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Turning “Money Delivered” Into “Money Received”
Commerce Minister Tradexa sits in her office, staring at a dashboard full of green checkmarks. Every metric looks perfect: 95% of welfare payments are delivered digitally. Zero delays. Zero errors.
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A Searcher’s Quest: Is AI an Equalizer or Divider?
Representing Bureaunia, I was really excited and inspired to attend the Digital Cooperation Day on September 22 on the sidelines of UNGA 80. The day was abuzz with many concepts and terminologies, facts and figures, voices from policymakers, grassroots, youth and development partners, pledges and commitments from ministers, mayors and funders…
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When 100% Isn’t Really 100%
Finance Secretary Fiscalia is known as the reformer who asks uncomfortable questions. In every meeting, she asks: “What incentive does this create at the last mile?”
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Paulix’s Counter: Why I Said “Cash Only”
I’m Paulix. I run the corner shop where Bureaunia’s “digital future” meets real life: rice by the scoop, soap by the bar, medicine in small strips. People don’t make one big monthly purchase. They make many small ones fast, urgent, right at my counter.
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How Do I Eat on a Digital Allowance?
I’m Mariamix. I’m the grandmother your system is supposed to work for.
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Happy Holidays and Happy New Year from Bureaunia
Traditionally, digital innovation was a one-way street where knowledge flowed from the Global North to the South. However, 2025 marked a historic reversal of this 20th-century paradigm.
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How do I prove I’m alive?
What to How … The remarkable difference I saw between Cairo and Cape Town was the shift of discussion from “What is DPI?” to “How do I implement DPI?” Quite amazing if you consider how unprepared many of these conference participants felt when they attended the DPI Summit 2024 in Cairo compared with how…