Recent commentaries have largely focused on the negative aspects of the falling birth rate in many of the richer countries of the world, especially in Europe. A report by Robert Cuffe and Harriet Agerholm for the BBC thus emphasises the standard concerns over the implications for pensions, health and social care with the following words, … Continue reading Demographic decline: good or bad?

I had the enormous privilege of leading Imfundo: Partnership for IT in Education based in what was then the UK’s Department for International Development between 2001 and 2004. This initiative created by the UK’s Prime Minister, Tony Blair, was one of the first multi-sector projects in the then new field of ICT4D specifically designed to … Continue reading Reflections on Imfundo, 2001-2004

It was a great pleasure to participate in this year’s 19th eLearning Africa gathering held in Accra from 3rd to 5th June. Enormous thanks are due to Rebecca Stromeyer and her team for bringing us together at the Labadi Beach … Continue reading →

It was great to be able to hold a launch event for my latest book Digital Inclusion in an Unequal World: An Emancipatory Manifesto on 2nd June in Accra on the evening before this year’s eLearning Africa conference and exhibition. … Continue reading →

The UK Government’s shift to digital tax returns is yet another example of how ridiculous, expensive and time-consuming for the end user the drive to digitalisation is by governments. The Times has recently summarised the changes clearly and succinctly in … Continue reading →

Artifical Intelligence (AI) has undoubted positive potential to be used to enable completely new kinds of research, especially in areas that require the “analysis” of very large amounts of data. This is particularly so in fields as diverse as modelling … Continue reading →

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British universities have long had travel policies designed to control what staff travelling for research or on university business overseas are allowed to spend for travel, accommodation and maintenance. In the past many of these were sensible and realistic, based on a good understanding of the real costs of conducting research-practice overseas. The vast majority […]

It was such a pleasure to work with these thirty-one amazing authors who each contributed a vignette to my latest book, Digital Inclusion in an Unequal World published by Routledge on 7th April 2026. Read or listen to all their … Continue reading →

For those wanting a quick summary of the arguments made in my upcoming book Digital Inclusion in an Unequal World: An Emancipatory Manifesto, the video and graphic below provide a short summary of its concluding reflections (click on the slide to … Continue reading →

Get the latest podcasts from my new book Digital Inclusion in an Unequal World: An Emancipatory Manifesto, read by the authors of their vignettes on The ICT4D Collective‘s podcast channel on Apple Podcasts. This, the fifth tranche of episodes (17-20) … Continue reading →

The ICT4D Collective has recently launched a podcast channel on Apple Podcasts which contains audio versions of the vignettes in my upcoming book Digital Inclusion in an Unequal World: An Emancipatory Manifesto. The fourth tranche of episodes (11-16) is now … Continue reading →

In recent years I have tried, but often failed, to use “alt text” in my work when posting images online. I have failed dismally to go back and try to annotate all of the many images I have posted in … Continue reading →

Get the final four podcasts from my new book Digital Inclusion in an Unequal World: An Emancipatory Manifesto, read by the authors of their vignettes on The ICT4D Collective‘s podcast channel on Apple Podcasts – just click on the audio … Continue reading →

I’m delighted to announce that we will be hosting a relaxed and informal event at 6 pm on 2nd June in the Beach Bar at the Labadi Beach Hotel, Accra, to discuss some of the arguments contained within my new … Continue reading →