Saleforce Nonprofit

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

That number is expected to increase in the face of climate change, conflict, and COVID-19. Thankfully, this is changing. He is passionate about using technology as an enabler to drive change and improve last-mile service delivery. Mia is a development professional with expertise in health, nutrition, and climate change.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 20, 2004

My takeaway is something that many people has pointed out: that the cell phone has become an incredible engine of change for the poor. Earlier this year, I remember buying roasted cashews from a woman on the street in Maputo, Mozambique, who had her wares balanced on her head.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 8, 2004

I am just back from the Africa Economic Summit in Mozambique. Chissano Urges World to Note Positive Changes in Africa. I was very impressed with President Chissano, the former Marxist revolutionary who is stepping down next year after leading his country for 18 years. He also has a terrific sense of humor.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 20, 2004

I was interested enough in learning more to take off for a tour of facilities in Maputo the next afternoon, hosted by the Catholic Community of Saint'Egidio , a group well known for having helped broker the peace settlement in Mozambique more than a decade ago. A dispensary full of generic versions of drugs (which aren't generic in the U.S.,

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Tech Soup

MAY 12, 2014

She says: “I like to reach communities that we haven’t reached before in the developing world like what we’re doing to bridge the digital divide with the Aga Khan Development Network in Mozambique. I also liked the work we did a few years ago to support telecentres in poor communities affected by civil war in Colombia.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 14, 2013

They plan to do it through policy and regulatory changes. 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. “The result of high prices is a digital divide that slows progress in vital areas such as health, education and science.

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Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 25, 2007

I mean, if you make one big change you might as well change everything. It is to change the balance of power in the country, so that the government, in the middle of this huge crisis, is on the side of the problem solvers and not the problem makers. Britt: What gives you hope that these changes will happen?

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