Aerial satellite photos can tell us a lot about the wealth of a certain area. The West African nation of Togo has found a high-tech way to identify people who need financial help in the pandemic and send them emergency cash. They use computers to search for clues in satellite images, then distribute money through mobile phones. A partnership with the UC Berkeley Center for Effective Global Action has made artificial intelligence - driven by big data and satellite images and phone records - a key tool in relieving poverty. For more on this, see our press release at Berkeley News.