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Swoop Aero’s drones hit a million items delivered as the company raises for expansion

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Swoop has been providing transport and delivery of medical materials — medications as well as things like samples for labs — in south Malawi, DR Congo and other locations for the last three years, and recently delivered its millionth item and completed its 20,000th flight. This success has led to USAID awarding $1.5

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Flutterwave and PayPal collaborate to allow African merchants to accept and make payments

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According to CEO Olugbenga ‘GB’ Agboola , this will happen via a Flutterwave integration with PayPal so merchants can add PayPal as a payment option when receiving money outside the continent. They include Algeria, Botswana, Egypt, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Senegal, Seychelles and South Africa.

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Kenyan insurtech Lami raises $3.7M seed extension led by Harlem Capital

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Lami has also integrated its API with more than 15 entities in various sectors, including logistics, e-commerce, banking and fintech. Kenyan insurtech startup Lami enters Malawi, DRC after acquiring Bluewave, eyes rest of Africa. Image Credits: Lami Technologies. Image Credits: Lami Technologies.

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How to Use Causes for Your Year-End Fundraising Appeal

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And Camfed raised $4,500 to build a roof on a school in Malawi , then turned around and funded another $3,386 project to give shoes to schoolgirls in Zimbabwe. . The Humane Society of the United States raised $20,000 in 6 days , all through their cause, to fund a team of journalists documenting the seal slaughter in Canada.

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Making Stories Work for Your Org: What the Data Says

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In "The Life You Can Save: Acting Now to End World Poverty" , Princeton University professor Peter Singer famously highlights one study in which individuals who were shown a picture of a girl named Rokia and told her story were willing to give far more than when asked to help three million hungry children in Malawi.

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Health tech startup mPharma acquires Vine Pharmacy, enters Uganda

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Ghana, Nigeria, Kenya, Zambia, Malawi and Rwanda are the other markets the tech startup has operations in. Across Africa, Deloitte says in a report , East Africa is the most promising region in terms of healthcare investment owing to its integration and the growing economy, supported by various sectors, including agriculture and tourism.

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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. To learn more about Tableau and ways to integrate and scale your analytics, check out the Tableau Basics for Nonprofits trail on Trailhead.