We’ll be bringing perspectives from our work across entrepreneurship, livelihoods, and AI, and how these intersect in practice, not just in theory.
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📅 23 April | 3:00–6:30 PM BST
📍 Mathematical Institute, Oxford
Heading to Oxford for the Rubanomics Global Forum (RGF) Leadership Roundtable.
A space built for working through ideas, not just discussing them.
#RubanomicsGlobalForum #Entrepreneurship #Livelihoods #AIforGood #EquitableGrowth
Hosted on the sidelines of the Skoll World Forum, this Leadership Roundtable focuses on what it takes to unlock equitable growth at scale.
What to expect: sharp conversations, shared frameworks, and a push towards action.
📅 23 April | 3:00–6:30 PM BST
📍 Mathematical Institute, Oxford
At its core is a simple but powerful idea: the rural and urban are not separate economies, but one interconnected loop, driven by aspiration, talent, entrepreneurship, and emerging technologies like AI.
Co-created with partners including Athena Infonomics, Catalyst AIC, Catalyst Management Services, GDI Africa / The Global Opportunity Youth Network (GOYN), Head Held High Foundation, JAN AI, and LEAD at Krea University, the Forum is shaped as a collaborative space to learn, co-create, and act.
The Rubanomics Global Forum (RGF) launches its inaugural convening in Oxford, bringing together policymakers, ecosystem builders, and innovators.
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The shift is subtle, but critical: from collecting data to making it coherent, comparable, and usable.
Know more about our work: www.athenainfonomics.com/work/our-work
Through our ongoing work, we’re building digital systems that bring these pieces together, aligning how results are defined, how data is structured, and how it is used across stakeholders.
When reporting flows, indicator definitions, and decision-making processes don’t align, even the most well-designed frameworks begin to fragment in practice.
Tracking results across complex, multi-country programs isn’t just a data challenge, it’s a systems challenge.
Different skills. Different lenses.
From shaping climate and livelihoods systems to policy analysis and building partnerships...this is what the work is built on.
And in many ways, this is what Athena is built on too.
#TeamAthena #PeopleBehindTheWork #SocialImpact #DevelopmentPractice
Better data doesn’t automatically lead to better health outcomes. Across our work, we’ve seen that what makes interventions effective isn’t just design, but how well they connect – across data, delivery & decision-making.
This #WorldHealthDay, a few lessons from our work across public health...
📌 Read more: www.grtd.fcdo.gov.uk/from-pilots-...
From measurement challenges to real-world adoption, they unpack the messy middle of applying AI in food systems. It’s a thoughtful take on where the sector stands, and where it needs to go next.
AI in agriculture is moving fast. Understanding its impact… not as much.
Monisha Lakshminarayanan and Zeba Siddiqui from Athena reflect on conversations from EvalFest and the India AI Impact Summit, bringing together grounded insights on what’s working, what’s not, and what still feels unresolved.
What emerges is a more grounded picture of digital agriculture: not just platforms & tools, but the people who interpret, adapt, and carry them forward. It’s a reminder that progress is often quieter, more layered, and more human than it appears.
Read here: www.athenainfonomics.com/blog-posts/b...
There’s always a gap between what a system is designed to do and what it takes to make it work.
Atreyee Kar writes about that space – through conversations with frontline workers across RSKs in Andhra Pradesh.
#AIInAgriculture #DigitalAgriculture #AgriTech #TechForGood #AIForGood
What works in one region may completely fail in another. Different crops, different conditions, different realities. And unless solutions actually fit into farmers’ lives, adoption won’t follow.
Watch the full conversation: www.youtube.com/live/XOuO5KD...
There’s a rush to “do something” with #AI in #agriculture right now.
But as Dr. Piyush Singla (IAS) points out, scale is not about how many pilots you run, it’s about whether people trust and use what you build.
#IndiaAIImpactSummit2026
It’s easy to talk about what AI can do.
Harder to sit with what it actually changes.
We’ve been doing a bit of both lately – and the answers can look very different on the ground.
This edition pulls together a few of those moments: www.linkedin.com/pulse/what-w...
Alisha joined us as an intern, stepping into a space where learning meant doing.
During her time at Athena, she worked across research, data analysis, and on-ground implementation; gaining hands-on experience across the full spectrum of development work.
#Testimonial #LifeAtAthena #Internships
The conversation moved between use cases, access, and the very real question of where to begin...
Scroll through for a glimpse of how the panel responded when things got more practical.
Follow MAX for more such conversations in the coming weeks: www.linkedin.com/company/max-...
The first MAX: MSME AI eXCHANGE session on AI in Action for MSMEs stayed close to what’s actually happening on the shopfloor – where AI is already being used, what it takes to get started, and what tends to work (or not) in practice.
#MSME #AIForImpact
This initiative will:
• share practical experiences of AI adoption in manufacturing
• surface challenges and solutions from the shop floor
• showcase real-world use cases
• foster peer learning across the MSME ecosystem.
As part of this effort, we are launching MAX – the MSME AI Exchange.
MAX is a community of practice that brings together MSMEs, technology providers, industry experts, policymakers, and ecosystem partners.
Follow us for more updates: www.linkedin.com/company/max-...
Athena in partnership with National Institute for Smart Government (NISG), is implementing an initiative aligned with the vision of the Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology (MeitY) and INDIAai Mission to enable MSMEs to harness AI for improved productivity, quality, and competitiveness.
Our photo essay, The Weight of Water in Paikgacha, captures how salinity, climate pressures, and changing livelihoods are affecting water access in coastal Bangladesh, and how communities and partners are working together to respond.
#ClimateResilience #WASH #Bangladesh #WaterAndSanitation
On World Water Day, we share stories from Paikgacha (Bangladesh), where water shapes both challenge and resilience.
📖 Read the full essay: www.athenainfonomics.com/resources/th...
#WorldWaterDay #WaterSecurity
Different problems need different ways of thinking.
From shaping urban systems to strengthening WASH markets and evaluating impact, here are three more people and the skills they bring to Athena’s work.
#TeamAthena #DevelopmentConsulting #PeopleBehindTheWork #SocialImpactWork #DevelopmentSector
During a field visit, Soumya Alamuru met a young farming couple—what began as routine turned into a reflection on assumptions and the deep ties families share with land.
Read more: www.athenainfonomics.com/blog-posts/w...
#NewRead #AIinAgriculture #StoriesFromTheField #AgricultureInnovation
Bridging this market intelligence gap between demand and solutions is critical to making AI accessible, affordable, and truly useful at scale.
#ResponsibleAI #DigitalPublicInfrastructure
