Another successful event by Datafest This time in the city of kumasi Ghana 🇬🇭I’m exhausted, but I loved last day of #dfa22What I loved was that everyone was ready to engage in the conversations that anyone building digital products right now should be having about technology and its current role in society.Whether it was on stage, during press interviews, or in small group meetings, people weren’t shy about surfacing and sharing strong points of views with me on a variety of topics: privacy, social impact, data protection, security, safety, ethical design, etc.If today’s conversations are an indication that people want to engage and tackle these problems together in earnest, then I’m looking forward to continuing conversations tomorrow online on Twitterspace with different communitiesespecially — given tomorrow’s keynote focus on responsible innovation — and into the future.Left alone technology will have both positive and negative effects on society; intentionally or unintentionally. So I was proud to see the team focus this year’s datafest on demonstrating the potential for positive impact. Watching 200+ strangers from around the world, form small teams, and, in less than 2 days, build working prototypes that address some of society’s biggest challenges e.g. access to quality education for all, access to decent work, building more inclusive and sustainable cities and communities, etc. was a real affirmation of why I believe technology to be a force for good in this world. looking forward to data fest #dfa23💙🖤