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How Digital Inclusion Is Done in Africa

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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. MyDigitalBridge is an NGO that started its work fairly recently. like Connect2Compete.

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Conquering a Cruel Continent for a Cause

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The Namib Desert in Namibia (has the highest sand dunes on earth). He runs these ultramarathons to raise money and generate awareness for charitable causes. His first race was dedicated to raising money for the Southern African NGO Network (SANGONeT). The Sahara Desert in Egypt (the hottest desert on earth).

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Nonprofit Technology News: 2013 Year in Review

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According TechSoup’s Global NGO Cloud Survey , cloud storage and back-up is one of the most useful cloud technologies out there. These sentient things combine to generate vast oceans of data about us, which is in turn consolidated into big data in the cloud. in Namibia is showing the way for providing Internet access in Africa.

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