Global Progress in the AI Era: Can a new effort scale AI for good to reach hundreds of millions?
Too many “AI for good” pilots fail before reaching the people who need them most. To solve this scaling crisis, Kanika Bahl, the CEO of Evidence Action, is stepping down from the helm of the organiza...
9 Maalis 41min
This Week in Global Dev: #135: Inside EIB’s critical meetings and USAID’s controversial shutdown
This week, we are reporting from the European Investment Bank’s annual meetings in Luxembourg to better understand the direction in which the institution is heading. We dig into the agenda as Europe c...
5 Maalis 24min
Global Progress in the AI Era: How the global south can finance AI infrastructure on its own terms
This week on Devex’s Global Progress in the AI Era podcast, we are breaking down the critical shift from simply accessing artificial intelligence to owning the infrastructure it runs on, with a specif...
3 Maalis 45min
This Week in Global Dev: #134: Key takeaways from the AI Impact Summit & philanthropy under scrutiny
Last week, we were at the India AI Impact Summit 2026 to find out how this revolutionary technology can transform global development. From AI regulation to the push for democratized access, we’re brea...
26 Helmi 32min
Global Progress in the AI Era: Governing the AI moment
Artificial intelligence is moving at breakneck speed, but can global governance keep up? In this episode of our new podcast series, Global progress in the AI era, Devex’s Catherine Cheney sits down w...
24 Helmi 41min
This Week in Global Dev: #133: What we learned at the AU Summit and Munich Security Conference
We examine the latest developments surrounding the African Continental Free Trade Area, or AfCFTA, which served as a focal point of the recent African Union Summit. The initiative continues its phased...
19 Helmi 27min
This Week in Global Dev: #132: What is the impact of aid cuts in Africa?
This week we take a look at a new report from the Center for Global Development, which found that aid cuts have largely failed to spark reform in sub-Saharan Africa. The caveat, though, is that the au...
12 Helmi 26min
#131: The new power players
#131: The new power players by Devex
5 Helmi 31min
