3 days ago // Devex Pro Live
Despite surging interest and investment, most AI for good efforts remain stuck in disconnected pilots. That's why Kanika Bahl is stepping down as CEO of Evidence Action to lead the new AI Access Initiative.
5 days ago // Artificial intelligence
The Patrick J. McGovern Foundation has announced more than $75 million in AI-related grants aimed at strengthening the institutions that shape how the technology is used.
6 days ago // NGOs
New CEO Amy Weaver is shaping a tech-driven strategy to scale the organization’s global reach — including a new European headquarters designed to deepen pharmaceutical partnerships and lower the cost of delivering aid to Africa and crisis zones worldwide.
25 days ago // Technology
One of the takeaways from the recent Global DPI Summit was that even as many African countries rely on external support for digital public infrastructure, fragmented aid is forcing an urgent pivot toward national control.
about 2 months ago // The Trump Effect
Former USAID global health lead Atul Gawande is exposing the human toll of the Trump administration’s foreign aid cuts in "Rovina’s Choice," a new documentary he executive-produced.
2 months ago // Devex @ World Bank-IMF 2025
As old growth models falter, the Gates Foundation and, more recently, Open Philanthropy are testing new ways to help low- and middle-income countries prosper. They’re able to take risks, test ideas, and inform policy reforms that multilateral banks and bilateral donors often can’t.
3 months ago // Devex @ UNGA80
In a new report, a panel of 11 top economists emphasized that journalism is a stabilizing force in society — and at a Devex Impact House panel on the sidelines of UNGA80, experts reiterated that message.
3 months ago // Devex @ UNGA80
Project Resource Optimization exists to keep lifesaving programs from shutting down. In just six months, it’s mobilized $110M to sustain 81 health and humanitarian projects, and is inviting more partners to help close the aid gap.
10 months ago // Artificial intelligence
The Gates Foundation and other donors from the AI for Development Funders Collaborative are pledging $10 million to ensure AI models are more inclusive of African languages. Devex spoke with experts on why that matters.
11 months ago // Global Development
Ville Tavio, Finland’s minister for foreign trade and development and a member of the right-wing Finns Party, which he described as "somewhat like a Finland First party,” addressed misconceptions about conservative hostility toward international development during a special episode of This Week in Global Development from Davos, Switzerland.