Building a Foundation for Digital Inclusion: A Coordinated Local Content Ecosystem

Christopher Burns is Head of Digital Inclusion for USAID's Digital Development team. He has nearly two decades of international development experience and, in his five years with USAID, has spearheaded several public-private partnerships aimed at increasing mobile technology ownership and access among underserved populations, including the GSMA Connected Women (formerly mWomen) Program that works to reduce the mobile phone gender gap in the developing world.

Jonathan Dolan is Senior Advisor for Digital Inclusion for USAID's Digital Development team, where he applies his expertise in inclusive business models to the intersection of commercial and development interests in digital technology. He led USAID's role in establishing the Alliance for Affordable Internet (A4AI) and currently serves as the USAID representative on its Advisory Council.