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8 Ways Nonprofits Can Help P2P Fundraisers Meet & Exceed Their Goals

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Essentially, they noticed that mortality rates were decreasing for all age groups except adolescents, particularly in Eastern/Southern Africa. They decided to use soccer to teach adolescents, primarily girls, about the dangers of HIV, how to protect themselves from STIs and sexual abuse, and how to build confidence beyond their teenage years!

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Tunisian edtech startup GOMYCODE raises $8M to expand across Africa and the Middle East

TechCrunch

The startup hopes that the Series A funding will drive its presence in 12 countries, including South Africa, Kenya, Ghana and Saudi Arabia. Image Credits: By 2030, it is predicted that the number of youths — people between the ages of 15 and 24 — in Africa will increase by 42%, according to the UN.

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African edtech startup uLesson raises $15M, backed by Nielsen Ventures and Tencent

TechCrunch

Shagaya said uLesson is making efforts to introduce the feature — which started as an experiment in teaching kids how to code and at some point made 30% of the company’s revenues — into the uLesson platform by January next year. DevKids has since been rolled back, though.

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500 Global, GIZ establish bootcamp for accelerators in Africa to help them define sustainable business models

TechCrunch

The program, dubbed Bootcamp for Accelerator Managers (BAM), will use project-based teaching and real-world scenarios informed by 500 Global’s work running over 80 accelerator programs across the globe, and GIZ’s Make-IT in Africa experience in igniting innovation on the continent.

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Schwab Social Entrepreneurs Summit 2007

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Schwab Foundation board members Paolo Coehlo (the noted Brazilian author), Zanelle Mbeki (first lady of South Africa) and Hilde Schwab, the co-founder of the Schwab Foundation. On Monday we were joined by a dazzling array of global leaders who are interested in social entrepreneurship. Roger Martin, dean of the U.

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Bolt raises $182M to expand its on-demand transportation network in Europe and Africa

TechCrunch

France, South Africa and Nigeria. Its current list of biggest markets reflects that mix: Villig said they were the U.K.,

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What's NetSquared Up to in May?

Tech Soup

Johannesburg, South Africa. Puzzle through the The Future of Education: Learning, Teaching, and Technology with video from Burlington, VT. Johannesburg, South Africa: Open Data for Nonprofits - an Introduction. Number of countries with active groups: 20. Number of NetSquared meetup members: 17,590. New Groups.