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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society - Untitled Article

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Being part of the Schwab Social Entrepreneur program, I had met Garth Japhet from South Africa, who works in this field, and I wanted to understand more of what he does. I attended a dinner at the Africa Economic Summit on the topic, and what was surprising was how little interest the business community showed in it.

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Nonprofit Technology News for October 2013

Tech Soup

In Mozambique, for example, a recent study showed that using just 1GB of data can cost well over two months’ wages for the average citizen. FreedomPop, however, plans to add additional phones to this program later. The CNET review on it is pretty bad complaining of short battery life, a slow processor, and poor call quality.

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