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Digital Inclusion A Priority In Namibia

TechImpact

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. … Continued The post Digital Inclusion A Priority In Namibia appeared first on Tech Impact. Blog Leadership Tech Africa green tech HIV/AIDS TechSoup'

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Animals Crossing: AI Helps Protect Wildlife Across the Globe

NVIDIA AI Blog

Its critical work that sustains ecosystems and supports biodiversity at a time when the United Nations estimates over 1 million species are threatened with extinction. million acres of rhino habitats, and has recently expanded to help conservation efforts in Kenya and Namibia. as well as many other users across Latin America and Asia.

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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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Why Building Resilient Networks Matter

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

This puts New York City’s economic disparity on par with places like Sierra Leone or Namibia. As we reflect on Sandy and its implications for the future of our country, we also need to consider the impacts of climate change on poor nations.

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

Tech Soup

This interest may have been kindled when he was an ICT advisor to the government of Namibia before he came to Microsoft. He has created partnerships with the United Nations UNIDO and UNEP programs over the years to promote refurbishment in the developing world.

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Nonprofit Technology News: 2013 Year in Review

Tech Soup

in Namibia is showing the way for providing Internet access in Africa. It is aggregating all the various digital inclusion projects in the country and also working on big national deals with telecom companies for reduced rate broadband Internet. MyDigitalBridge. Connect2Compete launched this past spring.

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El Paso, Texas, just broke ground on the first U.S. facility to turn wastewater directly into drinking water

Fast Company Tech

The utility commissioned an independent panel of experts through the National Water Research Institute to review its designs for the plant. Nearly one in five El Pasoans live in poverty, well above the national average. The first step was understanding the baseline quality of the source water.

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