May 21, 2024 | engageSPARK Platform, SMS, Social Impact, Technology
How YLabs helped hundreds of at-risk youth in Kenya access HIV testing and follow-up care They used engageSPARK’s SMS Survey and Drip campaigns to engage with a historically hard-to-reach population in Kenya—providing HIV education, testing, and treatment services....
Jun 15, 2023 | Humanitarian Agencies, Humanitarian AI, Social Impact, Technology, WhatsApp
Think about the way Facebook recognizes your friends’ faces when you upload a photo. To do it, computers had to learn to see like us, to understand and interpret what’s going on in a picture or video. This is called computer vision—a part of the larger...
Jan 27, 2023 | Humanitarian Agencies, Social Impact, Technology
6 Examples How Humanitarian AI Increases Impact Around the World As the ChatGPT news makes the round, articles pop up discussing what role similar AI tools can play in the humanitarian sector. However, while ChatGPT might be the new shiny tool that made the news,...
Nov 27, 2022 | Humanitarian Agencies, Monitoring and Evaluation, Social Impact
How do you make sure that your intervention actually benefits the constituents you’re trying to serve? How do you make sure that it has maximum impact? These and related questions usually have one answer: M&E—Monitoring and evaluation. Recently, USAID—that...
Oct 31, 2022 | Monitoring and Evaluation, Social Impact, Technology
The digital age is here to stay and has no plans to fade away. It brings a change to how individuals conduct business. Digital technologies are being used by businesses more and more to interact with customers, build relationships, and widen their audience. However,...
Oct 21, 2022 | Market Research, Monitoring and Evaluation, Social Impact, Technology
How can businesses improve their products and services to more efficiently meet customer needs? The solution is always to get to know and understand your target market. Conducting market research is key to any successful business strategy. Good research gives key...
