By Ellie Kemp and Milena Haykowska We are very excited to share that “How to hold organizations accountable for their use of digital technology: a guide for crisis-affected communities” is now out. In a world where tech solutions are built
Why the data behind voice technology matters A few weeks ago, ICTWorks raised a valid alarm: voice-only interfaces are often failing small businesses in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). At CLEAR Global, we’ve spent years documenting that the problem isn’t
Despite substantial increases in investment and research efforts in African language AI, the state of technology for African languages still lags behind major languages like English, French, or Mandarin (Adebara et al. 2025), as well as languages of other Global
Across West and Central Africa, hundreds of millions of people speak languages that barely exist in the digital world. No smartphone operating system, no autocorrect and no translation tool that works reliably in Fulfulde, Lingala or Dioula. To understand the
Sustainable solutions to the climate crisis can’t be designed from the top down. They will come from communities, from the people living on the frontlines of rising seas, failing harvests, and extreme heat. But a global crisis demands a truly
The past two years have brought exceptional challenges to the nonprofit sector. Reductions in aid, a surge in humanitarian need, and increasing pressure on activists’ rights and freedoms have left many organizations stretched to their limits. The organizations feeling this
We are very excited to announce that Tarjimly is joining CLEAR Global, becoming the newest addition to our suite of tools to promote language access across the world and strengthening our impact. A shared vision for breaking language barriers Since
Access to reliable medical information can be a matter of life and death. Yet for billions of people worldwide, health information remains locked behind language barriers. This is the challenge that Wiki Project Med Foundation (WPMEDF) set out to address
By Britta Aagaard The digital divide runs along linguistic lines. While billions of people now carry powerful computing devices in their pockets, most of the world’s 7,000+ languages remain locked out of the digital revolution. The technology that powers our
The monsoon rains came early to Pakistan in 2022, transforming rivers into roaring torrents that swallowed entire villages. In Nowshera district, as floodwaters receded and displaced families sought help, language became an invisible barrier as devastating as the floods themselves.
Conflict-related sexual violence has reached alarming levels globally, with the UNHCR reporting that it is soaring both in war zones and along migration routes. During 2022, the Office of the UN Special Representative on Conflict-Related Sexual Violence reported 2,455 official
By Aimee Ansari and Catherine Fox Both the language services industry and the humanitarian and development aid sector have been going through huge and painful changes recently. Language services are facing severe pressure from the impacts of machine translation and
