The Need for Health Taxes to Raise Revenues
With aid declining and fiscal pressures rising, countries face widening gaps in funding essential services. This blog explores how health taxes can help bridge the gap, drawing on insights from DG, TJNA, and WHO at the Financing for Development Conference.
Interoperability as a Cornerstone of Resilient Digital Systems
As digital systems continue to multiply, siloed platforms limit long-term impact. This blog reflects on why interoperability is essential to building resilient, sustainable digital systems that remain useful beyond individual programs.
Why Africa Will Define the Next Decade of Digital Public Infrastructure
As the global conversation shifts from frameworks to delivery, this blog reflects on why Africa will define the next decade of Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI), drawing on insights from the Global DPI Summit and years of on-the-ground experience.
Building Useful & Usable AI: A New Tool to Curb Procurement Corruption
DG, together with Accountability Lab, have launched a new AI-powered contract summary and analysis tool through the HackCorruption program, designed to help journalists, civil society, and the private sector detect red flags in procurement processes.
Accelerating Institutions: How DG’s 25 Years Create Unique Value for AI
As AI reshapes the digital landscape, we share in this blog DG’s approach to helping institutions adopt it effectively using clear use cases, strong data foundations, and decades of experience to cut through hype and prioritize ethical, sustainable impact.
Reflecting on 3 Years of Digital Advisory Support for Agricultural Transformation
As the DAS program concludes, this blog reflects on its impact in advancing digital transformation in agriculture, highlighting lessons on capacity building, knowledge transfer, and sustaining resilient food systems.
Democratizing Digital or Digitizing Democracy in 2025?
The line between democratizing digital and digitizing democracy is increasingly blurred. This blog explores how applying democratic principles to digital governance can strengthen trust and ensure technology truly serves people.
Why the Future of Generative AI is Local and Specialized
As artificial intelligence (AI) becomes increasingly embedded in daily life, there is growing interest in how to make these technologies more practical, affordable, and sustainable. This blog discusses a shift toward Frugal AI, an approach to designing and deploying AI systems that prioritizes doing more with less.
Signal vs Noise: Making Smart AI Choices
As the AI landscape evolves rapidly, it’s increasingly difficult to know which investments will last. This blog shares how Development Gateway uses sandboxing to test AI in controlled environments, focusing on efficiency, trust, and practical use cases while keeping humans in the loop.