Rapid technological change can catalyse the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
Technological innovations can give policymakers an enabling platform and powerful tools to design and plan development interventions, according to the “United Nations Economic and Social Council 2019” report.
Big Data and machine learning can be used to create, measure and develop and monitor the effectiveness of development programmes and progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
The “Global Pulse 2014” report shows the proliferation of mobile phone technologies’ activity and airtime credit purchases estimate multidimensional poverty indicators accurately.
Secondly, Big Data, the Internet of Things (IoT), remote sensing, drones and artificial intelligence (AI) may catalyse precision farming, reducing the number of agrochemical inputs for existing agricultural processes, thus improving food security, nutrition and agricultural development countrywide.
