Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

The more work you can do before publicly launching, the more time you’ll have to focus on communicating with your donors and fundraisers. It’s nearly impossible to successfully fundraise for a cause you don’t fully believe in, so we brought in Molly McHugh, Grassroot Soccer’s Communications Director. Keep up the great work! Get social!

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

Part of the investment will be used to hire more staff in South Africa and support the commercial expansion to the U.S. CEO Greg Chen founded the company in 2014 came from his 15-year span in the mobile industry, noticing how enterprises in South Africa struggled to target and engage their customers via SMS efficiently.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

According to a statement, the funding presents Naked with an opportunity to improve its AI and use it to grow Africa’s insurance market which is worth over $68 billion in annual gross written premiums. South Africa makes up 70% of this market, with an annual gross written premiums market of over $47 billion.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 17, 2023

While they sold the business to global communications group Publicis in 2015, it was some of the knowledge gained while running Popimedia that they drew on to pivot Flow into its current business model three years later. So more broadly, Flow is used by nearly 6,000 agents across South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Mauritius and Australia.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Instead, it’s about how the company is structured, from its management, to its communication style, right down to its hiring process. Instead, most communication is written and asynchronous — meaning that it can be addressed anytime during the work day. WordPress.com launches new P2 to take on internal communication tools.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 7, 2022

They are responsible for communication between banks and fintechs to settle transactions for consumers and businesses swiftly. Africa has it different. Global financial transactions are facilitated mainly by payment processors such as Visa or Mastercard. It’s not a predominantly card continent.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Blantern said the Impact Rooms is also using data to help investors make decisions on which countries, industries or startups to invest in – giving an equal opportunity to startups across all markets in Africa. “We Blantern said that the startup has also built a database to provide insights on how investors are making investment decisions.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 4, 2021

Africa’s insurance sector is worth more than $68 billion in annual gross written premiums. South Africa makes up 70% of this market, with an annual gross written premiums market of over $47 billion. But the pandemic has changed the way South African millennials want to consume insurance products these days.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 10, 2022

Africa is the world’s third fastest-growing crypto market, with crypto adoption increasing by more than 1,200% over the last two years. Countries such as Nigeria, Kenya and South Africa are majorly responsible for skyrocketing adoption rates as citizens try to hedge against currency devaluation and build wealth.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 4, 2022

Africa has a massive underbanked and unbanked population, but its growing middle class, increasing mobile penetration and improving communications infrastructure make it uniquely conducive to fintech innovation and mobile financial services,” said Financial Technology Partners.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 25, 2012

Stephen Mally from Fundraising in Asia discusses how limited channel communication can hurt your organization. NGO Pulse (South Africa). Learn how a nonprofit in South Africa, the Papillon Foundation , helps unemployed people learn new skills and find jobs. September is all about CRM in Australia !

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Tech Soup

JUNE 18, 2013

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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TechCrunch

APRIL 29, 2021

It also has operations in South Africa, where it was originally founded. Ericsson and Samsung, as major players in the communication industry, have a big stake in seeing through what will be the next generation of communications technology and how it is used for critical services. Valuation is not being disclosed.

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The Next Web

OCTOBER 15, 2012

Anyone can have an idea but if you can’t get it out into the world or communicate it clearly it might as well not exist. In our experience international entrepreneurs need to work on being more confident in their pitches and succinctly communicating their idea, business model, market size and what problem they are going to solve.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 8, 2022

The platform, which is more popular than digital learning platforms, also integrates a bulk messaging service for internal and external communication, in addition to allowing parents an avenue for tracking student performance and fee payment. South Africa’s edtech FoondaMate eyes speedy takeoff after $2M funding.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 1, 2022

million pre-seed funding to scale its operations within Africa; one of the fastest-growing mobile phone market in the world. The Venture Catalysts, V&R Africa, Grenfell holdings, and SOSV, participated in the round, as did family offices and angel investors from Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa and India.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 7, 2006

It was created by Roy Blumenthal , an artist who lives in South Africa with many talents! I met Roy via the portrait he did for Dave Wallace's web site and communicated via flickr. By Roy Blumenthal. This is my pay it forward portrait.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

These philanthroteens lead workshops on advocacy, communications and learned about their peers in developing countries. Their meeting featured a special conversation via Skype with girls in South Africa as part of the Girl Up Campaign’s emphasis on uniting girls around the world.

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Everyaction

OCTOBER 5, 2016

Marketing & Communications. Marketing & Communications / #2016DML / @dmlconference. Marketing & Communications. Marketing & Communications / #affectconf / @AffectConf. Marketing & Communications. Marketing & Communications / #INBOUND16 / @INBOUND. Marketing & Communications.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 2, 2009

He plans to start a search fund (a vehicle for entrepreneurs to raise funds from investors) to find businesses – and intellectual property – that have a social focus to help out developing countries, particularly South Africa. She's been hooked ever since.

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TechCrunch

MAY 30, 2022

Whether SWVL will continue its expansion into new markets such as Colombia, Mexico and South Africa, and the U.S. We have arranged for one-to-one communications with all of the impacted teammates. According to a source, the majority of the layoffs will come from the company’s Dubai and Pakistan offices.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 12, 2019

Recently, Social Misfits Media’s Community Manager, Angharad Francis, interviewed the brilliant Pushpa Aman Singh, Founder of GuideStar India. In this interview, Pushpa discusses her journey prior to founding GuideStar India, her role in helping NGOs and how WhatsApp is driving strong communication among stakeholders.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Additionally, AgriWebb has partnerships in Brazil and South Africa, Webb said. AgriWebb’s key markets include Australia — where more than 15% of the national herd is managed using its platform — the U.K. and the U.S.

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Tech Soup

MAY 7, 2013

Johannesburg, South Africa. They collaborated with the TechSoup Global team to bring events into their communities. A panel of four digital storytelling experts came together at Net Tuesday Vancouver to share the secrets of online communications. Johannesburg, South Africa: Open Data for Nonprofits - an Introduction.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 10, 2009

It was great talking social media strategy and potential with Matthew Lindley, Development, Nuzhat Jabinh, Web Officer, Paul Bell, Senior Communications Officer and Chris Wells, Creative Design Officer. I stopped by there and heard a bit about their 15andcounting campaign. Check it out, [link]. . . .

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Care2

JANUARY 24, 2013

Paul Habig is Executive Vice President/Creative Director of SankyNet, a marketing company that specializes in integrated fundraising and communications for nonprofits. In addition to his work in the environmental advocacy arena, Eric has extensive experience working on political and issue campaigns from Wyoming to South Africa.

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Care2

JULY 23, 2012

Elise worked for the past year as an Online Producer for HSI, producing online content such as emails, donation forms and action alerts for HSI Global – and had a heavy focus on growing online fundraising and communications for HSI Canada. Register now and attend this FREE Expert webinar on Tuesday, July 31st at 2PM EDT.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 1, 2013

This storm will obliterate everything in its path: homes, roads, power lines, and communication capabilities. After the storm, survivors are cut off from the world, unable to communicate with emergency service providers. Imagine a hurricane bearing down on an isolated village. Worst of all, many villagers will be injured or killed.

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Care2

APRIL 5, 2011

About the Speakers: Jeff Regen, Senior Vice President of Integrated Services, M+R Strategic Services: Jeff joined M+R to establish a new practice focused on helping nonprofits with integrated, multichannel fundraising and communications in order to maximize donor/activist value and broader communications goals.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 17, 2010

This proved to the Ushahidi team that their tool would be valuable to communities around the world. Since then, the platform (which is open source ) has been modified for use in South Africa (mapping xenophobic violence), DR Congo , Vote Report India (to monitor the recent local elections) and more.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 26, 2016

On May 4, we and our partners from Australia to South Africa, Kenya to Warsaw, and Florida to San Francisco will host a 24-hour, around-the-world #Storymakers2016 Twitter chat. SOUTH AFRICA. East Africa Time (11 a.m. Stop by for a hour or two, or 10 minutes here and there! We hope to see you at #Storymakers2016!

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 18, 2012

AllAfrica reported this month on a new report by the World Bank and African Development Bank called eTransform Africa that finds that information and communication technology (ICT) innovations are now clearly driving entrepreneurship and economic growth in the continent. Greater Self-Sufficiency in African Due to ICT for Development.

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TechCrunch

JULY 10, 2022

Internal emails reveal staff referring to Uber’s “other than legal status,” and other forms of operating services against regulations in countries including the Czech Republic, France, Germany, Spain, South Africa, Sweden, Turkey and Russia.

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Tech Soup

MAY 24, 2011

extract value from it, to visualize it, to communicate it — that’s going to be a hugely important skill in the next decades, not only at the. CNN used Twitter data to report on the 2010 World Cup Fever in South Africa. professional level but even at the educational level for elementary.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

Austin, Texas: Communicating with Impact: Adobe Spark | #Storymakers2017. Naples, Florida: Tools for Effective Email Communication. Mahikeng, South Africa: Rural Tech Empowerment. Mahikeng, South Africa: Technology for Rural Development. Seattle, Washington: Springboard 2017 Graduation.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 2, 2017

Naples, Florida: Tools for Effective Email Communication. Matloding, South Africa: Technology for Rural Development. NTEN Presents: Oregon Nonprofit Tech Roundup. Montréal, Québec: Développer une Présence Web Efficace. Mason, Ohio: Connecting Nonprofits and Techies in Cincinnati.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 15, 2013

In addition, one of the most surprising findings from our survey is that NGOs in the lower-per-capita-GDP countries (around $10,000 per year or below), like India, Egypt, South Africa, Bulgaria, and Mexico are planning to move a significant portion of their IT to the cloud faster than higher GDP counties. Nonprofit Tech 2.0

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