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Geoff Livingston Guest Post: Follow @childfund and Help Feed Children

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

ChildFund International just rebranded from the Christian Children’s Fund last week as an effort to demonstrate a singular commitment to children’s welfare today and tomorrow (image: Faith Smiling by ChildFund, NZ ). These efforts will directly benefit children in Gambia, Zambia, Kenya and Ethiopia. receives. Mango trees in Kenya.

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Nigerian fintech Appzone raises $10M for expansion and proprietary technology

TechCrunch

Other countries with a presence include the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ghana, Gambia, Guinea, Tanzania and Senegal. But overall , the company says it has raised $15 million in equity funding. Appzone’s funding continues the fast-paced investment activities witnessed by Africa’s fintech space after a slow January.

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How to Promote Matching Gifts to Your Audience: 4 Best Practices

CauseVox

Now you can sit back and watch the funds pour in. Communicate Impact To Promote Matching Grants Your matching grant’s end goal isn’t just to double the funds raised, it’s to make twice the impact — and your donors should know what twice the impact adds up to.

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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. Early this year, uLesson brought on Owl Ventures as a strategic investor in its second round of funding.

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How social media is supporting small charities

AFP Blog

How social media is supporting small charities : he true value of the impact social media has on fundraising projects was demonstrated to me during a recent visit to The Gambia, where I worked with the Glove Project, an organisation which works to improve local villages through a mixture of aid and enterprise.

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Platforms successfully stopped a lame COVID conspiracy video from going viral

The Verge

Facebook is rejecting a request from The Gambia to help it investigate the genocide in Myanmar, saying the request was “extraordinarily broad” as well as “unduly intrusive or burdensome.” It’s operating under a playbook popularized by marketing groups like Jerry Media and accounts like @thefatjewish. Makena Kelly / The Verge ). And finally.

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