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Lynk demos global satellite connection for ordinary phones and prepares for commercial launch

TechCrunch

Lynk showed that a satellite could hit an entire city with an evacuation or shelter in place message, and indeed that may be one way the tech is used in the future. As to that, the company is partnering first with Aliv in the Bahamas and Telecel Centrafrique in the Central African Republic.

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MARA raises $23M from Coinbase Ventures and FTX to build Africa’s portal to the crypto economy

TechCrunch

his time there made him aware of the societal and financial challenges affecting Africans in remote places and theories of how bitcoin and blockchain technology could help. Prior to MARA, Nnadi ran Sustainability International, a non-profit organization that managed community-led solutions for solving UN Sustainable Development Goals.

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Could this rare bean be the solution to the global coffee crisis?

Fast Company Tech

Native to South Sudan and a handful of other African countries, including Congo, Central African Republic, and Uganda, excelsa is also farmed in India, Indonesia, and Vietnam. But the fires can get out of control and there are few measures in place to hold people accountable, say residents.

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Case Study: How Human Rights Watch Leverages Employee Personal Brands on Twitter

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

” Since the strategy has been in place, many HRW staff as a group engaging on Twitter has lead to impressive results. When conflict broke out in the Central African Republic, they started the CARcrisis hashtag on Twitter. For example, says Murphy, “Twitter has flipped our relationship with media.