Tech Soup

JUNE 4, 2013

As collection and processing of e-waste and discarded electronics in Africa reaches worrisome proportions, industry leaders and policymakers from all over the world are meeting in Cape Town, South Africa on June 7, 2013. A recent UN study finds that domestic consumption is the main contributor to Africa's growing e-waste problem.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

OCTOBER 20, 2015

She’s an incredible social entrepreneur I just visited with in Nairobi, Kenya. They made a great team: Steve was an enthusiastic salesman/CEO, passionate about building up Kenya through good IT jobs, and Carol ran the team. The doctors in Kenya struggled with a diagnosis. Carol Wanjiku is the CEO of Daproim.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 29, 2011

As I noted in my first blog on my African trip, I was delighted with the entrepreneurial culture in Nairobi, Kenya. Leila's dream has been to connect the people of East Africa with dignified digital work, and connecting Steve to our Bookshare team has been highly successful for Daproim, Samasource and Bookshare!

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Tech Soup

JULY 17, 2013

This week have a look at the just completed Open Data for Africa platform and learn more about the brewing open data revolution in the MENA region. There is some great insight into the need for the Open Data movement to be more inclusive as well as explanations of why big data gathering should be more strategic.

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TechImpact

MAY 15, 2013

In places like rural Africa, reliable internet service is hard to come by.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 4, 2010

European Foundation Week Session: Science and Technology Partnerships with Africa: Opportunities for European Foundations – presented by the South African Department of Science and Technology, as part of the European South African Science and Technology Advancement Programme , 31st May 2010.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 25, 2014

Are you ready to join a global, Storytelling conversation on Twitter at #Storymakers2014 spanning the globe from India, Libya, Kenya across Europe, Canada and the United States. 11:00 am Eastern Africa Time / 8:00 am Coordinated Universal Time. South Africa. 12:00 pm West Africa Time / 11:00 am Coordinated Universal Time.

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Candid

MARCH 6, 2023

For example, across East Africa, our teams work with Youth Champions to elevate awareness of the drivers of hunger, including the climate crisis, conflict, and chronic inequality. Photo credit: Peter Caton, Action Against Hunger , Kenya The post Is it a movement or a moment? Moments can start with unexpected champions.

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Tech Soup

MAY 23, 2013

The rational for "seeing data as a state" rather than a donor in Africa to help answer policymakers questions is also explained. Seeing Like a State in Africa: Data Needed. Data philanthropy efforts are reviewed and advice for writing about data is offered. Data and Philanthropy. The New Science of Giving.

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 1, 2008

According to a recent AP report , 300,000 people in Kenya were forced to leave their homes, and over 800 people were killed during this past month's post-election violence. Feministing suggests making donations to the Kenya Red Cross Society. Kenya donation I want to do something. El Oso made a donation through MamaMikes.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 3, 2008

Mothers for Africa is running an underwear donation drive. According to a post on Mothers Fighting for Others blog, undignified underwear the only choice for Kenya???s The sale of used underwear is banned in Kenya, because, the government says, the garments are unhygienic and harmful to its wearers. s underwear (ages 3-15).

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

The link need to be like so: Africa. TARGET END LINKS. ## Central and South America. ## North America. ## Africa. ## Europe. ## Asia and Pacific Rim. --> North America. Africa and Middle East. Kisii, Kenya: Storymakers 2017 NetSquared Kisii. Mombasa, Kenya: Storytelling in Mombasa NetSquared. Asia and Pacific Rim.

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Candid

MAY 23, 2023

As a people, we have to tell our own story.” – Evans Okinyi, CEO, East Africa Philanthropy Network Coming from a family of storytellers and strong matriarchs, I was interested in “Black (Women’s) Power: Our Voices.” Using the power of our voices Speakers stressed the importance of using our voice to create change. “As

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AFP Blog

FEBRUARY 4, 2010

Breaking News, Kenya, Africa, Politics, Business, Sports, Blogs, Photos, Videos - Kenyan mapping tool helps Haiti quake victims: "n online crisis mapping tool initiated and operated by Kenyans has been assisting families and friends locate missing persons, following the horrendous earthquake that hit the Haitian capital three weeks ago.The online mapping (..)

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Saleforce Nonprofit

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

He started his career at a digital solutions start-up in South Africa, and for the past 4 years, he’s been part of the WFP technology team. He has been on field missions to co-create solutions with governments and implementing partners in Zambia, Mozambique, Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, Nigeria, and Bangladesh. Dun-Ying Vicki Yu.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

OCTOBER 12, 2011

As I mentioned in my previous two blogs about my Africa trip of last July, I had the pleasure of meeting many interesting people and learning about numerous exciting, cool projects during that three week long visit to Kenya, Tanzania and Ghana. The good news is that trachoma can effectively be eliminated.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 6, 2014

The link need to be like so: Africa. The targets need to be linked like so: --> Jump to events in North America or go international with events in: Africa. TARGET END LINKS. ## Central and South America. ## North America. ## Africa. ## Europe. ## Asia and Pacific Rim. --> Africa. Kakamega, Kenya: Kakamega Maker Party.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 26, 2016

On May 4, we and our partners from Australia to South Africa, Kenya to Warsaw, and Florida to San Francisco will host a 24-hour, around-the-world #Storymakers2016 Twitter chat. East Africa Time (11 a.m. SOUTH AFRICA. East Africa Time (11 a.m. West Africa Time (2 p.m. LUSAKA, KENYA. NEW YORK CITY.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JANUARY 19, 2007

An estimated 80,000-150,000 people from all over the world will be attending the 2007 World Social Forum in Nairobi, Kenya January 20-25th. This is the first time it has been held in Africa. The blog is a partnership between The PANOS Institute West Africa, and Fahamu. World Social Forum Africa Nairobi activist

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 15, 2012

For the past ten days, I’ve been in Rwanda, Africa. ” I learned later from Cheryl that she has conducted this exercise for many leadership programs throughout Africa and had learned it from her mentor, Birgitt Williams , who is an international expert in holistic leadership and design of participatory programs.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 7, 2013

We began with Hindi and Tamil, two of the most-spoken languages in India, and have recently added Arabic, which opened up our services to countries all across the Middle East and Northern Africa. We would like to launch an intensive expansion of Bookshare throughout Sub-Saharan Africa, where we already have initial partnerships.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

That’s why we invited NetSquared organizers and ambassadors to participate in the TechSoup Africa and TechSoup Europe Summits. The link need to be like so: Africa. Africa and the Middle East. TARGET END LINKS. ## Central and South America. ## North America. ## Africa. ## Europe. ## Asia and Pacific Rim. --> North America.

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ASU Lodestar Center

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

My journey began with a nonprofit called TechnoServe where I began utilizing my consulting skills as a volunteer consultant in East Africa. Uganda is an interesting country and has been referred to as the “bread basket” of East Africa, with extremely fertile soils and two harvests per season in most regions.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 18, 2014

Kisumu, Kenya: Social Media Week. The link need to be like so: Africa. The targets need to be linked like so: --> Jump to events in North America or go international with events in: Africa. Busia, Kenya: Building for the Future with Appmaker-Mozilla Western Kenya Network. Busia, Kenya: Social Media Week Event.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 10, 2014

The link need to be like so: Africa. TARGET END LINKS. ## Central and South America. ## North America. ## Africa. ## Europe. ## Asia and Pacific Rim. --> North America. Busia, Kenya. NetSquared Kenya and Mozilla Caravan (Kisumu City, Kenya). Asia and Pacific Rim. Central and South America. Net2 KenyaWise Program.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 10, 2014

The link need to be like so: Africa. TARGET END LINKS. ## Central and South America. ## North America. ## Africa. ## Europe. ## Asia and Pacific Rim. --> North America. Busia, Kenya. NetSquared Kenya and Mozilla Caravan (Kisumu City, Kenya). Asia and Pacific Rim. Central and South America. Net2 KenyaWise Program.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

In the UK and South Africa, we support innovative programs using surfing to increase confidence and reduce anxiety among youth. Sport, play, and physical exercise help these children overcome some of the stresses they carry with them.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

in Kenya with Mary, 10, circa 2006]. On the last stop of that trip, I went to Kenya to climb a mountain. Our connection to Kenya remains strong; we are also the guardians for one of the children from that orphanage, @sammyikua , who now studies in Maine. A group of graduate students from Berkeley were coming to Kenya.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 2, 2017

The link need to be like so: Africa. Africa and Middle East. TARGET END LINKS. ## Central and South America. ## North America. ## Africa. ## Europe. ## Asia and Pacific Rim. --> North America. Africa and Middle East. Matloding, South Africa: Technology for Rural Development. Asia and Pacific Rim. Europe and U.K.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 2, 2014

Kisumu, Kenya: Social Media Week. Busia, Kenya: Building for the Future with Appmaker-Mozilla Western Kenya Network. Busia, Kenya: Social Media Week Event. Toronto, Canada: Digital Storytelling. September 10. Portland, OR: Digital Storytelling 101. September 17. September 23. September 24. September 25. September 30.

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AFP Blog

MAY 20, 2011

Now it is preparing to launch next week its next big venture, Huduma, which will use crowdsourcing in Kenya to monitor the effectiveness of services such as health and education."

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Tech Soup

JUNE 25, 2013

A couple weeks ago, I posted about an upcoming e-waste and refurbishment standards conference in South Africa that I was co-organizing. The event's purpose was to join industry and government in putting into action some of the precepts developed at the 2012 United Nation’s Pan-African Forum on E-Waste in Nairobi, Kenya.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 2, 2014

International NetSquared group leaders will also get together for training throughout the year, with our first events already planned for the United Kingdom, Cameroon, and Kenya. The link need to be like so: Africa. The targets need to be linked like so: --> Jump to events in North America or go international with events in: Africa.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 3, 2017

The link need to be like so: Africa. Africa + Middle East. TARGET END LINKS. ## Central and South America. ## North America. ## Africa. ## Europe. ## Asia and Pacific Rim. --> North America. Africa + Middle East. Busia, Kenya: NetSquared Kenya and Mozilla — Building for the Future with App Maker.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 2, 2011

TechSoup's partner in South Africa SANGONeT , that like TechSoup was founded in 1987, organized the No Pain No Gain fundraiser. SANGONeT's mission is to help the approximately 100,000 NGOs operating in South Africa with technological and computing support.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 5, 2016

The link need to be like so: Africa. Africa and the Middle East. TARGET END LINKS. ## Central and South America. ## North America. ## Africa. ## Europe. ## Asia and Pacific Rim. --> North America. Africa and the Middle East. Busia, Kenya: Net2 Kenya Subregional Conferences — Kisumu Busia and Kakamega.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 29, 2016

Kisumu, Kenya: Storymakers 2016 — Kisumu. Kakamega, Kenya: Storymakers 2016 — Kakamega. Kenya: NetSquared Camp — Storytelling 2016. TARGET END LINKS. ## Central and South America. ## North America. ## Africa. ## Europe. ## Asia and Pacific Rim. --> North America. Africa + Middle East.

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