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Spotlight on South Africa: Nonprofit Profiles from SANGONeT

Tech Soup

The goal of these case studies is to raise awareness of the impact these nonprofits are making in South Africa. The Media and Training Centre for Health specializes in the design and development of community learning models that promote health and empowerment in marginalized communities. Art and Media. Children and Education.

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Kenya’s Uncover raises $1M to expand skincare product enterprise across Africa

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“We have had incredible traction since, and our community has grown from zero to about 60,000 women in Kenya in two years… we have built brand awareness, loyalty, and our values of education and knowledge and empowerment have been established at the market,” she said. Summer International uses social media data to launch new beauty brands.

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IFC backs Bolt with $24M to expand its transportation network in emerging markets

TechCrunch

Bolt , an Uber competitor that is building an international on-demand network of services to transport people, food and other items in cars, scooters and bikes across Europe and Africa, has picked up some strategic funding today to continue expanding its business in emerging markets.

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Inadequate federal privacy regulations leave US startups lagging behind Europe

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” in the words of Internal Market Commissioner Thierry Breton , it’s a plan to make Europe “the most data-empowered continent in the world.”. Until we trust our leaders to protect basic online rights, widespread data empowerment initiatives will not be politically viable. In Europe, the equation is totally different.

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

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Met with a major international human rights defender group about our Martus technology and digital security more generally. It was the third Africa Forum I’ve attended: I went to Accra, Ghana, in 2011 and South Africa in 2004. Met with a big NYC disability services provider about a possible Bookshare partnership.

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

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The link need to be like so: Africa. The targets need to be linked like so: --> Jump to events in North America , or go international with events in. TARGET END LINKS. ## Central and South America. ## North America. ## Africa. ## Europe. ## Asia and Pacific Rim. --> North America. Asia and Pacific Rim. Europe and UK.

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