Social media algorithms and Lebanon’s economic crisis
Social media algorithms and Lebanon’s economic crisis
Expectation State Partner for Digital, Sacha Robehmed, has contributed to a newly released Data & Society Research Institute publication, “Parables of AI in/from the Majority World.” Sacha’s chapter examines social media advertising algorithms against the backdrop of Lebanon’s economic crisis. You can find it here. Read More
Global migration needs a rethink
The journey from Lagos to Gran Canaria is 2,700 nautical miles. Three men sat on the rudder of a ship for 11 days, barely above the waterline. It is clear that the global migration system needs a rethink. We have Read More
What is digital transformation anyway?
Expectation State Partner and and Frontiers of Digital Development Forum Ambassador, Sacha Robehmed, led a FDDF 2022 satellite event in Amman, Jordan to discuss what digital transformation means and what it doesn’t. You can find the full post here. Read More
Factfulness and gapminder
We’ve become fans of Hans Rosling’s book Factfulness and the Gapminder Foundation, with a mission “to fight devastating ignorance with a fact-based worldview”. Our collective misconceptions about the world we live in are startling. It’s not just that we don’t Read More
Blockchain, tokenisation and financial inclusion
We enjoyed speaking with Dave Wallace and FinTech Futures about Tokenisation and how it can contribute to building more inclusive economies in the states in which we work! You can find the full article here. Read More
Heat stress, growth and inequality
“At 33–34°C, a worker operating at moderate work intensity loses 50 per cent of his or her work capacity.” It’s easy to see this as just a macro issue – up to 5% of working hours are projected to be Read More
Partnership at Expectation State
We are looking for co-owners, not employees. We are beginning our search for new team members at Expectation State and are really excited to offer a number of new partnerships in 2022. If you are an experienced technical consultant living Read More
Friedman, Porridge Oats and meaning in business
Why does your business exist? What is the best model for it to accomplish its goals? We’ve been thinking about this a lot. It has been over 50 years since Milton Friedman’s pretty emphatic article in the New York Times, Read More
Job creation: more of the same is just more of the same
It’s 1991, MENA’s population sits at 260 million. Youth unemployment is hovering around 25%. Development thinkers prescribe a focus on job creation. Governments devise plans to unlock their countries’ economic potential. It’s 2021, MENA’s population sits at 460 million. Youth Read More