Digital Zambia Acceleration Project — A $100M World Bank Push for Inclusive Digital ID and Connectivity
A $100M World Bank IDA grant approved 23 Sept 2025 funds Zambia's DZAP: affordable broadband, an interoperable digital ID and public e-services …
A $100M World Bank IDA grant approved 23 Sept 2025 funds Zambia's DZAP: affordable broadband, an interoperable digital ID and public e-services …
Researchers 3D-printed Hangul characters with debossed, traceable outlines paired with braille to teach handwriting to three blind kindergartners at Seoul National School …
A three-day Thimphu Makeathon paired ~100 disabled 'need knowers' with engineers to co-design assistive devices like the SEAT desk for ADHD students, …
Khan Bank built branches into every Mongolian province, district and border point, then added mobile and SMS banking from 2007 so nomadic …
Sense International Uganda rolled out the Global Deafblindness Resource Hub on 30 June 2025 with two ministries: an online/offline platform, live in …
South African NGO Speaking Books embeds sound chips in illustrated 16-page books that narrate health information aloud in a reader's own language, …
A Cameroon/Sierra Leone-based academic network had people with and without disabilities co-produce six short digital stories on disability-inclusive research, published as a …
RMIT University, with ACCAN and the University of the Third Age, ran three co-design workshops (45 participants aged 65+) using a 'Scenario …
A 2016 IEEE audit found over 90% of 47 Sri Lankan government sites inaccessible to disabled users. A 2023 study then co-tested …
UNDP's Rwanda Accelerator Lab partnered with the Rwanda Union of the Blind and local firm Beno Holdings to design and pilot 40 …
Australia's NDIS built an AI avatar voiced by Cate Blanchett to help citizens navigate an 8,000-call weekly hotline. After AU$3.5m+ and 18 …
A 2014 community-based co-design study led by Delft University of Technology and the University of the Western Cape with Cape Town's Deaf …
Germany's BFSG, in force since 28 June 2025, extends binding accessibility duties to private-sector sites, apps and e-commerce above set size thresholds. …
NITDA's DL4ALL informal-sector track has trained over 480,000 Nigerians across 30 states and the FCT since September 2024, part of a national …
Created by Supreme Decree in Feb 2024, Peru's Digital Accessibility Seal requires platforms to be built through user research, co-design and inclusive …
Poland's 2019 law created a voluntary certificate covering architectural, digital and information accessibility together, audited by accredited bodies. Certified employers can cut …
Philippine mobile-money super-app grown from a 2004 SMS remittance service into a $5bn e-wallet, lending, insurance and investment platform. Reports 90M+ registered …
FSG's 'Roma in Digital' programme delivers free, practical 8-hour digital-skills courses to Roma adults across Spain, funded by EU NextGenerationEU recovery funds; …
A $100M World Bank credit plus a €15M EU grant fund broadband expansion into rural 'dead spots', e-government services and digital-skills training …
After banning unlicensed Starlink use with fines and jail time, Niue's government granted SpaceX a monitored 12-month trial licence in 2026 to …
MTN South Sudan's 2025 Y'ello Care campaign built solar 4G hubs in Mangateen IDP camp and Gorom refugee settlement near Juba, giving …
Since May 2020, Berlin nonprofit Neue Chance has equipped homeless people with smartphones, laptops and tablets alongside one-to-one digital coaching from social …
Justice Through Code, run by Columbia University since 2020, gives formerly incarcerated adults a free semester of Python and career coaching; over …
A $68.5M World Bank loan funds Gabon's national legal-identity and e-government project, run by ANINF. In June 2024 the country relaunched its …
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