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Dr. Benjamin Hounsell leads the Implementation Research Pillar at Samuel Hall. He is a serial entrepreneur and experienced development practitioner, with 14 years of experience scaling innovations in both high and low income countries and working with businesses and NGOs in Africa, Asia and Europe.
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Technology is already revolutionizing education delivery and livelihoods for low-income communities in East Africa. Samuel Hall’s Benjamin Hounsell argues that, with some infrastructure investment, this presents a major opportunity for refugees in the region.
Mobile technology is often a matter of life and death for refugees. Yet innovation is skewed towards displaced populations in Europe and the Middle East. Samuel Hall’s Benjamin Hounsell argues that it’s time to move beyond Western-focused tech solutions for refugees.
Innovations for refugees are concentrated in Europe, even though most of the world’s refugee population lives in sub-Saharan Africa, says Ben Hounsell, senior researcher at think tank Samuel Hall. He explains how little is known about African refugees’ technology needs.
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