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This pan-African freelance platform is the first Zimbabwean startup backed by Techstars

TechCrunch

The accelerator, which has accepted only a handful of African startups, included one from Zimbabwe in this class. Also, AfriBlocks assigns a project manager to the selected freelancer who manages the project through completion. AfriBlocks is a global pan-African marketplace of vetted African freelance professionals.

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CEO’s Update: Fall 2014

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

More and more of my time is spent around both raising money and raising awareness of how much more could be done with technology to increase social impact. Within a short period, SocialCoding4Good has gone from a Labs pilot project to a growing community driving social impact. billion poor and unbanked.

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How to Use Causes for Your Year-End Fundraising Appeal

NTEN

Fundraising Projects. Facebook users are more motivated to donate to specific projects rather than general fundraising appeals. Causes has just updated their Fundraising Projects feature so nonprofits can effectively do project-based fundraising campaigns through Facebook. . Here are some sample bulletins: [link].

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Construction insurance company Billy raises additional $2.5 million

TechCrunch

Nyasha Gutsa and Grant Robbins started the company in 2020 as a pandemic project. So far, Billy says it has been used to build high-speed rail projects, as well as residential buildings and homes. Billy plans to use the money to accelerate sales and increase customer retention. Billy provides them with that visibility.”

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South African crowd-solving startup Zindi building a community of data scientists and using AI to solve real world problems

TechCrunch

Just last year a team of data scientists under Zindi used machine learning to improve air quality monitoring in Kampala as another group helped Zimnat, an insurance company in Zimbabwe predict customer behavior — especially on who was likely to leave and the possible interventions that would make them stay. Photo Credits : Zindi.

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Upcoming Nonprofits Live: DIY Blogging

Tech Soup

Here at TechSoup, we’re big on empowering nonprofits and libraries to make smart do-it-yourself technology choices since we know time, staff, and money are all limited resources. This month, we're examining the landscape of DIY blogging. and LA Media Reform Group , to name a few.

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Peer-to-Peer Crowdfunding Myths & How To Ensure Success

The Modern Nonprofit

The idea of using the Internet to aggregate a crowd to fund a project is a modern complement to, if not a full-on replacement for, traditional fundraising methods that are aging badly in the non-profit space. We’re not talking about a list of 500 or 5,000 people who may or may not have given you money. Build a school in Zimbabwe.