Official account. Chief Digital Officer @UNDP, former Director of Innovation @WFPInnovation. Retweets/likes should not be taken as endorsement.
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I was pleased to join @ITU, UN partners, and the Republic of Korea at the opening of the Global AI Hub in 🇰🇷.
As AI continues to evolve rapidly, partnerships & multilateral cooperation remain critical to ensuring technology contributes to sustainable development & works for all.
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Digital wallets can do more than store payment cards. As digital public goods, they can help people access benefits, share health records and prove eligibility for services securely.
New blog from @UNDP's Digital X 3.0 👇
undp.org/digital-innovation/…
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How can digital innovation strengthen justice and human security?
Join Session 5 of the Digital X 3.0 Webinar on Digital Justice for Human Security: Open Tools for Safer Communities
📅 10 Mar 2026
⏰ 8 AM EST | 2 PM CET | 10 PM JST
🔗 Register: undp.zoom.us/webinar/registe…
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Half the world encountered a digital scam last year.📳
The scams cost the world between 442 billion & 1 trillion USD a year. Developing countries are hit the hardest.
Read @UNDP's new brief to learn more & the trends that are accelerating this challenge: go.undp.org/5EX
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At #MWC26 today, @UNDP & @Robert_Opp joined partners to discuss AI & digital inclusion in emerging economies.
AI is diffusing faster than institutional readiness. The real question: will it strengthen public systems — or automate inequality at scale?
#AI4Development
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Richer countries lose 0.2% of GDP to scams. Developing countries lose 3-4%, some up to 11%. Digital scams are a development crisis.
📑Read UNDP's new brief undp.org/digital-innovation/…
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🌍 Through the AI Hub for Sustainable Development, UNDP is supporting a new trilateral partnership between India, Italy & Kenya to co-design and deploy scalable, sovereign AI pathways across Africa.
🔗 Read more: mimit.gov.it/en/media-tools/…
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AI is moving from experimentation into daily use. and with it, the equity question shifts from who has access to AI, to how AI is used, embedded, and governed in these everyday systems.
Read here and more at the #GlobalAISummit: go.undp.org/5PA
The Next Great Divergence regional report by @UNDPasiapac interrogates whether AI can be a driver of broader prosperity in the Asia-Pacific, and not one of further inequality. Use it to help countries nudge it in the former direction!
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At the #IndiaAIImpactSummit2026 , @Robert_Opp said @UNDP helps countries harness AI and digital technologies to tackle development challenges and reduce poverty.
Watch the interview ⬇️
#WATCH | Delhi: At the India AI Impact Summit 2026, Chief Digital Officer UNDP, Robert Opp says, "... UNDP works worldwide with 170 countries. We are the development arm of the United Nations. We recognise that countries worldwide face development challenges, and we see digital technologies like AI as an important accelerator for closing the poverty gap. What we do is we look at what countries are facing in terms of their challenges and how they would like to adopt artificial intelligence or other technologies... We kind of look at all of these different ingredients and we try to understand how we can support countries to build their ecosystems to allow artificial intelligence to really help solve development challenges..."
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Join us virtually on 20 Feb (10:30–11:25 IST) for “Multistakeholder Partnerships for Thriving AI Ecosystems” at #IndiaAIImpactSummit2026.
Moderated by @UNDP @Robert_Opp , exploring inclusive & responsible AI on the road to #HSC2026.
Watch live ➡️ piped.video/@indiaai
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Day 3 at #IndiaAIImpactSummit2026: At “How AI Will Reshape Global Development Beyond the SDGs,” @UNDP's @Robert_Opp stressed that 2030 is a pivot, not a finish line. Scaling AI means resilient public systems, open safeguards & redress so no country is included on unequal terms.
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An important discussion today at #IndiaAIImpactSummit2026. AI adoption is unfolding not as a single national decision, but as an accumulation of operational choices made inside real systems.
Today at the AI for Impact Global South Forum: Shared Solutions, Shared Futures at #IndiaAIImpactSummit2026, a clear theme emerged: AI is advancing faster than institutional readiness. Priority must be operational governance and sustained public sector capacity.
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AI impact is already being shaped — through everyday choices about how AI is adopted, governed, and embedded in real systems.
This week at the #IndiaAIImpactSummit2026, @UNDP will share lessons from countries turning AI adoption into people-centred development outcomes.
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Day 1 at #IndiaAIImpactSummit2026 spotlighted a clear message: AI must be trusted, inclusive & built for development.
From safety & human rights to digital public infrastructure, we explored how to steer AI toward equity & impact.
@UNDP advancing safe, inclusive AI for everyone
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The Global South’s biggest AI gathering is #IndiaAIImpactSummit2026.
Leaders and innovators convene to advance responsible AI, forward-looking governance, and transformative enterprise solutions.
Will you join the conversation?
🔗impact.indiaai.gov.in/
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Day 1 of #NairobiAIForum is underway!
AI impact in Africa hinges on strong foundations: energy, compute, data, talent, and governance - grounded in real systems and real constraints.
More: aihubfordevelopment.org/nair…
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🌍 Join us in Istanbul, May 19–21, for Digital & AI Transformation for Landlocked & Transit Economies, funded by the EU Global Gateway.
Learn how to design inclusive strategies for trade, connectivity, and resilience.
🗓 Apply by 22 March
🔗 More info: academy.itu.int/training-cou…
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What does responsible AI leadership look like when your “enterprise” spans 170 countries—and your stakeholders include refugees, farmers, and governments?
Our host- @spuri recently spoke with @Robert_Opp , Chief Digital Officer at the @UNDP , on the CAIO Connect podcast. A humanitarian first, Robert brings a powerful lens to AI: technology only matters if it improves lives.
Key takeaways for every AI leader:
🔹 AI should enhance people, not replace them
🔹 Inclusion isn’t overhead — it’s trust + long-term market strategy
🔹 Scale requires business ownership, not isolated pilots
🔹 If you can’t name who’s left behind, you’re optimizing for the wrong metrics
A must-listen conversation on AI, equity, and real-world impact.
piped.video/uqc-R2mwnPM
#caioconnect #knowledgenetworks #robertopp #UNDP #globaldevelopment
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From portfolios to a transformation stack. 🌍
After 5 years working with governments in 100+ countries, @UNDP rethinks how real system change happens - beyond projects, toward new organizational DNA for long term impact.
👉 Read: medium.com/@undp.innovation/…
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We’re excited to announce that our new booklet, "New Tech, New Partners: Transforming development in the digital era" is now published! 📘✨
It captures @UNDP' shift from blockchain pilots to practical, scalable system-building.
Ready. Reliable. Interoperable.
Heartfelt thanks to UNDP’s @AlexanderDeCroo, @HaoliangXu, @f_pickup, @MoyroudUN, @steliananedera, @ElaMi5, @Robert_Opp, @GayanPeiris, @SahbaSobhani, and all colleagues across the globe for their support! 🙌
🧵👇 A snapshot of our journey.
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