Syria’s medical staff take online courses during COVID-19

COVID-19 lockdown doesn’t stop our partners from implementing much needed training courses in Syria.

An Online Conference Focuses on Overcoming a Difficult Time for Education and Jobs

Al-Fanar Media and SPARK, a Netherlands-based nonprofit that supports higher education and job creation efforts in fragile states, organized an…

TurkeyTalks: YouTube sessions for youth during lockdown

With lockdowns easing across Turkey and around the world, we’re all acutely aware of the need to keep protecting the…

#SPARKlistens: Our podcast mini series – part 2

On the fringes of our annual IGNITE conference, Andile Masuku, host of the African Tech Roundup podcast, recorded six exclusive…

“Why Not?” An online campaign in Iraqi Kurdistan that defied COVID-19 lockdown

How 14 Kurdish youth are continuing the conversation about political inclusion in KR-I, despite a nationwide lockdown.

Africa after corona: paradigm shifts in aid, digitisation and agribusiness

The knock-on effects of COVID-19 could see a “different world-order” in Sub-Saharan Africa.