Despite the excitement around efforts to connect the next billion people to Internet access, many foreign aid professionals still miss opportunities for innovation.
It can be difficult to separate the best ideas from the flashy ones, and, as Devex recently reported in an article on technologies bringing Internet to the poor that every development leader must know, there are plenty of ideas out there.
We also collected some lessons that can help guide development professionals towards more productive engagement with the new world of Internet connectivity. Here are some of the things we learned: