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Human Rights Trainings in Nigeria

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

My most recent visit to Nigeria confirmed this trend. Human rights monitors in Nigeria continue to be harassed. But the NHRC is developing an information management system that uses our Martus software to keep their data more secure. Tags: Tripathi Martus NHRC human rights Nigeria MacArthur.

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Fake Facebook Friends and the CIA

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Until it quickly became a classic advance fee scam conversation (originally made famous by folks in Nigeria with faxes). I do have a deadbolt and a security system, because I want to discourage theft. But, a perfect home security system does not exist, and if it were claimed, I wouldn't believe it.

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

Saleforce Nonprofit

He has been on field missions to co-create solutions with governments and implementing partners in Zambia, Mozambique, Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, Nigeria, and Bangladesh. Eric manages the Food and Climate Justice Unit at Oxfam America, part of the Food Systems Unit. Dun-Ying Vicki Yu. Senior Consultant, Slalom. Eric Munoz.

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NetSquared Volunteers Help Nonprofits Like You Master Technology

Tech Soup

Chicago, Illinois: Justice Data Lab: Unlocking Government Administrative Data. Port Harcourt, Nigeria: Security. Birmingham, United Kingdom: Customer Relationship Management Systems (CRMs) for Nonprofits. Portland, Oregon: Microsoft for Nonprofits — Vote for Your Topic! Thursday, May 11, 2017. Friday, May 12, 2017.

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NpTech Summary: VTvigils Online, Netsquared Announces 21 Featured Projects, and Happiness Hacking

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

as an excellent example of systems thinking that needed in the nonprofit techspace. Election observers across Nigeria will be using mobile phones to text officials if they spot irregularities during Saturday's election. Check out Greenlight Nigeria and Mobile Monitors. And some background reading. Freecharity.org.uk

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Nonprofit Technology News for June 2013

Tech Soup

The leaders in adoption are China, India, Indonesia, Iran, Russia, Nigeria, the Philippines, Brazil, and Mexico. The Android mobile operating system is dominant around the world with a more than 50 percent market share. There are now 2.4 There’s plenty of room for yet more advertising on our phones.

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Mr. Jim Goes to Washington (and New York, and Nairobi, and Seoul, and Kampala, and Boston…)

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Kipp has been a leading software developer in the region, creating software around election monitoring and government transparency just to name a few. We were supposed to start our visit with a very high government official, but instead Kipp took me over to Nairobi Women’s Hospital. Visiting the Hon.

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