Sophie Schmidt

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Founder and CEO at Rest of World

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Dec 6, 2024 | restofworld.org | Sophie Schmidt |Raju Narisetti |Anup Kaphle |Duncan Clark

Board of Directors Sophie Schmidt Founder & Publisher Rest of World Raju Narisetti Leader, Global Publishing McKinsey & Company Anup Kaphle Editor-in-Chief, ex officio Rest of World Duncan Clark Founder, Chairman BDA Niki Christoff Founder, CEO Christoff & Co. Saad Mohseni Director Moby Group Board members provide three critical functions to Rest of World: strategic guidance, strong governance, and to ensure resources. They do not influence editorial decisions or the day-to-day operations of...
Nigeria will become a net exporter of tech talent: Nigerian Minister Dr. Bosun Tijani

Sep 26, 2024 | restofworld.org | Sophie Schmidt

Dr. Bosun Tijani is a familiar name for anyone who follows tech in Nigeria. Even before being appointed Minister for Communications, Innovation, and Digital Economy last year, he was an accomplished business leader and entrepreneur. The Co-Creation Hub, which he co-founded in 2010 and led as a CEO, is one of Africa’s most prominent tech innovation hubs, helping launch and nurture startups in Nigeria, Kenya, Rwanda, and Namibia.
Rest of World publishes its first Impact Report

Apr 23, 2024 | restofworld.org | Sophie Schmidt

Rest of World published its inaugural Impact Report on April 23 tracing our most consequential stories in 2023 and how they drove change around the world. Since our founding in 2020, we have strived to publish work that ignites real change in how technology is designed, produced, and utilized in emerging markets. And we have been thrilled to see the results — from legislative action to corporate policy shifts to improved working conditions.
Rest of World receives $200,000 from Luminate to expand coverage of AI technology

Apr 10, 2024 | restofworld.org | Sophie Schmidt

Rest of World, an award-winning global nonprofit publication, has received a $200,000 sponsorship from Luminate to support its coverage of the ways social media platforms and AI technology are radically upending how billions of people will vote in elections across the world throughout 2024.
Sophie Schmidt Named a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum

Apr 4, 2024 | restofworld.org | Sophie Schmidt

We are thrilled to share that our founder and publisher Sophie Schmidt has been chosen as a 2024 Young Global Leader (YGL) by the World Economic Forum. This prestigious honor recognizes Sophie’s advocacy for overlooked global tech users and her vision for Rest of World, a pioneering news organization that explores the untold stories of technology’s impact outside the West.
Rest of World has won its first National Magazine Award

Apr 3, 2024 | restofworld.org | Sophie Schmidt |Michael Donohoe

Rest of World has won the 2024 National Magazine Award, its first since we launched four years ago. The publication was recognized in one of the most competitive categories, Design, the first time a digital publication has received this prestigious honor in the category. Rest of World was also a finalist for General Excellence in the Lifestyle, Science, and Politics category.
Rina Chandran joins Rest of World as Southeast Asia Editor

Mar 15, 2024 | restofworld.org | Sophie Schmidt

We are excited to share that Rina Chandran, an experienced journalist who has covered business and technology across Asia, is joining Rest of World as our Southeast Asia editor. Rina comes to us from the Thomson Reuters Foundation, where she was the Asia tech correspondent.
What I missed when I went to North Korea

Mar 10, 2024 | restofworld.org | Sophie Schmidt

Two days after I visited North Korea with my father Eric — then Google’s executive chairman — in January 2013, I sent a trip report to my friends. The report went 2010s-era viral: millions of views, media requests, and rather a lot of feedback about my choice to publish on Google Sites. I found my one minute of fame overwhelming, so I hid and left the site alone. Recently, my colleague Michael Donohoe noticed that the original report had finally fallen into the internet’s abyss.
Medizintechnik: Die Brille, die Blinden vorlesen kann

Jan 16, 2024 | welt.de | Sophie Schmidt

Herbert Demmel ist 86 Jahre alt und blind. Wegen seiner Behinderung musste er lange auf eine Sache verzichten, die er so gerne genossen hätte: Neuerscheinungen der Literatur. Die wenigsten Bücher erscheinen in Blindenschrift, und wenn, dann erst lange Zeit später. Und so war Demmel der Zugang zur aktuellen Literatur verbaut. War. Denn nun nutzt er ein kleines elektronisches Hilfsmittel. Das scannt, geklemmt an einen Brillenbügel, den Text ab und liest ihn Zeile für Zeile vor.
The Taliban’s curious love of SIM cards

Jan 14, 2024 | restofworld.org | Sophie Schmidt

A few months ago, Pakistan began forcibly deporting thousands of Afghans who had fled over the border when the Taliban returned to power in 2021. They returned to an Afghanistan engulfed by poverty, widespread starvation, and shortfalls in medicine and shelter. Upon arrival, the refugees found an unlikely welcome package: humanitarian aid, set up by the Taliban, in the form of food, tents, and free SIM cards. The SIM card detail caught my eye.