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Since the invention of the first tools, technology has been massively empowering our ability to cope with life on earth. The accelerated proliferation of technology in the 21st-century promises widespread development across the globe, but we have to redefine and reinforce our ethical and moral principles to protect human rights in the digital age. Our stories convey a constructive yet critical look into the means and possibilities of technology. 

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google moral
January 15, 2019
Project Dragon­fly is making Google’s employ­ees question the moral values of the company
topic: Digital Rights
by: Sofia Gallarate
partner: Screen Shot
“Anybody who does business in China compromises some of their core values." John Hennessy, Alphabet Inc.
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sanitation
January 10, 2019
The Women Engineers Solving Tanzania’s Sanitation Problems
topic: Women’s rights
partner: NewsDeeply
For 32-year-old Lilian James, the biggest challenge of her job as an engineer is not the complex designs she prepares, but the sexism at her workplace.
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coding
December 19, 2018
The one million girl coders
topic: Economic Inclusion
by: Bob Koigi
The #IamtheCode movement by Senegalese-born technology entrepreneur Mariéme Jamme targets one million girl coders by 2030.
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bank account
December 18, 2018
The rise of community Monzo
topic: Digitalisation
partner: Screen Shot
Fintech companies are now sprouting everywhere. Monzo is one of them and now Britain's ‘best-rated lender’.
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Mali_internet
December 14, 2018
The oral ‘Facebook’ from Mali
topic: Innovation
by: Bob Koigi
Even with the impressive internet penetration in Africa, the continent is still home to countries struggling with high connectivity costs and illiteracy.
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loneliness
December 11, 2018
A problem shared is a revenue earned
topic: Digitalisation
partner: Screen Shot
The Contemporary Western society has a problem with connection.
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Bildschirmfoto 2018-11-29 um 16.47.21 Kopie
December 04, 2018
Lipstick and big data: how Cambridge Analytica got your identity wrong
topic: Digital Rights
partner: Screen Shot
Does your makeup define you?
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Mosquitos_genetic
November 30, 2018
Genetically modified mosquitoes against Malaria
topic: Health and Sanitation
by: Bob Koigi
GM mosquitoes are released to tackle one of the biggest killers in Africa.
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tech giants
November 13, 2018
What about a digital services tax for Google, Facebook & Co?
topic: Economic Fairness
partner: Screen Shot
Clamping down on Silicon Valley tax avoidance is a good start, but what next?
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pipelines_kenya
November 12, 2018
Kenya goes underground to power homes and economies
topic: Renewables
by: Bob Koigi
The geothermal energy being tapped in the Kenyan rift, is said to be capable of powering 150 million homes.
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agriculture africa
November 05, 2018
Sustainable agriculture is possible
topic: Sustainable Agriculture
by: Frank Odenthal
No secret: it really is the eleventh hour. We can rescue agriculture and the environment. We just need to seize the opportunities, says Hans R. Herren
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refugees welcome
November 01, 2018
The Grand Refugee Hotel
topic: Refugees and Asylum
partner: NewsDeeply
Germany is home of one of the most radical refugee integration experiments.
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binary damage code
October 22, 2018
Can an algorithm help us to make decisions?
topic: Innovation
by: Frank Odenthal
AlgorithmWatch claims to classify processes of algorithmic decision-making that are of social relevance.
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nigeria drugs
October 17, 2018
The fake drug detector app
topic: Innovation
by: Bob Koigi
How a group of Nigerian teenage girls fight fake drugs with a detector app.
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Characters videogames
October 16, 2018
Love in the time of Mystic Messenger
topic: Innovation
by: Sofia Gallarate
partner: Screen Shot
For the last few decades, dating sims (also known as relationship simulation role-playing games, RS and RPG), a gaming subgenre.
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canada migration
October 11, 2018
What if an Algorithm Decided Whether You Could Stay in Canada or Not?
topic: Innovation
partner: NewsDeeply
Rights advocates Petra Molnar and Samer Muscati pick apart experiments of AI in immigration that will be copied around the world.
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Kajiado, Kenya. 2010
September 26, 2018
Africa’s youngest mobile money company CEO redefines financial inclusion
topic: Economic Inclusion
by: Bob Koigi
The youngest and only female to run a mobile money business in Africa, Natalie Payida Jabangwe, uses the power of technology for financial inclusion.
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clean air
September 25, 2018
Welcome to the luxurious world of clean air
topic: Air Pollution
by: Sofia Gallarate
partner: Screen Shot
As a vast majority of the world’s population is exposed to toxic air on a daily basis, an increasing number of people seek new ways to access clean air.
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africa_land
September 19, 2018
African startups embrace blockchain to clean land ownership mess
topic: Innovation
by: Bob Koigi
As the blockchain wave sweeps Africa, new techpreneurs have moved beyond virtual currencies to find new uses of the technology.
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nationlities
September 18, 2018
What happens when human provenance is used to determine immigration rights?
topic: Refugees and Asylum
partner: Screen Shot
What solid proof of nationality can any individual attempting to migrate really provide?
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