Laurent Elder
International Development Research Centre
Laurent Elder manages the Information and Networks program at the International Development Research Centre (IDRC), a Canadian federal Crown corporation that invests in knowledge, innovation, and technical solutions for the developing world. From 1999-2004, Elder worked in Senegal at IDRC's office for West and Central Africa, where he led the Acacia Initiative, a research program exploring the impact of information and communication technologies in Africa.
The Cipher Brief spoke with Laurent Elder, leader of the Information and Networks program at the Canadian International Development Research Centre (IDRC), about opportunities and challenges for [...] More
