Mobile for Humanitarian Innovation (M4H) Podcast Series
Tune in to hear the M4H team discuss key issues with our mobile network operator and humanitarian partners in this M4H podcast series.
Episode 11: Climate Change
In Episode 11, Carol Gitobu ( Senior Market Engagement Manager, Mobile for Humanitarian Innovation, GSMA) hosts an interview-style discussion with Daniel Odongo from Ushahidi and Jedidah Ganira representing World Vision Kenya. The podcast focuses on strategic partnerships to catalyse digital humanitarian innovations, particularly in the context of climate change. Our guests talk about how World Vision Kenya leveraged on the innovative use of the Ushahidi platform to advocate for improved regenerative land management and natural resource management.
Episode 10: Digital Worlds
In Episode 10, Zoe Hamilton (Senior Insights Manager, Mobile for Humanitarian Innovation, GSMA) hosts an interview-style discussion with Linda Ahimbisibwe, Omar Meksassi, and Jason Siwat- lead researchers for the flagship report ‘The Digital Worlds of Displacement-Affected Communities’. The mixed-methods research in partnership with The Research People and UNHCR in northern Lebanon, Bor, South Sudan, and Iowara, Papua New Guinea seeks to better understand how people in humanitarian settings use their mobile phones.
Episode 9: Adopting New Technologies
In Episode 9, Jaki Mebur (Former Market Engagement Manager, Mobile for Humanitarian Innovation, GSMA), Hamse Koshin (MEAL Specialist at Care International Somalia and Somaliland) and Ali Bosir (Head of Business Development at Telesom Somaliland) discuss challenges and innovations that come from adopting new technologies into humanitarian programming.
Episode 8: Human-Centred Design
In Episode 8, Zoe Hamilton (Senior Insights Manager, Mobile for Humanitarian Innovation, GSMA), Mark Kamau (Head User Experience Designer at BRCK) and Aline Alonso (Design Researcher at Butterfly Works) discuss methodologies for inclusivity in humanitarian assistance. Specifically, the panel discuss a Human-Centred Design project in Nairobi working with persons with disabilities, and the adaptations they had to make due to COVID-19 disruptions.
Episode 7: Two Years of the Programme
In Episode 7, Jenny Caswell (Former Research & Insights Director, Mobile for Humanitarian Innovation, GSMA), Peter Batali (Executive Director at CTEN) and John Warnes (Innovation Officer on Connectivity for Refugees at UNHCR) reflect on the past two years of GSMA’s Mobile for Humanitarian Innovation and discuss what’s next for the programme.
Episode 6: Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning (MEL)
In Episode 6, Matthew Downer (Senior Insights Manager, Mobile for Humanitarian Innovation, GSMA) and Lydia Tanner (Director at The Research People) discuss Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) in reference to digital innovations in the humanitarian space.
Episode 5: Digital Identity
In Episode 5, Yiannis Theodorou (Former Senior Policy & Advocacy Director, Mobile for Humanitarian Innovation, GSMA) and Nicholas Oakeshott (Senior Identity Management Officer at UNHCR) discuss the importance of digital identity in humanitarian contexts.
Episode 4: Lessons from the Innovation Fund
In Episode 4, Rosie Afia (Former Market Engagement Manager, Mobile for Humanitarian Innovation, GSMA) and Francois Petousis (Head of Product and Director of Humanitarian Projects at Lumkani) discuss grantee learnings from the M4H Innovation Fund.
Episode 3: Digital Cash Transfers
In Episode 3, Maha Khan (Former Research & Insights Director, Mobile for Humanitarian Innovation, GSMA) and Rosa Akbari (Senior Advisor of Technology for Development at Mercy Corps) discuss digital cash transfers in humanitarian settings.
Episode 2: The Ethics of Funding
In Episode 2, Olly Parsons (Former Senior Market Engagement Manager, Mobile for Humanitarian Innovation, GSMA) and Bernhard Kowatsch (Head of Innovation Accelerator at the United Nations World Food Programme) discuss issues around the ethics of funding. Here they draw on experience working on the GSMA Mobile for Humanitarian Innovation Fund, and the World Food Programme’s Innovation Accelerator.
Episode 1: Gender and Inclusivity
In Episode 1, Rosie Afia (Former Market Engagement Manager, Mobile for Humanitarian Innovation, GSMA) and Claudia Simler (former COO at Refunite) discuss issues surrounding gender and inclusivity in the digital humanitarian space from Kiryandongo Refugee Settlement in Gulu, Uganda.
This material is funded by the UK government’s Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) through its Global Research and Technology Development portfolio. The views expressed in this report are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or positions of the UK government’s Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) or its partners.
