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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society - Untitled Article

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

I'm working from Maputo, Mozambique on this U.S. Memorial Day. Today I've been talking to humanitarian demining groups about our proposed mine detector. Last week in South Africa I was discussing adaptive technology for the blind and software for human rights groups.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society - Untitled Article

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

I am just back from the Africa Economic Summit in Mozambique. I was very impressed with President Chissano, the former Marxist revolutionary who is stepping down next year after leading his country for 18 years. His embrace of business development, reform, and advancing the interests of his people made quite an impression on me.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society - Untitled Article

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Earlier this year, I remember buying roasted cashews from a woman on the street in Maputo, Mozambique, who had her wares balanced on her head. My takeaway is something that many people has pointed out: that the cell phone has become an incredible engine of change for the poor.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society - Untitled Article

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

I was interested enough in learning more to take off for a tour of facilities in Maputo the next afternoon, hosted by the Catholic Community of Saint'Egidio , a group well known for having helped broker the peace settlement in Mozambique more than a decade ago. A dispensary full of generic versions of drugs (which aren't generic in the U.S.,

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Alphabet’s Loon balloons provide their first commercial internet service in Kenya

The Verge

Finally, it’s partnered with AT&T in preparation to use its balloons to provide internet service to disaster-stricken areas and with Vodacom to provide internet to Mozambique.

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

TechCrunch

Take, for instance, its efforts in Mozambique in 2019 when the country was hit by two massive cyclones, Kenneth and Idai. Zenysis engaged the Mozambique government, and they quickly decided to use its software to create a virtual control room for the emergency response effort. . This was no mean feat.

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Flutterwave and PayPal collaborate to allow African merchants to accept and make payments

TechCrunch

They include Algeria, Botswana, Egypt, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Senegal, Seychelles and South Africa. And according to its website, only 12 African countries can send and receive money on the platform, but to varying degrees.

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