Eastly vs Solstice

Eastly is your weekly infusion of all the top tech stories from the world’s innovation powerhouse: East Asia.

Every Sunday we’ll bring you a short, sharp roundup of the biggest stories our team in China have spotted – the kind of stuff that takes a few weeks for the Western media to notice.

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Location: Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Solstice is an operating system for governance in low-resource regions.

Since what gets measured gets done, we approach the task of eradicating global poverty by building capacity to measure better and more meaningful data. We develop and host a free data management platform used in over 160 countries. Solstice also works directly with governments, civil society organizations, and academic researchers on data-driven approaches to reducing poverty. With the Solstice app you can map sites, record any kind of surveys, and manage them effectively in real time. With our grab-and-go Management Information Systems you can use the data you collect to effectively boost your decision-making.

Location: New York, USA