The NonProfit Times

OCTOBER 10, 2024

She also founded a nonprofit supporting coffee-growing communities in Rwanda. Before launching Infinite Giving in Atlanta, Georgia in 2021, Houghton was the vice president of the Atlanta Tech Village, a venture partner with Atlanta Ventures.

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The Next Web

OCTOBER 15, 2012

Our winner in Rwanda Zilencio Creativo is a Kickstarter clone; When asked why the founders built a clone they told us they were unable to put a project on Kickstarter as the legalities state it’s for USA users only. Everything you share is then added to your profile, which serves as a virtual reflection of the things you love.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 9, 2008

" So, when she emailed me about her plans to raise money to visit Rwanda for this project , I made a contribution and circulated her request. Jen Lemen will visit Grace (12) and Lillian (9), the daughters of Odette Umurerwa, a genocide survivor from Rwanda currently living in the United States. Here's a summary of her plan.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MAY 27, 2012

They are already active in Africa and Latin America, in countries like Uganda, Rwanda, Liberia, El Salvador, Mexico, Guatemala and Nicaragua. The founding team includes leaders from each of the first three Gold Standard clean cookstove projects (and these projects delivered more than half a million stoves). The economics are compelling.

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The Next Web

MAY 23, 2013

Before founding The Muse, Kathryn worked on vaccine introduction in Rwanda and Malawi with the Clinton Health Access Initiative and previously at the management consultancy McKinsey & Company. She was recently listed in Forbes’ 30 Under 30 in Media for the second year in a row and Inc.’s s 15 Women to Watch in Tech.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 3, 2012

Note from Beth: By the time you are reading, I’ll probably have been on a jet plane for far longer than I want to be and maybe have landed in Rwanda. Once I recover from the journey, expect read reports about the Networked NGO in Rwanda and use of social media to support Women’s Rights organizations.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 16, 2012

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. They were very excited to see the Minister of Health in Rwanda on Twitter. I had them view other profiles and share what struck them.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 25, 2021

There, she started Kilimo Salama , as a micro-insurance program for more than 200,000 farmers in Kenya and Rwanda. They include Senegal, Ghana, Mali, Nigeria, Ethiopia, Madagascar, Tanzania, Kenya, Rwanda, Uganda, Zambia, Malawi and Mozambique. million farmers.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 29, 2014

That was the logic Lauren Bush Lauren articulated in a 2013 interview about FEED, a for-profit entity she founded that creates simple, eco-friendly tote bags whose price covers the cost of donating school meals to children in Rwanda via the UN World Food Program” What Solutions Are Hiding In Our PDFS? :

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The Verge

MARCH 9, 2021

Deliveries were made by US firm Zipline, which started couriering blood and drugs in Rwanda in 2016. This month, COVID-19 vaccines were delivered by drone for the first time in the West African nation, allowing the medicine to reach remote areas underserved by traditional logistics.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 16, 2022

And what started in Kenya soon scaled into neighboring East African markets Tanzania, Rwanda and Uganda in 2018. Wasoko allows retailers from Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, Uganda, Ivory Coast and Senegal to order products from suppliers via SMS or its mobile app for same-day delivery to their stores and shops via a network of logistics drivers.

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TechCrunch

MAY 4, 2022

These countries include Nigeria, Kenya, Ghana, South Africa, Rwanda, Senegal, Togo, Tanzania, Ivory Coast, Egypt, Mauritius and Burkina Faso. According to Norebase, companies that use its platform can be incorporated in any African country within “a few minutes” and expand to new locations in a week.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 14, 2012

Note from Beth: I’m just finishing up an intensive training here in Rwanda. Note from Beth: I’m just finishing up an intensive training here in Rwanda.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Ghana, Nigeria, Kenya, Zambia, Malawi and Rwanda are the other markets the tech startup has operations in. Meru Group, a gas station operator in Rwanda, last November to establish pharmacy branches within its outlets. Today, Rwanda is a very promising market for us,” he said. The firm also partnered with Mt.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 30, 2021

Zipline made a name for itself first in Rwanda and then in Ghana, where it delivered blood, vaccines, life-saving medications and other essential supplies using autonomous electric drones. This latest round has vaulted the company’s valuation to $2.75

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

Rounding up the top five was Ghana with $111 million, displacing Rwanda which was fifth in Partech’s 2019 list. He adds the likes of Tunisia, Morocco, Rwanda as second-tier countries quickly entering global investors’ radar and building more sophisticated ecosystems. Funding raised by Kenyan startups reached $191.4

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TechCrunch

MARCH 18, 2022

The startup’s team mainly operates from Kigali, Rwanda, one of the well-known tech hubs in Africa. “We are working with large companies because they are effectively a self-contained marketplace, they have already worked with many lawyers and law firms,” said Heitkamp, who co-founded the startup with Sean West and Arun Shanmuganathan.

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

In 2016, it launched the first national drone delivery system in the world to deliver blood to patients in remote areas of Rwanda. And this year wasn’t the first time Zipline’s drones have been used for medical supply deliveries. The partnership with Walmart is the first step toward potential national-scale operations across the US.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 5, 2021

The startup has today announced entry of RejaReja, the B2B retail marketplace, into Ethiopia, Ghana, Tanzania, Rwanda and Uganda, after successful pilot programs, coming about two months after it grew beyond Kenya by launching in Nigeria.

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The Verge

DECEMBER 21, 2020

The Guardian reports that the software has allegedly been used to target journalists in Morocco, as well as political dissidents from Rwanda and Spanish politicians. This is not the first time allegations have emerged that spyware from NSO Group has been used to target journalists.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 30, 2022

Access to finance remains a key growth constraint for small businesses, with data showing a $330 billion financing deficit for the small enterprises that make up 90% of Africa’s businesses.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 27, 2022

to Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda and Ghana. The chief executive also said NALA, currently present in Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Ghana and South Africa, plans to be live in 12 African countries by the end of the year, including Nigeria. Whether that’ll happen remains to be seen. The platform allows payments from the U.K.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 8, 2022

The Sudanese- and San Fransisco-based startup plans to expand across the Anglo East African region like Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Zambia and ammunition coming from an imminent seed round will oversee that process.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 25, 2014

The second most conversational leader is Rwanda’s President @PaulKagame who often gets into memorable Twitter exchanges with his critics. Ugandan Prime Minister @AmamaMbabazi is the most conversational world leader with 95 percent of his tweets being @replies to other Twitter users. You can view the full results of the study here.

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The Verge

MAY 26, 2020

In 2016, the drone logistics company started delivering blood in Rwanda in what was, at the time, the first national drone delivery system. Although this is a US first for Zipline, this is not the first time the company’s drones have been used to deliver medical supplies globally. In 2019, it expanded operations to Ghana.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

The organization is working with eight insurance regulators including those of Ghana, Malawi, Nigeria, Rwanda and Tanzania to build an environment that bolsters insurtech innovation across the continent. “It

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The Modern Nonprofit

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Do you help feed thousands of people in Rwanda? This guide will help you write a winning nonprofit crowdfunding story that’ll help you raise enough funds for your organization. What problem will you solve? Or perhaps your organization saves exotic animals from becoming extinct.

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The Modern Nonprofit

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

September Campaign 2012 Trailer: Rwanda from charity: water on Vimeo. See below for an example of concise, effective storytelling, with good pacing and music that appropriately illustrates the content of the video: Video by charity:water. Share your video! Post it on your social media networks.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 1, 2012

An organization dedicated to “never again” a genocide — such as those in Europe, Cambodia, Rwanda, Bosnia, and Darfur — must raise awareness and advocate with as much energy as it raises money. All departments of the organization need to know what the other departments are doing.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Its services are used across seven African countries — Ghana, Uganda, Nigeria, Tanzania, Rwanda, South Africa and Kenya. CEO Ham Serunjogi founded Chipper Cash with Maijid Moujaled in 2018 to offer a no-fee peer-to-peer cross-border payment service in Africa via its app. The company began making strides outside the continent last year.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

MarketForce, which was launched in Uganda, Tanzania and Rwanda last year after growing beyond Kenya and Nigeria , plans to introduce buy-now-pay-later (BNPL) options to help merchants access fast-moving-consumer-goods (FMCGs) on credit.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 2, 2012

Note from Beth: By the time you read this post, I’ll be in the air enroute to Rwanda for a training project. Photo by WhiteAfrican. As a parent of wired kids, I think teaching digital literacy is very important for parents to do. Here’s some great advice from my colleagues at CommonSense Media.

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TechCrunch

MAY 3, 2022

All the aforementioned startups are founded in Kenya, but others from Ethiopia and Somalia will be supported during the pilot phase, with plans to scale to five more countries including Rwanda, Tanzania and Zimbabwe over the next one year. Fintechs in Africa continue to overshadow all other startups in funding gained.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 19, 2021

When Andela launched in 2014, it built hubs in Nigeria, Kenya, Rwanda and Uganda to source, vet and train engineers to be part of remote teams for international companies. Then Uganda, Rwanda,” CEO Jeremy Johnson told TechCrunch. It also tested satellite models in Egypt and Ghana as substitutes to physical hubs. Then Kenya.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 4, 2011

At SFAI, Christy wrote her MA Thesis on Alfredo Jaar's The Rwanda Project, looking specifically at the impact of photographic representations of Africa in the American media. Christy helped found the San Francisco-based digital photography publication, Once Magazine.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 28, 2013

Charity:Water used it for its Rwanda Campaign. Some nonprofits are experimenting with a group of tools called “Amplifiers” that allow you sign up your fans and friends to tweet all together at the start of the event. One of the more popular with nonprofits is ThunderClap.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 13, 2022

fintech with operations in Uganda, Rwanda, Mozambique, Tanzania and Kenya. Before Umba, Kennedy was the CTO of PearUp, a dating app, and led the engineering team at IoT firm Canary. O’Mahony, on the other hand , was the former head of operations for Tola Mobile, a U.K.

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