Decreasing trust levels, lack of transparency, costly financial models – could blockchain provide the answers to some of the biggest challenges faced in the social impact sector right now? Or are we letting the hype cloud the reality?
Imaginative new technologies will change millions of lives for the better all over the world. But how do you scale up a successful socially-motivated tech venture? Vicki Hearn gives some insights.
Thirty exciting ideas which use technology to give opportunities to the most vulnerable and excluded people across Europe were explored and developed this week at the European Social Innovation Competition academy in Madrid.
Two organisations offering health solutions for a changing world have announced significant investments, meaning they can get on with creating some social impact.
The spotlight shone on a plethora of life-changing ingenious ideas at the inaugural Digital Agenda Impact Awards on 2 March. Innovations are improving the lives of people with disabilities and saving the environment.
All eyes have been on Silicon Valley as hopes have been pinned on the idea of using technology to create positive social change. But what if the motivations of those behind the codes do not align with this view?
