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Digital Inclusion A Priority In Namibia

TechImpact

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. As discussed in a recent report from Jim Lynch at Techsoup, the NGO MyDigitalBridge just recently started its work in the mostly rural nation of Namibia.

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How Digital Inclusion Is Done in Africa

Tech Soup

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. An NGO with A National Mandate.

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Is There a Community of #Tech4Good Activists Waiting for You?

Tech Soup

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. Saint Paul, Minnesota: Skill Extension: Maps (on the Green Line) | Sponsors: Maptime MSP Meetup, CARTO. Asia and the Pacific Rim. Central and South America.

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TechSoup Global Cloud Survey Results and Cloud Donations for Nonprofits

Tech Soup

Also, developing countries like Egypt, South Africa, Mexico/Latin America, and India report plans to move to the cloud faster than everywhere else. While a lot of NGOs are using at least one cloud-based application, deeper use of cloud tools is relatively low. What Didn't Surprise Me.

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Nonprofit Technology News: 2013 Year in Review

Tech Soup

Green Technology. According TechSoup’s Global NGO Cloud Survey , cloud storage and back-up is one of the most useful cloud technologies out there. This years’ Nobel Prize for Peace was awarded to the technology oriented Dutch NGO, Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons. MyDigitalBridge.

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Women's Earth Alliance: Co-Directors Melinda Kramer and Amira Diamond

Have Fun - Do Good

What we heard was that our colleagues in Africa really needed support around water. In Africa, we're running capacity-building trainings, and supporting women in launching sustainable businesses, and viable projects, to bring clean water to their communities. Women's Earth Alliance launched a Women and Water Initiative.

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[VIDEO] Using WhatsApp to Increase Engagement with Multicultural Communities

Bloomerang

all the green is WhatsApp. We have Sub-Saharan Africa, Europe. So this is really important in areas that, so, for example, in Latin America, in certain parts of Asia, in Sub-Saharan Africa, that the internet is not as fast. It’s because it’s a way to connect to their families back home. So this is. So we have Canada.