Tech Soup

AUGUST 16, 2011

Most African and Latin American countries are on a completely different mobile phone infrastructure track. According to the UN Telecommunications Union , mobile phone adoption is rapid with nearly 5 billion mobile phones now in use worldwide, including widespread adoption in Africa and Latin America, while PC adoption lags far behind.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 31, 2018

Seeing the limitations of microfinance, Matt sought alternative financial solutions to improve financial access across Africa. Matt believes that donations and rewards based crowdfunding platforms are just the starting point for crowdfunding across Africa, he’s also involved in establishing crowdfunding for investment across Africa.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 28, 2011

In Europe, Africa, the Middle East, or India? Also, nonprofits in Australia and New Zealand are provided phone numbers for the audio portion of the webinars (not toll free, but you can also listen over your computer speakers for free). Related Links: Book Tour Fundraiser: 11 Cities in the United States, Canada, and Africa.

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Tech Soup

MAY 26, 2011

phone was a brand new and exciting phenomenon and something that only a. word "phone" be dropped from its title. The mobile phone (henceforth to. Text message a landline phone. So how can nonprofits utilize mobile phones for their work? developing economies in Asia and Africa. have changed.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Here’s a summary of a few of the top ideas: AgriTextBot Info Hub: A tool for farmers that responds to localized questions and provides up-to-date, real-time information on topics from market pricing to weather indicators and farming support, through a guided conversation and accessible via a feature phone. Eric Munoz.

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Tech Soup

MAY 7, 2013

Mashable reports that the world's first mobile phone specifically designed for sight-impaired people is under development. It will be a Braille phone and it is due to come out the end of this year at an affordable price ($185). The phone is a project of Sumit Dagar and the Indian Institute of Technology.

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Candid

DECEMBER 10, 2021

government effort to deliver at least 40 percent of the benefits from federal investments in climate and clean energy to disadvantaged communities; $51 million in support of land restoration in the United States and Africa; and $1.5 Grants totaling $23.5 Bezos Earth Fund awards $443 million for climate justice, conservation. December 8, 2021.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 7, 2013

This is a most exciting development: it means that anyone with a cheap MP3 player or a phone that plays MP3s can have access to our books. 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.

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Tech Soup

JULY 30, 2013

The Nokia Lumia 1020, which runs Microsoft's Windows Phone Mobile, ups the ante in the smartphone camera game with a 41-megapixel sensor. Windows Phone Evolves. On October 29, 2012, Microsoft released Windows Phone 8 , an update to its Windows Phone platform. According to IDC, Windows Phone accounts for 3.2

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 27, 2015

But it's also the second largest mobile phone recycler in France and one of the largest in Europe. ADB also collects and sorts office waste, including ink cartridges and PCs, as well as mobile phones for recycling or reuse in its thrift stores. ADB now collects approximately 180,000 mobile phones per year.

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Robert Weiner

FEBRUARY 13, 2012

After the board meeting held at our headquarters, we have resolved in finding a solution to your problem, and as you may know, we have arranged your payment through our SWIFT CARD PAYMENT CENTRE in Europe, America, Africa and Asia Pacific, which is the instruction given by THE UNITED NATIONS SECRETARY GENERAL (BAN KI MOON). NO P O BOX). (3)

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 6, 2013

This technology basically turns your phone into a credit card, allowing you to make payments by simply touching your phone to an authorized hub. Microsoft added NFC functionality in their mobile OS with Windows Phone 8 , as well as the Windows 8 operating system. Google Wallet is currently only supported on the Sprint Network.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 14, 2013

This week we learn about the Resilient Africa Network (RAN), which is helping African students use open data for disaster relief. RAN is establishing Resilience Innovation Labs within participating universities throughout Africa, coupled with online laboratories and a new online science library to help with its work.

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NTEN

DECEMBER 28, 2011

If you've followed our blog for any length of time, it probably comes as no surprise that I've always been a bit of a geek – I saved up to buy my first computer when I was 12, hand-coded my first web site in 1995 – but it wasn't until I worked in Africa that I truly understood the power of technology to create societal change.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 26, 2014

The statistics are similar for mobile phones, except that phones are discarded even more quickly than PCs. The organization collects and refurbishes IT and biomedical equipment in Europe and supplies it to NGOs and hospitals in developing countries in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. spanhidden.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 26, 2014

According to 2013 Pew research : 91% of American adults have a cell phone, 55% have a smartphone, and 42% own a tablet computer. 63% of adult mobile phone owners use their phones to go online, and 34% of those users go online mostly using their phones. Fundraising Tech Planning Web Building mobile phones'

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Judi Sohn

MARCH 31, 2009

Eric spent 2 weeks in South Africa, then we went right in to Call-on Congress, C3 ’s annual grassroots training and lobby day. Your phone call could help us make a national screening program a reality. Isn’t it sad that I only blog here to introduce March and then now, to close it out? What a month.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 21, 2015

When Otieno learned he needed a fourth surgery for his cancer, he reached out to Zawadi Nyong’o who was also an Africa Cancer Foundation volunteer. But with the rise of the Internet, social media, and mobile phones, personal networks are looser and broader. Those people can provide “on-demand” help.

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Tech Soup

JULY 8, 2011

multilaterals, and high-impact entrepreneurs in the social media space, mostly from the western world and Africa, besides others. “[In Africa] the race is on to find what mobiles can do in areas as disparate as public health, governance and education.” development in Africa. face and how we could help solve them.

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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. New York, New York: Put Down Your Phone and Start a Movement: Introducing #DinnerMode. Asia and Pacific Rim. Central and South America.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 7, 2009

She had been working in public health in Africa before heading to Stanford. But, all the students had cell phones. Although our efforts on RtF are mainly around serving people with disabilities, we are open to thinking more broadly about how these technologies could benefit more people.

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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. New York, New York: Put Down Your Phone and Start a Movement: Introducing #DinnerMode. Asia and Pacific Rim. Central and South America.

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Greater Giving

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

If you’re trying to get people excited about helping kids in Africa go to school, show photos of smiling kids! Your attendees (most likely) have their phones in their hands during the event, so text-to-donate allows them to contribute quickly and easily. Same with stories and examples.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 1, 2013

Likewise, the existence of a portable communication network that fits in three suitcases and can provide phone and SMS service coverage across a full 1 kilometer area. social media disaster recovery cloud computing mobile phone disaster relief tstechnologyforgood' The Difference Technology Makes. Cloud computing products and resources.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

Reports of violence and of peace efforts could be placed via the web or mobile phone. Since then, the platform (which is open source ) has been modified for use in South Africa (mapping xenophobic violence), DR Congo , Vote Report India (to monitor the recent local elections) and more. That’s why the Atlanta councilman used twitter!

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 25, 2012

NGO Pulse (South Africa). Learn how a nonprofit in South Africa, the Papillon Foundation , helps unemployed people learn new skills and find jobs. From funding challenges to the need for better governance, find out about the current state of NGOs in South Africa and what must be done for it to improve.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

Their meeting featured a special conversation via Skype with girls in South Africa as part of the Girl Up Campaign’s emphasis on uniting girls around the world.

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Care2

JANUARY 24, 2013

Leads acquired online are often best nurtured through social networks and converted in the mail, or over the phone if you're after monthly donors. Phoning your email supporters. Say good bye to "online fundraising" and "offline fundraising," there is only fundraising. Engaging on Facebook, converting in email.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 27, 2012

Mobile phones were identified as one of the. Download Nathaniel Manning's PowerPoint presentation, Ushahidi: Made in Africa , or view his slides on SlideShare here. other development issues. key ways that data is collected and provided in developing countries.

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Achieve

MAY 21, 2017

uses VR to give donors an up-close and very personal look at the crisis of poverty in Africa, while. Short, phone-based “mini” experiences designed to engage donors can be completed over a lunch hour or a quick afternoon break, increasing the likelihood they’ll participate. For example, One.org. Alzheimer’s Research UK.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 6, 2012

” It connects a stethoscope hardware device to a mobile phone and the user is able to transmit diagnostic information into a cloud service, reproducing the diagnostic capability of a trained medical doctor.

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Robert Weiner

JULY 22, 2011

you are advised to contact our correspondent in Africa the delivery officer McCulley Terence with the information below, Email: terencemcculley@yahoo.cn. Your Address: Home/Cell Phone: Preferred Payment Method (ATM / Cashier Check). To effect the release of your fund valued at $850,000.00 Telephone: +234-808-254-8308.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MARCH 14, 2012

We gathered input from other current and past users via online surveys and phone interviews, and we’re still gathering feedback. I head out again soon to meet with potential Martus users in Southern Africa – in other words, I’m returning to focus on specific projects. Not everyone was able to come to Chiang Mai, of course.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 29, 2016

We also have a contest in which we're giving away US$7,000 in cash prizes and a new camera (but don't be afraid to start with the cell phone in your pocket!). TARGET END LINKS. ## Central and South America. ## North America. ## Africa. ## Europe. ## Asia and Pacific Rim. --> North America. Africa + Middle East.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 20, 2012

I’ve been in on all the phone calls. We heard that from Africa, India and Latin America. I feel lucky to be involved with this project. Read all the interim reports. Heard what people in TechSoup Global were thinking along the way – what they agreed with and what they disagreed with.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 10, 2009

Its fun to look at the petition and see people signed up from Djibouti to Brazil There is a cell phone component to the campaign that has caused it to really take off in South Africa. The site is in English, Español , Français and Arabic. Check it out, [link]. . . .

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 17, 2010

Whether we look at mapping tools, fundraising, or missing person systems, the social media response to the January earthquakes in Haiti all leverage the powerful technology we can hold in our hands: our mobile phones. The disaster in Haiti is a perfect example of these changes: the impact of the Real-Time Web and the power of our phones.

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