It’s been a few years because the final season of Now Go Construct. This time round we’re taking a barely completely different method. As an alternative of startups, we’re specializing in the inaugural class of the Now Go Construct CTO Fellows. 9 expertise leaders from social influence organizations who’re tackling a few of humanity’s hardest issues.
These are builders working in catastrophe zones, climate-affected areas, and underserved communities world wide. Proving on daily basis that if you give good individuals entry to good information, the appropriate instruments, and area experience, they will create outsized influence utilizing expertise for good.
At the moment, we’re releasing the primary episode in a 5 half sequence, which introduces every of the Fellows and the work they’re doing. The remaining episodes will likely be launched within the coming weeks, specializing in disaster mapping, AI and open information, meals safety, and group empowerment. All episodes will likely be accessible on All Issues Distributed and YouTube.
Let this be a name to motion. When you’re a builder, your abilities are wanted. When you’re a company engaged on international challenges, the instruments exist to amplify your influence. Let’s work collectively to place expertise within the palms of those who want it most.
Now, go construct!
Episode 1: Meet the Fellows
Meet the CTO Fellows working throughout catastrophe administration and local weather resilience, every bringing distinctive views on how expertise can deal with humanity’s most urgent wants. From disaster zones to group facilities, these builders present what’s attainable if you mix technical experience with deep area information of humanitarian challenges.
Episode 2: Disaster Mapping
Many mapping companies solely map the components of this world which are commercially fascinating. Massive components of the world stay unmapped, which in occasions of disaster can imply the distinction between life and dying. Petya from the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Workforce and Ola from Assist.NGO are altering that.
Episode 3: AI and Open Information
Behind each humanitarian disaster are individuals making split-second choices with incomplete data. Alicia from Mercy Corps, Kuldeep from ACAPS, and Fermín from CRIES are giving these decision-makers the instruments they should see round corners. Utilizing open information from satellites and distant sensors, all the best way right down to social media posts, to watch, predict, and take anticipatory motion earlier than a disaster happens.
Episode 4: Meals Safety
The disconnect between meals shortage and meals safety is a solvable drawback. There’s sufficient meals on the earth to feed everybody, but it surely doesn’t at all times find yourself the place it’s wanted most. Alicia from Mercy Corps, Ameesh from 412 Meals Rescue, and Ola from Assist.NGO focus on native and international options to assist stop meals shortage, and the necessity for a collaborative method.
Episode 5: Empowering Communities
International challenges want native options. Carlos from Inexperienced Xpo Lab, Clemence from Code for Africa, and Vijay from Watershed Group Belief perceive this. These three Fellows are utilizing distant sensing, AI, and information analytics to drive change in civic, agricultural and environmental contexts – with communities, not only for communities.
