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Digital Inclusion A Priority In Namibia

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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

Hylton Villet, the chairman of MyDigitalBridge in Namibia. Namibia is a medium-sized country that borders South Africa. After Mongolia, Namibia is the least densely populated country in the world. An NGO with A National Mandate. I’m well acquainted with the big digital inclusion projects in the U.S.

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Microsoft's Ecohero: How Sean Nicholson Is Saving the Earth

Tech Soup

Access to the Internet and computers is still a serious issue for most people in the developing world and even the U.S. This interest may have been kindled when he was an ICT advisor to the government of Namibia before he came to Microsoft. Nearly half of the lowest-income families in the U.S.

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Nonprofit Technology News: 2013 Year in Review

Tech Soup

It’s time to develop a BYOD (bring your own device) strategy for your office if you don’t already have one. As our digital selves develop in to significant mirror presences, someone else will probably own them. in Namibia is showing the way for providing Internet access in Africa. What this means? MyDigitalBridge.

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