Anna Bon is researcher and lecturer in Information and Communication Technologies for Development (ICT4D) and Digital Humanism at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and Maastricht University, and senior project manager at VU Amsterdam’s International Office (CIS Centre for International Cooperation). She directs the interdisciplinary research, education and community service program W4RA (Web alliance for Regreening in Africa). Her interdisciplinary research centers around how innovative context-aware technologies can be developed in a co-creative way to support local value chains and improve food security, serving especially smallholder farmers and communities in Africa’s drylands. Her international projects include digital voice-service support for local cereal seeds value networks in West Africa (Mali); ICT4D Community Service Learning in rural Sarawak, Malaysia; Sustainability and Ethics in Digital Development; AI for Sustainable Development, and the Amsterdam Digital Divide. Anna Bon is a Senior Editor of the Electronic Journal for Information Systems in Developing Countries. Anna supports the Vienna Manifesto on Digital Humanism.
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- Digital Humanism Association | Wenen | Steering Committee member | 2025-08-28 - present
- Pangea Adviesbureau | Amsterdam | Directeur/eigenaar | 2025-08-28 - present
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