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Zenysis raises $13.3M to scale its big data platform for emergencies across Africa, Asia and South America

TechCrunch

His roles involved representing Australia in international negotiations on global health and humanitarian affairs and as an advisor to the UN secretary general on global health and pandemic preparedness. . Take, for instance, its efforts in Mozambique in 2019 when the country was hit by two massive cyclones, Kenneth and Idai.

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Unlocking the power of data for wildlife conservation: An alliance between EarthRanger and Tableau Foundation

Tableau

Empowering local communities and improving quality of life. Among one of the most biodiverse places on Earth, Gorongosa National Park in the heart of central Mozambique is perhaps Africa’s greatest wildlife restoration story. Figuring out how these two groups can coexist will play a critical role in determining the future of wildlife.

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Announcing Our Second Impact Labs Cohort on Zero Hunger: Supporting Small-Scale Farmers Globally

Saleforce Nonprofit

What are ways of translating early warning dashboards captured at the global level into local action? He has been on field missions to co-create solutions with governments and implementing partners in Zambia, Mozambique, Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, Nigeria, and Bangladesh. What are ways of helping farmers get more money from their work?

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Unlocking the power of data for wildlife conservation: An alliance between EarthRanger and Tableau Foundation

Tableau

Empowering local communities and improving quality of life. Among one of the most biodiverse places on Earth, Gorongosa National Park in the heart of central Mozambique is perhaps Africa’s greatest wildlife restoration story. Figuring out how these two groups can coexist will play a critical role in determining the future of wildlife.

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Using GPT-3.5-Turbo and GPT-4 to Apply Text-defined Data Quality Checks on Humanitarian Datasets

Towards Data Science

model="gpt-4"): messages = [{"role": "system", "content": "You are a helpful assistant."}] cereals and tubers,Rice (local),KG,actual,Retail,XAF,297.0,0.5269 2003-10-15,Ndjaména,Ndjamena,Ndjamena,12.11,15.04,cereals ,0 - 2 acres,22,2.8%,4,2.2%,10,3.8%,3,1.7%,5,2.9% 5,2.9% ,2 - 5 acres,6,8%,2,1.1%,2,8%,0,0.0%,2,1.2%

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All for Green, and Green for All: An Interview with Van Jones

Have Fun - Do Good

So, we have been working very hard with the City Council, and with community colleges and local labor unions and others to come up with a proposal that will start in September as an actual program called "The Green Jobs Corps." What the Green Jobs Corps will be, it will begin training urban youth, Oakland's youth, in the jobs of the future.

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How Amazon is growing its power during the pandemic

The Verge

And local governments are planning for much longer periods of lockdown. Loon , the Alphabet -owned company that’s using stratospheric balloons to get high-speed internet in hard to reach areas, signed a new deal with Vodacom to expand its offering in Africa to Mozambique. Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch ).

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