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How Digital Inclusion Is Done in Africa

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Hylton Villet, the chairman of MyDigitalBridge in Namibia. I’m well acquainted with the big digital inclusion projects in the U.S. and was completely surprised at how African projects like MyDigitalBridge are getting low-cost Internet to low-income people in a mostly rural country. like Connect2Compete. Citizen Connect.

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

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You've heard of the Incredible Hulk and Green Lantern. But you've probably never heard of this green superhero. One initial reason Microsoft Citizenship got interested in refurbishment was because of the digital divide, which persists today. This year the award went to Sean Nicholson. Image: Sean Nicholson. spanhidden.

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Nonprofit Technology News: 2013 Year in Review

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2013 was the year of an ever-widening NSA spying scandal with its revelations of how little digital privacy we really have – even heads of state. Green Technology. gear up to administer standardized tests digitally next year. Big Data and the Internet of Things. Social Media. Big picure time.

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