Data...for What?!

Data...for What?!

Development Gateway: An IREX Venture

Episodes 10
Avg. Duration 29m
Activity Highly Active
Since Aug 2023
Latest Episode Jan 2026

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Every 2 Weeks
Format
Episodic
Consistency
23%
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developmentgateway.org

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About This Podcast

In Development Gateway: An IREX Venture's podcast “Data…for What?!,” we explore topical issues at the intersection of global development and technological development. In our podcast, we dive deep into the data and digital landscape and how these impact everything from agriculture to education to global and local law.

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Recent Episodes

S4E5 Episode 5, Season 4 | What Sustainable Technology Actually Means

Jan 26, 2026 28m

In the fifth and last episode in the Interoperability series, we zero in on what sustainable technology actually means. After a prototype or dashboard is built and a program ends, what happens to…

S4E4 Episode 4, Season 4 |The Place of AI in Creating Interoperable Systems

Jan 19, 2026 26m

In Episode 4 of Season 4 of the Data…for What?! Podcast, we turn to the growing intersection between artificial intelligence (AI) and interoperability. As AI becomes increasingly embedded in public…

S4E3 Episode 3, Season 4 | The Role Interoperability Plays in Trust, Safety, and Elections

Jan 12, 2026 36m

In Episode 3 of Season 4 of the Data…for What?! Podcast, we examine the role interoperability plays in trust, safety, and elections. Recorded during 2024 – often described as the “Year of Global…

S4E2 Episode 2, Season 4 | Who Governs the Data? Navigating Legal Structures in Interoperable Systems

Dec 15, 2025 35m

In Episode 2, we turn to the legal and regulatory foundations of interoperability. As data and systems become more interconnected, questions of data protection, enforcement, and cross-border data…

S4E1 Episode 1, Season 4 | Defining Interoperability

Dec 08, 2025 33m

To kick off Season 4 of the 'Data...for What?!' podcast, we introduce interoperability from multiple viewpoints, acknowledging that most people consider interoperability within their sector/silo.

S3E4 Episode 4, Season 3 | Expanding into Climate Action: How Every Organization has a Role to Play

Sep 10, 2024 20m

In episode 4, Season 3 of “Data…for What?!,” host Vanessa Goas and special guest Roshan Paul, Former Director of Leadership Practice & Climate Talent Initiative at IREX, discuss the Climate…

S3E3 Episode 3, Season 3 | Context and Climate Action: A Conversation between the Local Development Research Institute and DG

Aug 20, 2024 32m

In episode 3, Season 3 of “Data…for What?!,” DGer Charlene Migwe-Kagume and special guest Leonida (Leo) Mutuku discusses LDRI’s early warning system, an AI tool that is being used to enable farmers…

S3E2 Episode 2, Season 3 | The Great Green Wall: How Data Can Advance One of Africa’s Most Ambitious Efforts to Combat Climate Change

Aug 13, 2024 21m

In episode 2, Season 3 of “Data…for What?!,” host Vanessa Goas and special guests former DGer Joshua Mbai and Gilles Amadou Ouédraogo, Programme Management Officer for the Great Green Wall…

S3E1 Episode 1, Season 3 | Why We Need Good Data & Digital Infrastructure for Climate Adaptation

Nov 21, 2023 19m

In episode 1, Season 3 of “Data…for What?!,” Vanessa Goas and special guest Sebastian Öhmann, Advisor of the Data Economy Initiative inside the Global Project of Digital Transformation from GIZ,…

S2E4 Episode 4, Season 2 | Case Study Comparison: Data Governance and Protection in India and Kenya

Aug 17, 2023 44m

In episode 4 of “Data…for What?!,” Beverley Hatcher-Mbu and special guests Shreeja Sen, Research Associate at IT for Change, and Dr. Melissa Omino, Acting Director at Strathmore University’s Centre…

S2E3 Episode 3, Season 2 | The State of Global Digital Rights: Data Collective to Policy Creation

Aug 09, 2023 26m

Join DGer Beverley Hatcher-Mbu and special guest Irene Mwendwa, Director of Strategic Initiatives & Feminist Movement Building Program at Pollicy, for episode 3 of “Data…for What?!” During the…

S2E2 Episode 2, Season 2 | Risks and Rewards: Exploring Data Governance, Open Data, and Data Protections

Aug 03, 2023 39m

In episode 2 of “Data…for What?!” Beverley Hatcher-Mbu speaks with special guests Natalia Carfi and Swee Leng Harris about open data and data protection. Tune in now!

S2E1 Episode 1, Season 2 | Surveying the Data Governance Landscape: From Data Governance Models to Accountability

Jul 26, 2023 33m

Kicking off season 2 of DG’s podcast, “Data…for What?!” Beverley Hatcher-Mbu spoke with special guest Sean Martin McDonald about the data governance landscape, models, and accountability.

S1E5 Episode 5, Season 1 | Exploring Digital Transformation & Emerging Technology

Sep 20, 2022 43m

Our final episode of "Data… for What!?" about our strategic plan Josh Powell speaks with Fernando Ferrayra and Annie Kilroy about digital transformation, ways to center the user, and our approach to…

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