Hello Mister Mzungu Oyibo! – JadedAid Card Stories When I first arrived in Nigeria’s Niger Delta for my Kiva Fellowship and walked around the local market, people would... View Article
What is Post-Brixit DFID’s Secret Weapon Against USAID Dominance? There is no doubt that USAID is the $48 Billion gorilla in the international development space. DFID plays a good... View Article
Diplomatic Pouch Privileges – JadedAid Card Stories Guess what is the most popular city for JadedAid Card shipments. Go on, give it a think. Here are a... View Article
Whispering Under Your Breath: USA is Not the Centre of the World Oh Canada! You are such a marginalized country in the international development area. You need a good JadedAid game to... View Article
When Your Theory of Change is a Crock of Sh_t – JadedAid Card Stories I hate the “Theory of Change” concept. It is supposed to require stakeholders to model their desired outcomes before they... View Article
The Most Popular Google Search in Rural Zambia – JadedAid Card Stories I’m on a short term project in Zambia to understand if and how a mobile information service could help smallholder... View Article
Helpies: Selfies to Brag About Helping – JadedAid Card Stories What do you call it when an American or European volunteer in Africa or Asia takes a picture of themselves... View Article
Sexting Using JadedAid Answer Cards – JadedAid Card Stories Here at JadedAid, it was our hope that our humble card game would drive the kind of conversations in the... View Article
What is USAID’s Secret Pleasure? – JadedAid Card Stories Way back in March 2015, when we developed the very first set of JadedAid question cards, my favorite was... View Article
Last Chance to GIZ in Your Friend’s Stocking this Christmas In 2011, the German development agency changed its name to Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit, or GIZ. Like you, my colleagues... View Article