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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. Namibia is a medium-sized country that borders South Africa. It's located on the southwest Atlantic coast of Africa.

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The Davos Blur

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

In the hallways, you’re as likely to run into the head of an international NGO, as CEO of a Fortune 100 company, as a renowned professor as the foreign minister of a major country. And then, we dashed off to get some fondue, dress up for the big South Africa party, and stay out ‘til 2 listening to great music and talking shop (just a little).

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Improve Your Fundraising Approach and Skills at NetSquared Meetups

Tech Soup

Matloding, South Africa: Technology for Rural Development. Taipei, Taiwan: NGO要怎麼搞群眾募資?- 綠盟經驗談. Paris, France: Forum National des Associations et des Fondations. Kampala, Uganda: Digital Storytelling for Nonprofits Workshop. Monday, October 2, 2017. Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso: Monthly Meeting of Local Members.

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

Tech Soup

Mahikeng, South Africa: Rural Tech Empowerment. Port Harcourt, Nigeria: Learn How Your NGO Can Use Adobe Spark and Other Storytelling Tools. Mahikeng, South Africa: Technology for Rural Development. Ilorin, Nigeria: Recession: Reviving the Nation's Economy Through Technology. Saturday, September 9, 2017.

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Data, Data Everywhere: But How Does It Relate to You and Your Work?

Tech Soup

Presentations on the use of open data in development cooperation ( AidData ) and discussions on transparency and publication of open data by NGOs. NGO representatives, parliamentarians, journalists, and. CNN used Twitter data to report on the 2010 World Cup Fever in South Africa. are planned.

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