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Vikas Nath talking about gender and ICTs in good governance

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Click To Play Vikas Nath explains his idea that empowerment of women in governance using ICTS should pass via livelihoods. My colleague, Joitske Hulsebosch, who is based in the Netherlands and most recently working in Ghana, developed a 12-step vlogging process to help a network in Ghana (GINKS) produce an ICT4D stories blog.

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Kenya-based fintech 4G Capital to scale lending after raising $18.5M from Lightrock

TechCrunch

After nearly a decade in operations, 4G Capital is also exploring new growth opportunities in West and North Africa with a keen eye on partnerships in Ghana, Nigeria and Egypt, which will happen after deepening and enriching its market share and customer value proposition in its core markets.

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The Faces of International Development

Forum One

Do these same sites appear the same to those in Ghana? Empowerment is key. Congratulations to SID for encouraging empowerment and asking organizations to step back and really focus on where the heart of their international development pursuit lies. Everyone had a mission and wanted to achieve their end goal.

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SAP Gives Back

Tech Soup

In Ghana, SAP is using their technology and volunteers in partnership with a leading NGO to help women create thriving businesses through the harvesting of shea nuts. movement, a world of 7 billion has implications for sustainability, urbanization, access to health services, and youth empowerment. Seven Billion Actions.

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Using Photography to Change the World: An Interview with Paola Gianturco

Have Fun - Do Good

Britt Bravo: In so many of the groups you profiled, the women were using the arts for education, empowerment, or healing. I went to 15 countries on five continents, and interviewed and photographed 129 women. Can you talk a little bit about why they used arts, and why it was an effective tool?

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Shell-founded startup fund receives $13 million from Canadian DFI to accelerate clean energy access in Africa

TechCrunch

FinDev Canada participated in fundraising through 2X Canada, an impact investment facility driving the economic empowerment of low-income and underserved populations in sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean. Redavia, which has clients in Ghana, Kenya and Tanzania, received $3.7 million mezzanine investment from the fund.

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Mr. Jim Goes to Washington (and New York, and Nairobi, and Seoul, and Kampala, and Boston…)

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

It was the third Africa Forum I’ve attended: I went to Accra, Ghana, in 2011 and South Africa in 2004. She is a University of Minnesota law school professor who was born in Africa and is a terrific advocate for the Treaty and its empowerment of the blind community. This time, I had the benefit of help.

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