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Trainer’s Notebook: #Tech2Empower Peru

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Greetings from Cusco, Peru! I am honored to be working with Wake International on their Tech2Empower Program in Cusco, Peru. This was a very empowering icebreaker – and a great way to get to know a little bit more about the people I will spending the next week with on a service project here in Cusco, Peru.

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HBO Max will launch internationally in June

The Verge

HBO Max will finally make its international debut in June, with the streaming service set to launch in Latin America and the Caribbean. The Latin America rollout is just the first phase of HBO Max’s international debut. Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge. Currently, HBO Max is only available in the United States.

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11 Holiday Gift Programs That Benefit Nonprofits and Make the World A Better Place :: 2011 Edition

Nonprofit Tech for Good

As a group or as an individual, CARE Packages can help send girls in Afghanistan to school for a year, or help expectant mothers in Peru safely deliver. Women for Women International’s Gifts That Give Back: Women for Women’s gifts enable you to empower women to rebuild their lives after the ravages of war.

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Social commerce startup Elenas raises $6M and plans for international expansion

TechCrunch

Oschin said the company’s investors have a presence across six different continents, reflecting its international vision. Indeed, one of its next steps is expanding across Latin America, starting with Mexico and then Peru. The new funding comes from Leo Capital, FJ Labs, Alpha4 Ventures and Meesho.

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Traveling the world, meeting startups: What We learned

The Next Web

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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Peruvian startup Leasy secures $17M in debt, equity to provide auto loans to LatAm ride-hailing drivers

TechCrunch

Italian-born Gregorio Gilardini and Alejandro Garay, who hails from Spain, met in Peru several years ago and discovered they both had an interest in using technology to make a social impact and help people escape “the poverty trap.”. A lot live day to day and drivers are like ghosts in the system.”.

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Kushki, an Ecuador-based fintech, raises $86M to build financial infrastructure in Latam

TechCrunch

The company, which was founded in 2017, already has operations in Mexico, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Chile. Products similar to Kushki have been successful in other regions around the world, such as in India with Pine Labs , Africa with Flutterwave, and Checkout.com that now has 15 international offices.

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