Tech Soup

JUNE 25, 2013

A couple weeks ago, I posted about an upcoming e-waste and refurbishment standards conference in South Africa that I was co-organizing. To identify industry leaders in Africa willing to be early adopters of international standards. I’ve already written about some of it in my post on How Digital Inclusion Is Done in Africa.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 18, 2013

I've just returned from organizing an electronics recycling conference in Cape Town, South Africa, where I met Dr. Hylton Villet, the chairman of MyDigitalBridge in Namibia. Namibia is a medium-sized country that borders South Africa. It's located on the southwest Atlantic coast of Africa.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

APRIL 10, 2009

But, I think Stevie Wonder is the top person in connections (example, when Stevie dedicated I Just Called to Say I Love You to Nelson Mandela while he was imprisoned, his music was banned in South Africa). I like their motto about submitting material: "Be nice. Don't steal. Tell the truth.".

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Saleforce Nonprofit

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

In the UK and South Africa, we support innovative programs using surfing to increase confidence and reduce anxiety among youth. Through Laureus’ Sport for Peace and Humanitarian Action Fund, we’ve partnered with organizations supporting young Ukrainian refugees in Poland, Romania, and elsewhere in Europe.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 2, 2011

The run, set to begin today, October 2, is a 250-kilometer journey through the Sahara Desert ending at the Pyramids of Giza for the purpose of raising money for South African nongovernmental organizations (NGOs). TechSoup's partner in South Africa SANGONeT , that like TechSoup was founded in 1987, organized the No Pain No Gain fundraiser.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 22, 2015

David Barnard has completed six of these grueling races: The Kalahari Desert in Botswana and South Africa (its name is derived from a Tswana word meaning "the great thirst"). David lives in Johannesburg, South Africa and describes himself as a keen sportsman, but strangely doesn't think of himself as a runner.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

APRIL 4, 2010

Next year it will be in South Africa. This year's Summit is being held in conjunction with the Social Enterprise World Forum, which was in Australia last year and Scotland the year before that. This Summit will be my swan song in a leadership role at the Alliance.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 16, 2011

This year’s No Pain No Gain campaign aims to expand key SANGONeT services to support nonprofit organizations in South Africa. In addition to financial donations, they hope to raise awareness and support for other nonprofits at the forefront of development and community in South Africa.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

OCTOBER 10, 2022

For example, in the Eastern Cape of South Africa, the landscape resembles what many people consider a typical African savanna, with a few trees every hundred meters or so and brown grasslands in between. Often, we don’t invest in nature restoration or conservation because we don’t know what large-scale restoration would look like.

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Judi Sohn

MARCH 31, 2009

Eric spent 2 weeks in South Africa, then we went right in to Call-on Congress, C3 ’s annual grassroots training and lobby day. Isn’t it sad that I only blog here to introduce March and then now, to close it out? What a month. Laini’s Bat Mitzvah is in a month.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 4, 2010

This well-attended session featured eleven scientists who are dedicated to embedding scientific and technological awareness, capacity, innovation and application in the culture, commerce and aspirations of every African society. read more.

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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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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 12, 2019

I was very fortunate that in October 2004 in South Africa, there was a meeting of social change market places that was convened, and I met Buzz Schmidt, Founder of GuideStar. We want to have the entire population of non-profit organizations on an online system.

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NTEN

APRIL 18, 2014

Julia was paired with another "interviewer," who was a woman transitioning from an IT background into nonprofit program delivery, and together they interviewed a former professor from South Africa who was trying to get more involved in curriculum design and research in the U.S.

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AFP Blog

JANUARY 18, 2013

For Africa, Entrepreneurship is the Way | Skoll World Forum : n South Africa, new mobile technology strategies are being used to educate the youth and to promote entrepreneurship.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

He started his career at a digital solutions start-up in South Africa, and for the past 4 years, he’s been part of the WFP technology team. Casper has 12 years of experience in managing scalable digital solutions in developing countries.

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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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AUGUST 9, 2021

Areas served: US, India, South Africa. This foundation invests in closing these opportunity gaps so all students can pursue a quality education, providing a pathway to prosperity for them and their families. The Kresge Foundation.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 30, 2010

And then, we dashed off to get some fondue, dress up for the big South Africa party, and stay out ‘til 2 listening to great music and talking shop (just a little). The newbies were a bit stunned by Davos, and were like kids in a candy store talking about the contacts they had made that would advance their work.

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ASU Lodestar Center

NOVEMBER 15, 2011

Nelson Mandela spent four-plus decades as an activist and freedom fighter and 27 years in prison because the demeaning National Party policy of apartheid in South Africa impeded black South Africans’ ability to live with human dignity. Out of that anguish was born the long struggle of the birth control movement.

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ASU Lodestar Center

AUGUST 14, 2013

Nelson Mandela: A South African anti-apartheid. revolutionary and politician who served as President of South Africa. from 1994 to 1999, Mandela was the first black South African to hold the office, and the first elected in a fully representative, multiracial. Hated by Winston Churchill and others, he was imprisoned.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 18, 2012

Also, developing countries like Egypt, South Africa, Mexico/Latin America, and India report plans to move to the cloud faster than everywhere else. We received a lot of surprising findings like the fact that more than half of respondents worldwide indicated they would be moving to the cloud within two to three years.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 10, 2010

Representatives from Connecting Up Australia , Frontier Foundation (Taiwan), Hong Kong Council of Social Service , NASSCOM Foundation (India), and NGO Pulse (South Africa) were in attendance. It's great to spend time with partners and learn more about the work they're doing and challenges they face.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

Mahikeng, South Africa: Rural Tech Empowerment. Mahikeng, South Africa: Technology for Rural Development. Kakamega, Kenya: Stand for Sharing Your Story — NetSquared Kakamega. Maseno, Kenya: Storymakers 2017 NetSquared Siaya. Saturday, September 9, 2017. Bunda, Tanzania: Microsoft Cloud Computing.

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 2, 2010

A group of us touring, studying, and volunteering in Cape Town, South Africa Seriously! You can find her on twitter @ajlovesya , on facebook , or visit her at allisonj.org Allison Jones, Millennial Leader: How I Have Fun, Do Good How do I have fun and do good? I invite people along for the ride.

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sgEngage

MAY 6, 2021

1980s – The concept of ESG continues to accelerate, especially around actions taken by the United States Government in the “Comprehensive Anti-Apartheid Act”, which outlawed any additional investment in South Africa. . Read more about the history of Earth Day here. . .

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Judi Sohn

APRIL 3, 2009

Eric spent 2 weeks in March on an assignment in South Africa. March is our crazy month, and this year was no exception. Call-on Congress was hugely successful this year, and we’re just doing more (but still with less). With everything else and a puppy that still wants lots of attention, I about lost my mind.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 1, 2013

For example, basic SMS and telephone messaging are being used to educate students in remote areas of Pakistan, to control the spread of HIV/AIDS in South Africa, and to raise funds for East African drought relief. The Difference Technology Makes.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

Their meeting featured a special conversation via Skype with girls in South Africa as part of the Girl Up Campaign’s emphasis on uniting girls around the world. These philanthroteens lead workshops on advocacy, communications and learned about their peers in developing countries.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 10, 2009

Its fun to look at the petition and see people signed up from Djibouti to Brazil There is a cell phone component to the campaign that has caused it to really take off in South Africa. Check it out, [link]. . . . Stephanie McAuliffe is the Director of Human Resources at the Packard Foundation.

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 21, 2007

December 25th, 9 PM EST, Frontline/World will be re-broadcasting four "do good" stories about Kiva in Uganda, PlayPumps in South Africa, the Frederic Chopin International Piano Competition in Poland, and Juan Quezada and Mata Ortiz pottery in Mexico.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 11, 2011

When Cancer Council SA (that’s South Australia, not South Africa) started the Ambassador Project as an experiment in revitalizing volunteerism and community fundraising , jumping in to the social media pond was not even on the agenda. Wading into the social media pond … one step at a time guest post by Matt Sarre.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 27, 2007

Moving on to dinner, I sat next to Garth Japhet of Soul City in South Africa, a doctor/social entrepreneur who leads an organization that uses media to influence behavior that affects HIV/AIDS. He gave me the direct advice of a social entrepreneur in the middle of marketing his first book: immensely useful.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 7, 2006

It was created by Roy Blumenthal , an artist who lives in South Africa with many talents! By Roy Blumenthal. This is my pay it forward portrait. I met Roy via the portrait he did for Dave Wallace's web site and communicated via flickr.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 14, 2009

He finds that currently in places like South Africa, "you can buy an A-brand refurbished desktop with a faster processor (1 GHz), bigger screen (15inch+) and larger hard drive (20GB) than a new netbook, for under US $100.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 15, 2017

Abby Elsener is currently the Assistant Director of Development for Health at ASU, and has spent the majority of her career working for community-based nonprofits and social enterprises in Cape Town, South Africa, Washington, D.C., and Phoenix, Arizona. She is a volunteer on the Young Professionals Council of UMOM New Day Centers.

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Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 17, 2008

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, the Honorable President of Liberia, as well as women leaders from Colombia, South Africa, Malaysia, Liberia, Bosnia/Herzogovina and Egypt will be honored at the event. Ann Curry, News Anchor for The Today Show , and Co-Anchor of Dateline NBC will emcee.

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