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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

SocialCoding4Good We are very excited about our SocialCoding4Good project, one of our Benetech Labs initiatives, which is working to increase the engagement of the technology sector with social good initiatives beyond just the scope of our own programs. 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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Women Bloggers in Africa Celebrate International Women's Day

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Nancy White posted about the Blog Mentoring in Africa project , run by Ore Somolu and Sokari Ekine that she found from reading Joitske's blog. One of the posts/blogs that caught my eye was Sokwanele - This is Zimbabwe and their celebration of the women of Zimbabwa through WOZA (Women of Zimbabwe Arise).

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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

Will Coley , Aquifer Media , designs social campaigns and digital storytelling for groups such as ACLU, the Freedom from Fear awards, Rights Working Group, and Public Interest Projects. 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. Build a school in Zimbabwe. They want that personal connection to a specific project or outcome.