How can consumers take back control of their data?
A founder essay on consumer data rights, transparency and the emerging data economy across the Middle East.
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Ideas in public.
Work in context.
Selected reporting, interviews and writing from earlier ventures, plus the public channels where I share current work. This is an archive of work and ideas at the time they were published, not a claim about the current status of every earlier venture.
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We have reached a stage where we can’t avoid technology any longer
A direct conversation on privacy, data ownership and building technology for developing markets.
Read the interview ↗Making contact tracing rewarding
A look at Aiisma’s approach to consensual data sharing, health mapping and contact tracing.
Read the report ↗A centralised database can enable better app-based contact tracing
An interview on the role of data infrastructure and privacy in a public-health response.
Read the interview ↗An app that rewards users in exchange for sharing Covid-19 data
A company profile covering voluntary data sharing, rewards and access beyond smartphones.
Read the profile ↗Enabling contact tracing in rural India
A detailed profile of Aiisma’s model, founders and the use of USSD to reach basic phones.
Read the story ↗The turning point behind Aiisma
How an insight from the technical-support industry became a wider thesis about data ownership.
Read the story ↗Also mentioned
Aii Social among India’s emerging social platforms
A syndicated roundup of Indian social platforms after the TikTok ban.
Read the mention ↗Socials
Notes on entrepreneurship, technology, operating choices and what I am learning while building.
Follow on LinkedIn ↗Media & speaking
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