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ViewChange Video of the Week: World Water Day and Drip Technology
Water issues are top of mind today, which is World Water Day. Modern agriculture tends to focus on helping farmers with large fields (and more money to spend). But an innovative, inexpensive drip irrigation systems, developed with investment from the Acumen Fund, are helping smallholder farmers in India dramatically increase crop yields.
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- Agriculture, Technology
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Technology for the People: Notes from the ONE Africa Symposium
The first-ever ONE Africa Symposium in Johannesburg, South Africa was designed to highlight novel technology and innovations unleashing Africa’s economic potential and promoting sustainable development. The 300 attendees were a cross-section of innovators, policymakers, students and academics. Two innovators: Sproxil and Transparent Aid, stood out.
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- Environment, Technology
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Piramal eSwasthya (Part 2): Building Acceptance for Mobile Health
"The world’s most radical yet simplest healthcare delivery model for the BoP, (with the) largest number of patients treated through remote diagnosis - Piramal eSwasthya becomes synonymous with the word telemedicine." That’s the headline the head of Piramal eSwasthya wants to see in 2020. In part two of our interview, he explains achieving it.
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- Health Care, Technology
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Booting Up Tanzania With Help From Google
When Joshua Stern, a graduate of Stanford with a degree in computer science, served in the Peace Corps in Tanzania from 2006 to 2007, one thing soon became clear. "The major takeaway there," he tells Fast Company , "was that the best development work being done was being done by these local groups, community-based organizations." The small groups were often the most effective--yet they had no web presence, no effective way to communicate with other small NGOs or to raise f...
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- Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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NextThought Monday: Friending Egypt, the True Value of Social Media
Blotted out in Egypt as an organizing tool by demonstrators and singled out at Davos for its social innovation prowess, Facebook was at the apex of two worlds last week. The uprising shows how quickly social media can fuel protests while exposing income inequality. But social media’s ability to build new enterprises is just finding its footing.
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- Technology
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Brazil’s Flourishing ’LAN’ Houses Supplying More Than Internet Connections
Brazil hosts over 100,000 publicly sponsored Internet access centers, or LAN (Local Area Network) Houses. The phenomenon started in affluent areas of S?o Paulo in the 1990s and now extend into poor isolated regions. These centers represent to 45% of all Internet access in Brazil, and connect 30 million Brazilians, mainly in low-income communities.
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- Technology, Telecommunications
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33Needs Turning Ideas into Action
Securities law prevents investment in companies not listed with the SEC, creating a barrier for small and medium-sized businesses from funding. Josh Tetrick decided to literally redefine that negative and turn it into a positive by forming 33Needs, a startup crowd-funding website focused on social entrepreneurs.
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- Environment, Impact Assessment, Technology
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NextThought (Tuesday): Meeting Customers in the Middle and Other HBR Insights
This month’s Harvard Business Review ambitiously re-calibrates the dialogue on corporate social responsibility and the true meaning of shared value in rebuilding capitalism?s sullied reputation following the financial crisis. The HBR authors also implore established companies to "take a page from startups" by treating each emerging market as new.
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