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50,000 Nonprofits on Twitter!

Nonprofit Tech for Good

International in Ghana was the 50,000th! Twitter is much more complicated and fascinating than its first impression. Mass following will not produce the results you are hoping for. All that said, in case you were wondering, B.A.S.I.C.S.

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Eliminating Blinding Trachoma

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

As I mentioned in my previous two blogs about my Africa trip of last July, I had the pleasure of meeting many interesting people and learning about numerous exciting, cool projects during that three week long visit to Kenya, Tanzania and Ghana. The good news is that trachoma can effectively be eliminated.

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How African startups raised investments in 2020

TechCrunch

The venture capital scene in Africa has consistently grown, with an influx of capital from local and international investors reaching unprecedented heights in recent years. Rounding up the top five was Ghana with $111 million, displacing Rwanda which was fifth in Partech’s 2019 list. million; Nigeria followed with $150.4

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Accessibility Excitement in Geneva

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

They were holding an international meeting of blindness groups around the campaign to ratify the Marrakesh Treaty in London during the days before the Geneva meeting. My experience with the international publishers was such that I expected there would be a way to work through this issue. I decided to follow through and attend.

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Nigerian digital bank Kuda is the latest African startup to lay off employees

TechCrunch

As Kuda positions itself for pan-African and international expansion amidst an uncertain venture capital environment, it depicts the recent cut in its workforce as part of strategic steps for sustainable growth. Kuda, the African challenger bank, raises $55M at a $500M valuation.

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My remarks just made at WIPO today

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

That is why we have exceptions: to lower transaction costs and secure the civil rights of people with disabilities to have equal opportunity • That is why we need a binding instrument that makes copyright exceptions a global norm, and allows for import and export of these materials. •

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Nigerian mobility-tech startup MAX bags $31 million in Series B round, set to expand across Africa, build EV infrastructure

TechCrunch

The startup told TechCrunch that it will use the funding to enter Ghana and Egypt by the end of the first quarter of 2022, and other additional markets in Francophone, East and Southern Africa by the close of the same year. Nigerian mobility tech startup Metro Africa Xpress Inc. ( Chinedu Azodoh is the startup’s other co-founder.

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