NextBillion - An Initiative of the William Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan

Madison Lawson is an ICT4D Training and Communications Assistant at Catholic Relief Services (CRS). In addition to researching and promoting new information and communication technologies in current and upcoming CRS projects, she is working on a MSc in Emerging Economies and International Development at King’s College London. While earning her BA in International and Cultural Studies from the University of Tampa, Madison spent a semester abroad in Cusco, Peru to study the local informal economy. She later traveled to northern Ghana to co-found Project Shea, an online business for women in the village of Nangodi.