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Strengthening evidence for refugee self-reliance programming 

Candid

Unfortunately, there are gaps in the collected evidence, which has led to missed opportunities for shaping effective policies and practices. Ninety percent of the more than 160 case studies, policy briefs, project evaluations, and impact evaluations reviewed came from just 15 organizations, primarily based in Europe and North America.

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Tableau Foundation partners reflect on 2020 and data for impact

Tableau

Over the past year, PolicyLink helped drive the conversation around the need for equity-based solutions to COVID-19 with a comprehensive plan and set of policy priorities for pandemic response. It’s critical to connect our data and policy proposals with narrative and communications,” Kirschenbaum says. .

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Nonprofits in the Autonomous World: Will the Bots Take Over?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NGOs, activists, and even governments have used bots to automate positive social change activities: Pregnancy and newborn care education. A policy for how to respond to negative comments or social media workflow. Grassroots organizing. Poverty Reduction. The potential for an army of bot trolls to disrupt an activism campaign.

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Tableau Foundation partners reflect on 2020 and data for impact

Tableau

Over the past year, PolicyLink helped drive the conversation around the need for equity-based solutions to COVID-19 with a comprehensive plan and set of policy priorities for pandemic response. It’s critical to connect our data and policy proposals with narrative and communications,” Kirschenbaum says. .

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mPharma, a telehealth pioneer out of Ghana, gets physical with 100 virtual centers across Africa

TechCrunch

Patients in Ghana, Nigeria, Kenya, Zambia, Malawi, Rwanda, and Ethiopia, where mPharma has a presence, are set to benefit from the virtual consultations. Telemedicine is envisaged to bridge this gap and inspire partnerships and birth more startups like Bima, that provide other range of services including health insurance policies.

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The 2016 - 2017 Best Nonprofit Conferences Calendar

Everyaction

The Digital Media and Learning Conference is meant to be an inclusive, international and annual gathering of scholars and practitioners in the field, focused on fostering interdisciplinary and participatory dialogue and linking theory, empirical study, policy, and practice. 13th Annual Nonprofit Governance Symposium. Ethiopia / $50.

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YC W22 batch nets 24 African startups, including 18 from Nigeria

TechCrunch

Location : Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. ” How it says it differs from rivals : The one-year-old startup claims to be the leading food delivery service in Ethiopia and is 67% cheaper than the competition. Founders : Among them is Yele Oyekola, the chief executive, who worked at Carbon and was an economic policy officer at the UN.

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