Candid

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Rethinking donor relationships When I started Imani Collective, it was a small nonprofit training program in Mombasa, Kenya. I organized workshops to cultivate an internal culture of abundance and shared purpose, which was then reflected in our external outreach efforts.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

OCTOBER 12, 2011

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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NetWits

MARCH 7, 2011

She has spoken about the intersection of social media and activism at SXSW, the International Fundraising Conference, and the Independent Sector Conference. She co-founded Hope Runs , a non-profit organization in Kenya and is is a published author writing on such diverse topics as social media strategy , saving money , and natural living.

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NVIDIA AI Blog

MARCH 3, 2025

million acres of rhino habitats, and has recently expanded to help conservation efforts in Kenya and Namibia. Wildlife Protection Solutions Help Preserve Endangered Species International nonprofit Wildlife Protection Solutions (WPS) supports more than 250 conservation projects in 50+ countries.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Kenya-based Uncover Skincare is one of them and it seeks to revolutionize the sector through data-led manufacturing that is aligned with the needs of the modern African woman. Backed by a $1 million seed funding, Uncover is scaling its operations in Kenya and expanding to Nigeria in January. Image Credits : Uncover Skincare. “We

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The Next Web

OCTOBER 15, 2012

The main observation of differences between Silicon Valley and emerging tech hubs in the rest of the world is access to early stage seed funding and international press. The internet has no barriers when it comes to reaching an international user base and these startups are capitalizing on being able to have a global reach.

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Tech Soup

JULY 8, 2009

June marked the launch of two new international TechSoup partners: Japan and Kenya , bringing the total count of TechSoup Global Network partners to 24 (not including the original U.S. TechSoup's Partner NGO in Japan is the Tokyo-based Japan NPO Center , which hosted a successful launch event at the Tokyo International Forum.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 31, 2006

She caught my attention because she founded an organization that works with orphaned and disabled children in Kenya. Ali is the Founder of AVIF (ABLe Volunteers International Fund). In 2002, she established a 65-teacher international summer school in NE Asia. Organizations in Kenya are carefully vetted. Trade not Aid !"

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 29, 2022

The provision of virtual foreign bank accounts has become a common strategy for fintechs to enable Nigerians and Africans to facilitate international transfers. The YC-backed Nigerian fintech has since expanded into East Africa, starting with Kenya. Verto picks up $10M for cross-border payments play in emerging markets.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

The company is planning to enter other markets within the East Africa region after establishing ground in Kenya. “For years, diesel-powered buses have been the only viable solution for bus operators in Kenya. BasiGo’s COO, Alex Mwaura, said they will tap the country’s renewable energy resource to fuel public transportation. .

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 30, 2021

But two months into 2020, the pandemic did an excellent job of lowering expectations as investment activities from local and international investors slowed down. International investors participated from pre-seed to Series E stages. It wasn’t a bad year, though. African startups nearly raised $1.5

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Tech Soup

MARCH 7, 2017

I'm not a woman, but I am a wholehearted celebrant of International Women's Day. More About International Women's Day. International Women's Day came about in its current form in 1975. International NGO Leadership. Janet Mawlyoo , executive director, Kenya Community Development Foundation.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 19, 2014

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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TechCrunch

MARCH 30, 2023

Impact investor Goodwell Investments and Oxfam Novib , a Dutch foundation and Oxfam International affiliate, have set up Pepea, a €20 million ($21.7m) fund, to provide financing to early-stage startups in Kenya, Uganda, and Ethiopia.

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 1, 2008

According to a recent AP report , 300,000 people in Kenya were forced to leave their homes, and over 800 people were killed during this past month's post-election violence. Feministing suggests making donations to the Kenya Red Cross Society. Kenya donation I want to do something. El Oso made a donation through MamaMikes.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 10, 2021

Before becoming a VC firm, Savannah Fund started as an accelerator program in Kenya. It has secured a first close led by International Finance Corporation (IFC) with participation from the Women’s Finance Initiative (WeFi). Startups who got accepted participated in cohorts for three months and received up to $30,000 in funding.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 8, 2005

Susan Bazilli, an international human rights attorney, recently brought Martus to the attention of the women's rights community in Africa, through a posting to the Women's Information Technology Transfer site. And all this is on top of Martus work we're actively engaged with in Kenya, Nigeria and Egypt.

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TechCrunch

MAY 3, 2022

Remittances from abroad reached $45 billion in 2021, with Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya, Senegal and Zimbabwe leading the list of recipient countries. And as annual inflows grow, Pangea’s country director and CEO for Kenya Anne Lawi told TechCrunch, diaspora remittances can be tapped to increase the amount of funding injected into startups. “And

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TechCrunch

JUNE 16, 2021

When Reetch first came to Kenya from France in November 2020, it wasn’t easy to get affordable ready-to-eat meals. “After three days of coming into Kenya, I asked where I can get great food at a cheap price, and everybody tell me it’s impossible,” he told TechCrunch.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Badili , a Kenya-based smartphone re-commerce startup, has raised $2.1 The Venture Catalysts, V&R Africa, Grenfell holdings, and SOSV, participated in the round, as did family offices and angel investors from Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa and India. It buys devices from individuals too. while smartphone consignments dropped by 7.9%

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 27, 2022

NALA , a Tanzanian cross-border payments company that recently pivoted from local to international money transfers, said Thursday it has raised $10 million in a new fundraising round. But in 2020, NALA started testing international money transfers after some users expressed interest in moving money from the U.K. and the E.U.,

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

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. At a close second was Kenya accounting for $304 million of the total investments in the continent. and Kenya raised $107.6 million and $77.1

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TechCrunch

MAY 26, 2021

Last year, the company also said it acquired an international money transfer license with a WorldRemit partnership also in the works. None of its plans to expand to South Africa and Kenya (countries it expressed interest in during its Series B) has come to fruition yet. OPay plays in an extremely competitive fintech market.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JANUARY 19, 2007

An estimated 80,000-150,000 people from all over the world will be attending the 2007 World Social Forum in Nairobi, Kenya January 20-25th. Photo of Moi International Sports Centre , where the Forum will be held, from the World Social Forum Nairobi 2007 site. Sokari Ekine, the creator of the group blog, Black Looks, will be there.

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TechCrunch

MAY 16, 2022

African merchants encounter many challenges when it comes to international shipping ranging from logistics and customs to hidden and excessive charges. “The world was shutting down, but there was this high demand for stuff and demand for international shipping was going up simultaneously.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 15, 2012

I was honored to be a trainer as part of the launch of the ACE Leaders Project, a program developed by the Institute of International Education Sub-Saharan Regional Office and supported by the Packard Foundation. For the past ten days, I’ve been in Rwanda, Africa. Documentation of the Visioning Process.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 5, 2021

The startup has today announced entry of RejaReja, the B2B retail marketplace, into Ethiopia, Ghana, Tanzania, Rwanda and Uganda, after successful pilot programs, coming about two months after it grew beyond Kenya by launching in Nigeria. In November we hit 100,000 merchants in Kenya and Nigeria and this number is growing quite rapidly.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Nigeria and South Africa are in the top two; Egypt and Kenya switch. The publication didn’t give specific numbers this time, but it said Nigeria, South Africa, Kenya, and Egypt received the most investments in that order. Partech : Its 2020 report had Nigeria on top, with Kenya, Egypt and South Africa rounding up the top four.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

The Kenyan startup has over the last three years been offering a lifeline to traders in Kenya by enabling them to make mobile money transactions that are devoid of transfer charges through its Leja app. Asilimia team in Nairobi, Kenya. Image Credits: Asilimia.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 7, 2021

In the past decade, numerous mobile lending apps have been launched in Kenya, riding on the growing need for quick loans. Almost all lending apps were found to use debt-shaming tactics to recover debt in Kenya. Other loan apps with a presence in Kenya include San Francisco-based Branch International Ltd.,

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 9, 2009

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. Mango trees in Kenya.

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TechCrunch

MAY 31, 2022

Meanwhile, the startup is also looking to expand its international calling operations across Africa after closing a $4 million seed funding round, led by HAVAÍC. He added that the startup decided to build its own payment platform informed by the need to make payment and checkout easy for its users in Africa.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 7, 2022

The startup, which provides multiple products for the cross-border commerce space in Africa, raised this new financing from a group of international investors co-led by American Express (AMEX) Ventures, the strategic investment group of American Express. The platform will go live in Kenya in the next couple of months, said Anuna.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Its services are used across seven African countries — Ghana, Uganda, Nigeria, Tanzania, Rwanda, South Africa and Kenya. is responsible for almost 30% of the international remittances to sub-Saharan Africa. The company will roll out the service to users in Ghana, South Africa and Kenya before the end of the year.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

In 2020, Yusuf toyed with the idea of building a physical campus where he and his team would train software engineers to get international opportunities. These applications came from 19 countries (including 14 African countries) and Yusuf said the company received the most entries from Nigeria, Ghana, Uganda, Kenya and Botswana. .

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Kenya-based MyHealth Africa , an integrated healthcare platform changing how people access medical services, by connecting patients with local and international health specialists and hospitals, is growing its reach in Africa, and plans to further expand in Middle East and South Asia next year.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 8, 2022

We’ve built an extensive distribution channel covering almost half of the high schools in Kenya, and that means we have an opportunity to solve other tech needs that schools have,” said Nyangolo. “We We plan on building more administrative tools for schools, and payment products on the parents’ side. Image Credits: Zeraki.

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