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CEO’s Update: Fall 2014

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

My personal goal is to channel the aspirations of the technology community to do more social good. The documentation projects of our partners in Uganda, Malawi, Zambia, and Zimbabwe have yielded so far six high-quality publications or reports about violations against LGBTI individuals in their communities.

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Three ways to quickly analyze fundraising performance with Tableau

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Eric Dayton, Director of Data at buildOn , faced many unknowns when he came home from Malawi on March 3rd, a week before the COVID shutdown. Dayton was able to help his organization quickly pivot their fundraising and programs to continue to achieve their goals. Tableau Dashboards for Nonprofit Fundraising Revenue overview.

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Kenyan insurtech startup Pula raises $6M Series A to derisk smallholder farmers across Africa

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“When Thomas and I launched Pula in 2015, we had one goal in mind: to build and deliver scalable insurance solutions for Africa’s 700 million smallholder farmers,” Goslinga said. They include Senegal, Ghana, Mali, Nigeria, Ethiopia, Madagascar, Tanzania, Kenya, Rwanda, Uganda, Zambia, Malawi and Mozambique. million farmers.

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Shell-founded startup fund receives $13 million from Canadian DFI to accelerate clean energy access in Africa

TechCrunch

“A just and inclusive energy transition, one that alleviates energy poverty and mitigates climate change, requires an understanding of the financing needs of entrepreneurs, who we are depending on to deliver the world’s energy access goals,” said Shell Foundation’s operations director, Gareth Zahir-Bill.

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Clean energy firm Husk signs UN energy compact as it begins solar mini-grid expansion in Nigeria, rest of Africa

TechCrunch

The startup, currently with operations in Nigeria, Tanzania and India (Uttar Pradesh and Bihar), has set an ambitious goal of installing at least 5,000 mini-grids by 2030 and in the process make 1 million connections – half of which will be micro, small and medium-sized enterprises.

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Tiger Global leads $3M round in Zambia’s Union54 for its card-issuing API

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It currently has a lean team of 10 located in Nigeria, Malawi, South Africa, Zambia, and Europe. But conclusively, the goal, Mlambo said, is to place the company in a stronger position to raise an attractive Series A within the next few months. The Zambian company will also use the funds to expand its regional customer base. .

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

TechCrunch

As it rolls out these centers, mPharma said its end goal is to deliver quality primary care in communities they serve by providing medical examinations, a service, the startup co-founder and CEO Gregory Rockson, said lacks in most telemedicine structures. It is raising more funding to further grow its business across the continent.

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