Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 18, 2010

My most recent visit to Nigeria confirmed this trend. Human rights monitors in Nigeria continue to be harassed. The MacArthur Foundation provided key support for the project by not only financing our work, but also funding computer literacy training for NHRC staff. We also had sporadic and limited Internet connectivity.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 26, 2006

Isaac from Nigeria makes mobile toilets and gives them to poor widows to use to generate income: "shit business is serious business." She also explained that the illiterate poor women she serves are more committed to literacy for their children than for themselves. I have had great chats with different social entrepreneurs.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 23, 2016

There’s Olutosin in Lagos, Nigeria. Over the hum of her café’s fuel-powered generator, Olutosin types, “Our center is the safest place for any woman to access the Internet in my community. Olutosin has created an alternative: a women-only center that allows Nigerian women to connect online safely and freely.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 20, 2013

Facilitating global literacy about Big Data is viewed as important for the media, civic hackers, and civil society. She says that although using technology and open data tools can be “dangerous” in some countries, they can still be used in other spheres of government as for example BudgIT in Nigeria.

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 19, 2007

They talked about the economic value of housework, and the importance of education and literacy in gaining economic independence." Sponsors give $27/month to fund a survivor's basic needs, as well as seed money to start income generating projects.

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