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After raising $4 million, Emtech supports central banks across Africa, the Caribbean to deploy regulatory sandboxes

TechCrunch

The office is mandated to introduce policies that “promote fintech, innovation and interoperability” in the country. Already, CBDCs are taking off in Africa, with Zambia and Kenya being the latest countries to test their viability. But how does Emtech navigate the bureaucratic environment that most central banks work in? “We

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mPharma, a telehealth pioneer out of Ghana, gets physical with 100 virtual centers across Africa

TechCrunch

Patients in Ghana, Nigeria, Kenya, Zambia, Malawi, Rwanda, and Ethiopia, where mPharma has a presence, are set to benefit from the virtual consultations. Telemedicine is envisaged to bridge this gap and inspire partnerships and birth more startups like Bima, that provide other range of services including health insurance policies.

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Meet Your Local NetSquared Organizer at #17NTC

Tech Soup

Governance Matters: Create a More Powerful Board Through Policy Governance. Lusaka, Zambia: Website Building and Designing Using WordPress for Nonprofits. Lusaka, Zambia: Social Media Surgery. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: Bagels & Bytes — Allegheny. Thursday, March 2, 2017. Seattle, Washington. Saturday, March 4, 2017.

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Is There a Community of #Tech4Good Activists Waiting for You?

Tech Soup

Governance Matters: Create a More Powerful Board Through Policy Governance. Lusaka, Zambia: Website Building and Designing Using WordPress for Nonprofits. Lusaka, Zambia: Social Media Surgery. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: Bagels & Bytes — Allegheny. Thursday, March 2, 2017. Seattle, Washington. Friday, March 3, 2017.

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

Saleforce Nonprofit

He has been on field missions to co-create solutions with governments and implementing partners in Zambia, Mozambique, Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, Nigeria, and Bangladesh. She has worked across multiple low and middle-income countries in both policy and research capacities. Dun-Ying Vicki Yu. Senior Consultant, Slalom. Molly Emmett.

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[VIDEO] Raise More Money And Improve Donors Relationships Through Personal Branding

Bloomerang

you can have amazing videos or streaming where you take them and show them your programming if you’re over in Zambia, or wherever you might be. There’s kind of a, maybe policy is too strong a word, but everybody’s aligned on, you know, how the organization is described, you know, because it’s one thing.

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Empowering Refugees: Interview with Kjerstin Erickson of FORGE

Have Fun - Do Good

Erickson founded FORGE (Facilitating Opportunities for Refugee Growth and Empowerment) in 2003 when she was a 20 year-old junior studying public policy at Stanford University. His idea is that he wants to recreate, in reverse, the walk that he made from Sudan all the way through Congo and into Zambia. He ran into Congo.