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An Interview With Facebook’s Libby Leffler: Facebook and Nonprofits

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

We have also started hosting local nonprofit meetups in different cities in the US to engage with nonprofit partners. I will never forget meeting Leymah Gbowee , the winner of the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize who led the women’s movement resulting in peace in Liberia. How long have you worked at Facebook?

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How Audiomack became an unlikely Spotify competitor

Fast Company Tech

Many of them consistently draw larger audiences on Audiomack than on Spotify or Apple Music , largely due to the platforms strong presence in local markets. If you are in Tanzania or Liberia, nothing is going to offend you more than only being served Nigerian, Ghanaian, or South African songs. We’re No.

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Paris-based Koolboks closes $2.5M seed round to scale solar refrigeration across Africa

TechCrunch

These are markets where it has distributors or dealers; 13 of them are in sub-Saharan Africa: Benin, Burkina Faso, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Ghana, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Nigeria, Madagascar, Mozambique, Rwanda, Senegal and Sierra Leone. Koolboks is also eyeing DRC and Ivory Coast as its next offices, Dominic said.

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The Global Fund for Women: An Interview with Kavita Ramdas

Have Fun - Do Good

I think what makes us unique is that we are really investing in women's leadership and women's creativity in developing local solutions to some of the world's most challenging problems. I just saw a remarkable film made about a grantee organization that the Global Fund had supported for many years in Liberia.

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