Tech Soup Blog

JUNE 18, 2013

I've just returned from organizing an electronics recycling conference in Cape Town, South Africa, where I met Dr. Hylton Villet, the chairman of MyDigitalBridge in Namibia. Namibia is a medium-sized country that borders South Africa. It's located on the southwest Atlantic coast of Africa. How 4G Works in Africa.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 14, 2011

Times in various cities in Europe, Africa, the Middle East and India: 1pm: Casablanca, Dublin, London, Edinburgh, Lisbon. Also, for those that do not want to call-in for the audio portion of the webinar, please note that you can listen to the webinar over your computer speakers. 4pm: Baghdad, Kuwait, Moscow, Nairobi, Riyadh.

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Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 6, 2010

Tags: blogging campaigns africa bloggers campaign contest water.

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Tech Soup Blog

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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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 25, 2023

The Africa Wildlife Foundation cleverly uses its website domain name to promote their social media profiles by creating easy-to-type redirects. Promoting URLs effectively in print materials can be a challenge because URLs are often too long and difficult to type into a browser.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 27, 2019

Example 2: You are a media outlet in South Africa. In exchange for promoting the survey, you’ll receive the data for donors based in South Africa. In exchange for promoting the survey, you will receive the data for environmental donors based in Spain. Example 3: You are a crowdfunding website in Brazil.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

Increased access to online and mobile giving technology in Africa, Asia, and South America will likely grow these numbers significantly in coming years. 14) 32% of donors in Africa prefer to give cash which is the highest of any region. View: Giving Trends in Africa Data Sheet.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 22, 2017

14) 16% of donors in Africa prefer to give through mobile devices which is the highest of any region. In Africa, mobile technology is how most people first get access to the Internet and giving to and engaging with NPOs and NGOs on mobile devices is a fast-growing trend. Currrently, WhatsApp inspires 20% of giving in Africa.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 19, 2022

Website: finz.org.nz/finz-2022-conference. finz-2022-conference. Hashtag: TBD. Latin America & the Caribbean. Festival de Innovación y Tecnología Social. Dates: TBD. Location: TBD. Website: fits.ong. Hashtag: TBD. Make a suggestion! Make a suggestion! Middle East. Make a suggestion!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 27, 2018

In most parts of the world, however, government’s digital capabilities remain a work in progress and as a result, the ability to accept online donations is challenging for most nonprofits in Africa, parts of Asia, Eastern Europe, the Middle East, and Latin America. BackaBuddy (South Africa). backabuddy.co.za. Donate-ng (Nigeria).

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Candid

APRIL 16, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted public health systems and health service delivery for HIV, tuberculosis, and malaria in Africa and Asia, threatening to reverse the progress made to date against those diseases, a report from the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria finds.

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Tech Soup Blog

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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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 3, 2017

5) Africa’s population will more than double to 2.6 Social good organizations will be crucial in advancing economic development throughout Africa to ensure its rising population has a better life than the generations before. A messaging app revolution is happening throughout Asia, Africa, Latin America, and the Middle East.

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Tech Soup Blog

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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TechImpact

JUNE 30, 2013

The crusade for digital inclusion, an undertaking still well underway here in the United States and throughout the developed world, is also alive well in rural regions of Africa. Blog Leadership Tech Africa green tech HIV/AIDS TechSoup' … Continued The post Digital Inclusion A Priority In Namibia appeared first on Tech Impact.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JULY 29, 2022

In 1990, four months after being released from prison, Mandela visited Madison Park High School in Boston to address the community , and he expressed his deep concern about school dropouts both in South Africa and the U.S. The organisation personifies Mandela’s words, but also acts as inspiration for his legacy to live on in Africa.

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Tech Soup Blog

JUNE 4, 2014

Two 14-year-old girls, one in the US and one in Malawi, had their lives changed when they joined forces to fight the AIDS epidemic in Africa. This is the story of how a Michigan faith based organization called Hope Endeavors leads significant humanitarian work from a home office.( read more ).

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 25, 2007

Steve Cisler heard me mention this book recently and sent me a spot-on article from the Observer, How America is betraying the hungry children of Africa. A book I read that made a big impression was "The Road to Hell" by Michael Maren, who described how U.S.

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Tech Soup Blog

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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See3

AUGUST 31, 2011

Change the world, one video at a time.Help Us Save Lives in the Horn of Africa | :30 UNICEF This new PSA, from UNICEF, is extremely timely and important right NOW! As you can see in the news this last weeks there is a severe hunger crisis facing children and women in the Horn of [.].

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

Now in its fourth edition, this year’s report provides technology benchmarks for Africa, Asia, Australia and New Zealand, Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean, and the United States and Canada.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 15, 2019

This year the benchmarks are available for six regions: Africa. The data reveals how organizations use web and email communications, online fundraising, social media, productivity software, and emerging technology. Australia and New Zealand. Latin America and the Caribbean. The United States and Canada.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

Global Goods Partners have partnered with over 60 artisan groups in more than 20 countries throughout Asia, Africa, and the Americas to help bring to market the fair trade, handcrafted products they produce. 11) Global Goods Partners :: globalgoodspartners.org. 12) Heal the Bay :: shop.healthebay.org. 7) Uncommon Goods :: uncommongoods.com.

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AFP Blog

AUGUST 30, 2012

Charity Grants Can Help Tech Solve Social Ills In Africa - Ventures Africa : Loren Treisman, trust executive for grant-making foundation Indigo Trust, believes that time has come for more charitable organisations to tap into technology to tackle social issues in Africa.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

By Region: Africa – 12%. The median gift size was $50. From the 2020 Global Trends in Giving Report : 2) 9% of donors worldwide donated to a nonprofit, NGO, or charity on GivingTuesday 2019. Asia – 26%. Australia and New Zealand – 7%. Canada and the United States – 26%. Europe – 6%.

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Tech Soup Blog

DECEMBER 15, 2021

We spoke to four food security organizations in Colombia, Portugal, South Africa, and the United States to better understand the challenges facing organizations working in food security and the ways the pandemic has shifted operations for them.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 19, 2019

Now in its fourth edition, this year’s report provides technology benchmarks for Africa, Asia, Australia and New Zealand, Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean, and the United States and Canada.

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 26, 2008

Sign on up for Breadline Africa's Blogger Bakeoff , a year-long campaign (October 15, 2008-October 15, 2009) to raise 1 million dollars for Breadline Africa's projects by, "baking bread and giving dough." Make a donation to Breadline Africa. Invite your friends and readers to donate to Breadline Africa. And many more!

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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. They will then distribute them throughout Africa. You contribute to this campaign by sending unopened underwear packages to: MFFO Underwear For Africa 27943 Seco Canyon RD #533 Santa Clarita, CA 91350. s underwear (ages 3-15).

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AFP Blog

JANUARY 18, 2013

For Africa, Entrepreneurship is the Way | Skoll World Forum : n South Africa, new mobile technology strategies are being used to educate the youth and to promote entrepreneurship.

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Candid

JANUARY 6, 2023

Secondary Education in Africa , by the Mastercard Foundation This resource summarizes a research project, initiated by Mastercard Foundation and their strategic partners, which was conducted to examine the role of secondary education in Africa.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 31, 2019

Now in its fourth edition, this year’s report provides technology benchmarks for Africa, Asia, Australia and New Zealand, Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean, and the United States and Canada.

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EveryAction

MARCH 16, 2023

About the author Anne Guillen, MPH, is a returned Peace Corps volunteer (RPCV) who served in Zambia and worked as a nonprofit impact director in East and West Africa for over five years. It’s time to work smarter, not harder.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

Now in its fourth edition, this year’s report provides technology benchmarks for Africa, Asia, Australia and New Zealand, Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean, and the United States and Canada.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 19, 2013

Via Ape Action Africa. Thus, to boost your productivity and your spirits, have a quick scan of the images below and follow on Pinterest the five nonprofits listed to gain steady access to images that invoke the power of kawaii: Via David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust. Via Zoo Atlanta. Via NRDC BioGems. Via World Wildlife Fund. Social Media'

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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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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 is passionate about using technology as an enabler to drive change and improve last-mile service delivery. Eric Munoz. Senior Program Manager, Oxfam America.

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