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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. I’m well acquainted with the big digital inclusion projects in the U.S. Namibia is a medium-sized country that borders South Africa.

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Latest global social, digital, mobile data for ya

AFP Blog

Latest global social, digital, mobile data for ya : his report presents all the key statistics, data and behavioural indicators for social, digital and mobile channels around the world. For other reports in this series, please visit [link] H/T to Social Fish'

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Results of the African E-Waste and Refurbishment Standards Conference

Tech Soup

A couple weeks ago, I posted about an upcoming e-waste and refurbishment standards conference in South Africa that I was co-organizing. The event's purpose was to join industry and government in putting into action some of the precepts developed at the 2012 United Nation’s Pan-African Forum on E-Waste in Nairobi, Kenya.

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Announcing Our Second Impact Labs Cohort on Zero Hunger: Supporting Small-Scale Farmers Globally

Saleforce Nonprofit

Digital Agriculture Product Manager, World Food Programme Digital Transformation Unit, Nairobi. Casper has 12 years of experience in managing scalable digital solutions in developing countries. Casper Stryndom. He is passionate about using technology as an enabler to drive change and improve last-mile service delivery.

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Get Help in Telling the Story of Your Nonprofit's Impact

Tech Soup

We know that good stories power fundraising and marketing, so join one of our free events to discover powerful case studies and connect with digital storytelling experts in your community. Gulu, Uganda: Adobe Spark Digital Storytelling. Mahikeng, South Africa: Rural Tech Empowerment. Sunday, September 3, 2017.

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Improve Your Fundraising Approach and Skills at NetSquared Meetups

Tech Soup

Kampala, Uganda: Digital Storytelling for Nonprofits Workshop. Matloding, South Africa: Technology for Rural Development. Bamenda, Cameroon: How to Create Digital Stories. Paris, France: Forum National des Associations et des Fondations. Monday, October 2, 2017. Saturday, October 7, 2017. Friday, October 13, 2017.

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Citizen Tech: Social Media in Disaster Response

Amy Sample Ward

It found that if they needed help and couldn’t reach 9-1-1, one in five would try to contact responders through a digital means such as e-mail, websites or social media. According to the American Red Cross , A recent Red Cross survey asked 1,058 adults about their use of social media sites in emergency situations.

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