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How Digital Inclusion Is Done in Africa

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After Mongolia, Namibia is the least densely populated country in the world. Verizon Wireless launched the first large-scale LTE network in North America in 2010. It has a population of just over 2 million in an area considerably larger than Texas. It received its independence from South Africa in 1990. In the U.S.,

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Favorite Do-Good Books of 2008

Have Fun - Do Good

Her, A Problem from Hell: America and the Age of Genocide was on my Favorite Do-Good Book of 2007 list. It's the do-good adventure story of a former mountain climber who has spent almost 15 years building schools in remote mountain villages of northern Pakistan, Afghanistan, Kyrgyzstan and Mongolia.

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Secret Agent L: Covering the Globe with Random Acts of Kindess

Have Fun - Do Good

I have one in Mongolia. The stock Miss America answer is that I really do wish for world peace, and it's really true. They just have to email me, tell me that they're interested in being an affiliated agent, and then I will respond with their instructions. About how many agents do you have? I have over 1500 all over the world.

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