Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 5, 2010

Though many of the countries we work in are talked about in the news (DR Congo, Iraq, Afghanistan, Sudan), some aren’t as well-known (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Nigeria) and we often need to explain why operating in these countries is important.

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Robert Weiner

JULY 31, 2011

THIS IS TO OFFICIALLY INFORM YOU THAT THE UNITED NATION SPECIAL DUTY ON DEBT SETTLEMENT IN COLLABORATION WITH WORLD BANK DEBT RELIEF HAVE TAKEN OVER THE PAYMENT OF NIGERIAN FOREIGN DEBT FOLLOWING A BILITERAL AGREEMENT SIGNED BETWEEN THE WORLD BANK COUNTRY OFFICE AND THE PRESIDENT OF NIGERIA. READ THE ATTACHED MESSAGE AND REPLY ASAP.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 8, 2005

And all this is on top of Martus work we're actively engaged with in Kenya, Nigeria and Egypt. Susan Bazilli, an international human rights attorney, recently brought Martus to the attention of the women's rights community in Africa, through a posting to the Women's Information Technology Transfer site.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 23, 2010

Many of the publishers do provide us with permissions do not have global rights, and limit the availability of these books to certain jurisdictions • We first launched international Bookshare in India and have more than 1000 members there, as well as permissions agreements with more than ten publishers in India • We have recently concluded agreements (..)

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 10, 2004

There's more in the press release, and we will be expanding our efforts in Kenya, Nigeria, Egypt and Algeria. We're just announcing this project. State has an active program tracking the state of human rights around the world. We are already working on the translations of Martus into Arabic and French.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 24, 2006

One terrific guy is Isaac Durojaiye from Nigeria. One of the best memories of Isaac was standing in the Schatzalp hotel holding a laptop to his ear like it was a cell phone, because someone had made a Skype connection to Nigeria. So, the highlights were all people. As he puts it: "shit business is serious business."

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Candid

JULY 17, 2024

Respondents in 12 countries trust in NGOs ‘to do what is right’ More than 60% of respondents said they trusted NGOs “to do what is right” in 12 out of 28 countries: India, Kenya, Nigeria, China, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, the United Arab Emirates, Singapore, Mexico, Saudi Arabia, and South Africa.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 16, 2012

I shared my story and my experience in doing some online blog mentoring project with young women in Nigeria through my colleague Ore Somolu. I focused on showing them Twitter because there were so many examples of women leaders here in Rwanda and other countries in Africa using it for networking and professional development.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 26, 2006

Isaac from Nigeria makes mobile toilets and gives them to poor widows to use to generate income: "shit business is serious business." His closing remark to us was: "In every single eye in the WEF, is this one sentence from McCartney and Lennon, 'all you need is love.'" I have had great chats with different social entrepreneurs.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 6, 2008

If you answered "yes" to any of these questions, you might want to consider participating in this online mentoring program for women in Nigeria. That's why I'm passing this mentoring opportunity to work with women in Nigeria. This online mentoring will complement face-to-face workshops to be held in Lagos, Nigeria.

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NTEN

JANUARY 30, 2013

The call to action in the letter is clear, and I think one that resonates with any nonprofit who struggles to find more efficient ways to achieve their mission and to raise support from grant-makers and donors to help them do that.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 26, 2009

The show's premise is that a wealthy businessman, Teddy Rist, has a transformational experience during a business trip to Nigeria and helps save a young boy during a flood. (We We later learn that his own young son is dead). Oh, and then there are all of the women he sleeps with.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 11, 2014

The high Internet growth countries are now India, Indonesia, Nigeria, Mexico, and Philippines. Here's what I found: Internet growth: 2.6 billion people are now using the Internet worldwide, 618 million of them are in China. Global Internet adoption growth is actually slowing compared to previous years.

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ASU Lodestar Center

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

It is hard to express in one blog my entire week-long experience with nonprofit leaders from Japan, Syria, Uganda, Nigeria and different parts of the United States at the American Express Leadership Academy 2.0 at the Aspen Institute.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 25, 2009

There are now 990 actively engaged Fellows— across the five focal countries of Ethiopia, Nigeria, India, Pakistan, and the Philippines—regularly participating in the Leadership Development for Mobilizing Reproductive Health network activities. With international networks, it is important to recognize cultural norms both online and offline. (2)

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 19, 2009

While they note that their use of social media tools is behind countries like Nigeria, Uganda, or South Africa, there are promising signs that individuals like journalists and students are using such tools to monitor and report on the ongoing elections. One blogger in particular, Patricia Maganu, notes that: read more.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 7, 2006

Via Joitske , Nancy White , and Britt Bravo , I read about The African Mentoring Project , run by Ore Somolu from Nigeria and who I know from the Global s projects. I saw this while I was busy mentoring for the Young Caucasus Women Blogging Project. So, I immediately emailed Ore to volunteer as a mentor.

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NonProfit Hub

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

GEANCO has a wide-reaching mission in Nigeria, the home of Afam’s parents. This week, we had the chance to sit down with Afam Onyema, CEO of the GEANCO Foundation. They work to transform lives through a variety of medical and educational programs.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 3, 2016

Check out our newest groups: * [NetSquared Abuja]([link] in Abuja, Nigeria --> --> What have NetSquared groups been up to recently? Abuja, Nigeria: TechSoup Online Programs. If there isn't a group nearby, we'll help you start your own NetSquared group. We're a global movement with chapters in 24 countries.

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Forum One

FEBRUARY 18, 2009

It's still extremely hard to answer simple questions such as: who is currently funding malaria work in Nigeria? The past decade has seen an explosion in development knowledge and information that is available online, but development professionals are increasingly overwhelmed with information overload. Who can I partner with?

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Candid

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

As part of the agreement, both organizations will target financial institutions serving the needs of vulnerable populations and provide financial capital and training in support of the development of the education sector in the target markets.

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NonProfit Hub

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

Another example of a chatbot being used for good is in the WFP (World Food Program), which uses the chatbot in Haiti and Nigeria to ask people about the food security and prices in their communities. Yeshi provides emotional and visual ways of telling the nonprofit’s story and helping people understand the major challenges.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 3, 2017

Port Harcourt, Nigeria: Microsoft Office 365. Port Harcourt, Nigeria: Managing Data. First Term Solar Mobile Computer Training Meetup for Saint John Kaama Primary School. First Term Solar Mobile Computer Training Meetup for Kibiribiri Primary School. Saturday, April 22, 2017. Tuesday, April 25, 2017. Thursday, April 27, 2017.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

AUGUST 6, 2009

The Liberian TRC was also the first to collect statements from members of the diaspora community – in this case Liberians living in Ghana, Nigeria, the United States and Europe. That may sound comparable – except when one considers that South Africa’s population is nearly fourteen times larger than Liberia’s.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 20, 2007

Election observers across Nigeria will be using mobile phones to text officials if they spot irregularities during Saturday's election. Check out Greenlight Nigeria and Mobile Monitors. Freecharity.org.uk shows us how to screencast with Linux and other open source tools! Can cell phones ensure a free vote?

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Tech Soup

MARCH 29, 2016

Port Harcourt, Nigeria: Digital Storytelling. Abuja, Nigeria: A Well-Told Digital Story Is Powerful. Port Harcourt, Nigeria: Digital Story Maker. Abuja, Nigeria: A Well-Told Digital Story Is Powerful. Washington, DC: Workshop: Crafting Powerful Stories. Wednesday, April 27. Saturday, April 30. Storymakers Webinars.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 1, 2017

Port Harcourt, Nigeria: Creating Apps and Other Tech. Port Harcourt, Nigeria: Building the Capacity of Storymakers. Second Term 2017 Solar Mobile Computer Training Meetup for Saint John Kaama Primary. Saturday, August 19, 2017. Bunda, Tanzania: Microsoft Cloud Computing. Thursday, August 24, 2017. Friday, August 25, 2017.

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Media Cause

MARCH 15, 2021

Adichie captures life during Nigeria’s Biafran war through a series of love stories and human connections, all with the backdrop of a mass starvation campaign and what suffering was like during this civil war. Aside from all I feel that I learned from her writing, the storyline is irresistible and I could not put the book down!

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Non Profit Quarterly

AUGUST 25, 2022

Many of our users in emerging markets such as Nigeria have access to the internet sporadically,” Wilson says. “Companies were requesting their portfolios and they had nothing to show forth in a shareable, live, and public way.” Moreover, the global nature of Black SiS’ operations meant time zones became an issue.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

Port Harcourt, Nigeria: Learn How Your NGO Can Use Adobe Spark and Other Storytelling Tools. Ilorin, Nigeria: Recession: Reviving the Nation's Economy Through Technology. Bunda, Tanzania: Microsoft Cloud Computing. Thursday, September 28, 2017. Mukono, Uganda: Capacity-Building Training in Resource Mobilization for Organizations.

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Global Giving

APRIL 25, 2020

Featured Photo: Send 100 Girls to STEM Camp in Nigeria by Women's Technology Empowerment Centre (W.TEC). Is your nonprofit interested in using machine learning to grow your impact? Learn about DataRobot’s AI for Good program. LEARN MORE.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 13, 2005

Next year in Nigeria?). Meanwhile, people in the room where listening, blogging, or on the IRC as well as remote participants. Yes, one day was way too short and definitely small group interaction would also have been good, but there is next year! Jane Perrone, representing The Guardian, does a great job summarizing some of the conversation.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 4, 2016

Abuja, Nigeria: Office 365: Train-the-Trainer Workshop in Abuja. Port Harcourt, Nigeria: Shaping Port Harcourt for Social Change. Wednesday, January 6, 2016. Hamra, Lebanon: FREE Design Basics Workshop. Sunday, January 10, 2016. Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso: Monthly Meeting of Local Members. Tuesday, January 12, 2016.

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Have Fun - Do Good

AUGUST 15, 2007

Working with the Lift Above Poverty Organization in Nigeria, Beatrices requested a loan of $400 for her business though Kiva.org, which she will pay back monthly over an 8-month period. Since 2005, 27-year-old Beatrices Amoka has been running her Peace “o” Hairdressing Salon where she sells weavon, hair cream, and relaxer.

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fusionSpan

OCTOBER 25, 2023

I hail from Nigeria, where I spent my formative years. Outside of work, she cherishes moments with her family, and indulges in reading, watching movies, and exploring new destinations through travel. What is a fun fact about yourself that people might not know?

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AFP Blog

DECEMBER 3, 2014

In countries such as Brazil and Nigeria, with younger populations and solid smartphone penetration, two-thirds of respondents say they are continuously connected,” according to the report. And, as to be expected, the bulk of the Internet addiction comes from countries with younger populations with greater access to technology. “In

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ASU Lodestar Center

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

It is hard to express in one blog my entire week-long experience with nonprofit leaders from Japan, Syria, Uganda, Nigeria and different parts of the United States at the American Express Leadership Academy 2.0 at the Aspen Institute.

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