News Media Coverage
New America
Human, Social, and Institutional Barriers and Solutions
Opportunity International’s FarmerAI/Ulangizi chatbot is highlighted in New America’s report on global AI adoption, with a focus on how peer support agents in Malawi are helping smallholder farmers use AI tools in practical, trusted ways.
Cisco Corporate Purpose Blog
Skills-based volunteering for the AI era: Inside Cisco’s first Tech for Social Good Hackathon
Jessica White, Opportunity’s Director of Data Analytics and Systems Integrations, joined longtime Cisco partners for a hackathon focused on building more efficient back-end processes.
NAWBO On The Go Podcast
Potential is Everywhere, Opportunity Is Not
Lindsey Paulsen, Vice President of Digital Innovation Philanthropy, shares how her organization is investing in women living in extreme poverty and supporting small businesses – and what those efforts reveal about the universal drive that women share.
Business & Financial Times
Opportunity International champions AI-driven support for farmers in Bonwire
Opportunity International leaders joined farmer support agents in rural Ghana to showcase how FarmerAI is helping equip smallholder farmers with practical, AI-powered training and support.
BBC
The Happy Pod: How farmers in rural Malawi are getting help and advice from Artificial Intelligence
Farmer Support Agent Anna joins Opportunity International’s Agriculture Finance team in Malawi to share how Ulangizi is transforming the way rural farmers grow more and earn more.
Farms. Food. Future.
UN’s International Fund for Agricultural Development podcast with Tim Strong, Head of Agriculture
The UN’s International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) sat down with Tim Strong, Head of Agriculture Finance, to discuss the technological revolution unfolding in remote, rural Africa.
AI Curious Podcast
Can AI Help Eradicate Poverty? How AI is Helping African Farmers and Teachers, w/ Opportunity International's Ama Akuamoah & Paul Essene
Global tech reporter Jeff Wilser talks to Opportunity International's DIG team about using human-centered, “human-in-the-loop” AI chatbots to help entrepreneurs across Africa while navigating real constraints like connectivity, literacy, privacy, and trust.
Associated Press
How AI is helping some small-scale farmers weather a changing climate
Our AI innovation for smallholder farmers has helped Alex Maere grow more and earn more in rural Malawi. Learn in this article from the Associated Press.
Real Leaders Magazine
Atul Tandon in Real Leaders Magazine on Human-Centered AI
Opportunity CEO Atul Tandon shares three lessons for building AI that truly serves the world’s most vulnerable communities.
Microsoft
AI-powered success—with more than 1,000 stories of customer transformation and innovation
Opportunity International is recognized among top corporate, philanthropic, and nonprofit institutions utilizing AI as a means to make even greater impacts.