Technology

By merging insights from engineering and the social sciences, we can harness the power of technology to provide more timely and granular data, connect and engage communities in new ways, and ultimately bridge digital divides.

Economic growth and well-being are increasingly driven by technological advances–from artificial intelligence and quantum computing, to digital connectivity and the creation of new infrastructure. These innovations are transforming access to information, labor markets, human capital development, and productivity across the world, particularly in low-income countries. CEGA works across disciplines and sectors to design, evaluate, and support potential high-impact technologies that empower people experiencing poverty to grow economies, improve services, and narrow inequalities. Our research often responsibly integrates technologies at every stage of the research project life cycle across our portfolios of work, resulting in a corpus of projects at the cutting edge of energy infrastructure, microscopy, artificial intelligence, remote sensing, precision agriculture, and more.