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End-to-end supply chain transparency
...of the supply chain, capturing everything, right down to the moment a farmer in West Africa delivers cocoa beans to a warehouse, onto a truck heading to a port, to...
Expanding the conversation about sustainability
...mechanical engineering with a concentration in global and sustainable development, and in African and African diaspora studies, a major she helped establish and became the first student to declare. Initially...
For cultural and political conflicts, a humanizing imperative
...at MIT. With a particular focus on West Asia and North Africa, he explores how opposition groups exist across time and the rise and fall of various social movements. Among...
From gas to solar, bringing meaningful change to Nigeria’s energy systems
...phones across many countries in Africa, allowing for the widespread adoption of mobile communication at a much faster pace than had been anticipated. To Uwagwu, this same idea can be...
Government’s invisible hand in developing countries
...is a natural form of governance in a lot of African countries,” Nathan says. “But in some parts of this region, it’s a complete colonial import. For many communities, this...
How to tackle the global deforestation crisis
...deforestation leader, and sub-Saharan Africa. Deforestation is an ongoing crisis. But thanks to satellites and many recent studies, experts know vastly more about the problem than they did a decade...
How door-to-door canvassing slowed an epidemic
Liberia was the epicenter of a high-profile Ebola outbreak in 2014-15, which led to more than 10,000 deaths in West Africa. But for all the devastation the illness caused, it...
Reflecting on September 11, 20 years later
...vantage points of the White House staff and as a scholar and writer. He served as the National Security Council senior director for the Middle East and North Africa during...
Faculty seed projects grow into pandemic research opportunities
...exploring with data in-hand that we had collected thanks, in part, to GSF support,” says Shalek. “The GSF-supported collaborative work with partners in South Africa, which helped us generate high-resolution single-cell datasets from tuberculosis...
From entrepreneur to climate policy advocate
Kiara Wahnschafft started her first company at age 16. After her classmate passed away from a drunk driving accident, Wahnschafft couldn’t stop thinking about ways technology could have saved a...