Digital voices
A Pathfinder is a person working in government, business or as engaged citizens to navigate and prepare economies to be ‘digital ready’.
Pathfinders are trailblazing ways to build inclusive economies.
The Pathways Commission seeks out ordinary voices from around the world, to engage with them and to help gain insights about Digital lives in developing countries. Find out about how people from around the world are living their digital lives - from Indonesia to Tanzania.
Francis Nyemb is a teacher in Tanzania, he's reliant on his smartphone to get materials for his students, as books are too expensive.
Edna is an entrepreneur from Tanzania, who runs a mobile money business, and a beauty salon. Learning about technology has changed her life.
In our series on the rural women of Tanini in Indonesia, we speak to Ela, who's in her late teens, about her access to electricity, the internet and mobile phone coverage, as well as her future aspirations.
Gift is from Abuja in Nigeria and is working to improve government spending transparency in Nigeria, using the civil tech tool, Budeshi.
Yanti is a teacher in the Indonesian village of Tanini, she needs to walk 3-5km for good mobile phone signal, and uses the internet to support her knowledge and her students' learning about the world.
In our series of vignettes on the rural women of the Tanini village in Indonesia, we speak to Penina, who works far from home, doesn't have access or understand what the internet is, and finds topping up her mobile phone very expensive.