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Nonprofit Technology Celebrates International Women's Day

Tech Soup

By 2011, American women surpassed men in gaining college degrees , including advanced degrees. As in so many fields, nonprofits, religious organizations, libraries, and foundations are important change agents toward a world of gender equality. Janet Mawlyoo , executive director, Kenya Community Development Foundation.

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Nonprofit Technology News for May 2013: Free WiFi in Forbes Magazine and Braille Phones

Tech Soup

Online revenue grew by 21 percent since 2011. African countries are the primary users of mobile banking and a hotbed of innovation in this field like the Safaricom M-PESA mobile payment system in Kenya. We sincerely invite your nonprofit or library tech news nominations. It's a free download at ebenchmarkstudy.com.

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2012 Nonprofit Technology Year in Review

Tech Soup

Smartphone shipments exceeded those of PCs in 2011. Our App It Up project is a great place to see what is going on with apps and to find app resources for nonprofits and libraries. Money raised on crowdfunding sites is estimated to be 91 percent higher than 2011. They are the fastest spreading technology in human history.

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Nonprofit Technology News for April 2013

Tech Soup

Online revenue grew by 21 percent since 2011. African countries are the primary users of mobile banking and a hotbed of innovation in this field like the Safaricom M-PESA mobile payment system in Kenya. We sincerely invite your nonprofit or library tech news nominations. It's a free download at ebenchmarkstudy.com.

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The Networked Nonprofit in Kenya

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Ushahidi Board Meeting at iHub in Kenya. I’ve just spent the last couple of days in Nairobi, Kenya because I’m a board member of an NGO based here, Ushahidi , an organization that builds tools for democratizing information and increasing transparency. I need to find a space like this in Silicon Valley for 2011.

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Mr. Jim Goes to Washington (and New York, and Nairobi, and Seoul, and Kampala, and Boston…)

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Nairobi, Kenya Next I headed to Nairobi, Kenya. Carol’s social enterprise in Nairobi employs over 100 students working to proofread books for our Bookshare digital library. It was the third Africa Forum I’ve attended: I went to Accra, Ghana, in 2011 and South Africa in 2004. So, we fill in for them.

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