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Rockstar Nairobi Social Entrepreneur

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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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Kipp and Philip of the Social Development Network in east Africa

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I've just ended an exciting three week long Africa trip to Kenya, Tanzania and Ghana. One of my very first meetings in Nairobi, Kenya, was with John Kipchumbah (Kipp) and Philip Thigo of the Innovation Program of the Social Development Network. They are also planning on tracking next year's elections in Kenya.

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Daproim and Steve Muthee, its founder

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As I noted in my first blog on my African trip, I was delighted with the entrepreneurial culture in Nairobi, Kenya. Steve especially noted the support he received from his mother, a farmer in rural Kenya, for keeping Daproim going until the business took off.

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New Ideas at TED2014

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He now lives in rural Kenya working on eye care. Andrew’s focus is on curing blindness: 80% of the people he sees in rural Kenya can have their blindness reversed. I explained Benetech’s efforts to grow the impact of our Bookshare library globally, specifically discussing partnerships with groups in India and Kenya.

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Bookshare around the world

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One of our partners is in Kenya, and I recently was sent their holiday party pictures. And, they're doing great work for us in Kenya, a country that has tremendous potential and needs to advance past the challenges of the last year. Tags: social enterprise Daproim Harkin Bookshare Kenya.

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Eliminating Blinding Trachoma

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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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M-Pesa is our hippo!

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we get to hear the story of a cell phone banking service that gives the poor effective banking services in Kenya when the country's banks have declined to serve them. And, Kenya is not the only country to discover this opportunity. Don't bark at us. The sly person is in trouble when the fool gets smart.

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