news. Speaking to reporters, the country's prime minister, Datuk Seri Najib Razak, warned for the spread of fake news, claiming that his ruli...