International development

A $30 million award from USAID will support MIT over the next five years in developing a Center of Excellence in Energy at Ain Shams University, Mansoura University, and Aswan University, in Egypt. The center will serve to connect researchers at the Egyptian universities with experts at MIT, to seek innovative solutions to the country’s energy challenges.

MIT receives $30 million to help address energy challenges in Egypt

Award from USAID will support research collaborations through new Center of Excellence in Energy at Ain Shams University in Cairo.

March 27, 2019

Sierra Leone President Julius Maada Bio, center, spoke during the Sierra Leone delegation visit on March 7, 2019 at MIT.

President Julius Maada Bio of Sierra Leone visits MIT

Public talk outlines ambitious plans to make his nation a hub for technology and innovation.

March 8, 2019

Alex Amouyel announces the 2019 Solve Global Challenges on stage in Kresge Auditorium at the Hello World, Hello MIT event.

Solve launches 2019 global challenges

Anyone can submit tech-based solution applications until July 1.

March 4, 2019

Detecting dengue, Zika, and chikangunya within minutes

MIT spinoff is changing the way mosquito-borne illnesses are diagnosed and aims to influence how public health officials react to disease outbreaks.

November 21, 2018

A panel discusses Scaling Social Enterprises at the fourth annual Tata Center Symposium.

Translating research into impact

Fourth annual Tata Center Symposium highlights the need to invest in technologies for the developing world from a market-driven perspective.

October 17, 2018

MIT Chancellor Cynthia Barnhart speaks to the audience of finalists and the broader Solve community at the Solve Challenge Finals.

MIT Solve selects new class of innovators for 2018

At the Solve Challenge Finals, judges selected 33 tech entrepreneurs who will receive the support necessary to scale their solutions.

September 28, 2018

Prosper Nyovanie, a 2017-19 Legatum Fellow, trains local community members in Boshof, South Africa, to build a utility-scale photovoltaic power plant.

Legatum Fellows build on 10-year legacy of impact

New cohort of student entrepreneurs will advance a growing tradition of driving sustainable, scalable change in the developing world.

August 21, 2018

The MITx MicroMasters program in Data, Economics, and Development Policy is an online series of courses designed for learners like Alan Al Yussef, who seek to have a direct impact on major social issues through an empirical, data-driven approach.

Turning an economics education into solutions with impact

MITx MicroMasters learner Alan Al Yussef is working to improve lives in the Middle East through a career in development economics.

August 14, 2018

"Evaporative Cooling Technologies for Improved Vegetable Storage in Mali" is a new report from MIT D-Lab and CITE. At left, University of Bamako graduate student Aliou Coulibaly adds water to an evaporative cooling chamber in Bamako. At right, World Vegetable Center technician Fatogoma Tanou assembles a clay pot cooler in Mopti.

MIT researchers release evaluation of low-cost cooling devices in Mali

CITE and D-Lab study finds evaporative cooling devices show promise for helping small-scale farmers, market vendors, and families store and preserve vegetables.

June 20, 2018

Solver teams with MIT President L. Rafael Reif (far left) on stage during Solve at MIT.

Solve sparks powerful impact on global challenges

The open innovation program convenes Solve at MIT, three days of workshops, lectures, and discussions to advance global solutions.

June 6, 2018

“I’ve always been interested in technology and in the different ways in which you can make people’s lives better through [technological] tools,” Rodríguez says.

William Rodríguez: Helping others broaden their horizons

MIT senior and Model UN leader William Rodríguez works to encourage the global exchange of ideas.

May 20, 2018

Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, right, was interviewed onstage at Kresge Auditorium by Media Lab assistant professor Danielle Wood, who then took questions from the capacity audience.

Justin Trudeau: Embrace the rapid pace of change

At flagship Solve event, Canada’s prime minister urges audience to help shape the changes transforming society.

May 18, 2018

About 30 percent of Indonesia’s households are supposed to receive subsidized rice from the government every month as part of a huge program called “Raskin,” or “Rice for the Poor.” The study shows that the amount of rice the villagers actually receive increases 26 percent when they are sent a simple information card with program details.

For food-aid recipients, information is power

A simple card explaining a government aid program leads to more rice for poor villagers in Indonesia.

May 9, 2018

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will headline the 2018 Solve at MIT annual meeting on MIT's campus.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to headline Solve at MIT annual meeting

May 16-18 event, hosted by MIT Solve, will include remarks from Eric Schmidt, Ursula Burns, Yo-Yo Ma, and Luis Alberto Moreno, among other luminaries.

April 27, 2018

MIT D-Lab research scientist and CITE research affiliate Eric Verploegen (right) installs sensors on an evaporative refrigerator with Ousmane Sanogo of the World Vegetable Center in Mali.

Introducing a user-friendly, step-by-step guide to conducting comparative product evaluations

The Comprehensive Initiative on Technology Evaluation teams up with the Technology Exchange Lab to produce a toolkit for technology evaluation in global development.

April 25, 2018

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