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Benetech and the Liberian Truth and Reconciliation Commission

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Benetech Analyzes Human Rights Data for the Liberian Truth and Reconciliation Commission A Guest Beneblog post by Kristen Cibelli Our team at the Benetech Human Rights Data Analysis Group (HRDAG) has recently concluded a three-year project with Liberian Truth and Reconciliation Commission to help clarify Liberia's violent history.

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How to better support girls globally?

Fast Company Tech

Total cases are likely higher, as survivors and their families often dont come forward due to challenges accessing services or out of fear of retribution. Nations like Burkina Faso and Liberia are cutting the share of girls subjected to the practice over the last 30 years by half. But there is hope.

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Funding Innovation for Skoll Social Entrepreneurs

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

As a longtime member of the Skoll community, I prize this week for the opportunity to talk frankly with peers about our biggest mutual challenges. But, many of the others were eager to think through the challenges of adapting this model to their organization, and how it might work well.

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President's Update: Summer 2008

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

This means new challenges ahead in scaling Bookshare.org to serve every single student with a print disability in the U.S. Our work in Liberia, funded by the State Department in support of the Truth Commission (TRC) continues. Our newest human rights project is looking closely at the human rights challenges in Darfur.

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Nigeria’s Helium Health acquires Qatar’s Meddy in rare Africa-GCC deal

TechCrunch

With a presence in six African countries — Nigeria, Ghana, Senegal, Liberia, Kenya and Uganda — Helium Health has signed more than 500 healthcare facilities. Interoperability is a very big challenge in the region, and having this one-stop place like ours solves that,” Aghadi remarked.

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How Audiomack became an unlikely Spotify competitor

Fast Company Tech

If you are in Tanzania or Liberia, nothing is going to offend you more than only being served Nigerian, Ghanaian, or South African songs. But it has been much more challenging for second-tier services like Tidal, which reportedly laid off 100 staffers last fall.

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African edtech startup uLesson raises $15M, backed by Nielsen Ventures and Tencent

TechCrunch

The platform is available in other markets, such as South Africa, Sierra Leone, the UK, Liberia, Gambia and the US, but Shagaya said uLesson has spread in these countries via word of mouth. Nigeria remains uLesson’s largest market by far, said Shagaya. The country is responsible for 85% of uLesson’s paying users.