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Kenyan entrepreneurs help youth thrive in Africa’s emerging ‘Silicon Valley’
Africa has recently been a launchpad for new technology developments. But as progress is being made, advancement for African women in the industry is still lacking. Judith Owigar, 32, saw this firsthand and decided to help other young women have a chance.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Press release: MetLife Foundation & Verb Launch Competition To Accelerate Financial Innovation In Bangladesh
The Bangladesh competition will attract participants that have innovative ideas or solutions to empower the over 75 million Bangladeshis that manage their day-to-day financial lives without a bank account. MetLife associates will serve as mentors and judges for the competition, contributing hundreds of volunteer hours.
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- South Asia
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Google announces $1b commitment to tech education
The search giant said $10 million of the $1 billion commitment will be provided to Goodwill, a workforce development non-profit, to launch the Goodwill Digital Career Accelerator. It is the largest grant Google.org has awarded to a single organization, the company noted.
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- Education, Technology
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- North America
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British Council: US Social Enterprises Make Strides but Lag on Gender Equity
The report, done in cooperation with the US-based Social Enterprise Alliance, is titled “From an Activist to Entrepreneur: The role of social enterprise in supporting women’s empowerment in the US,” and is meant to be the first in a series of country studies.
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- Entrepreneurship
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- North America
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This New Tool Helps Social Entrepreneurs Pick The Right Accelerator For Them
If you work on food security or clean water or pollution prevention–or on one of more than 30 other issue areas–the tool narrows a list of 750 accelerators to those that are most relevant. The tool also filters by the location a startup aims to help, the type of business or nonprofit, the type of help the accelerator can provide, and the stage of the enterprise, from an idea to a business with strong revenue.
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Microsoft launches Technology for Social Impact group, pledges to help 300k nonprofits move to the cloud
“This new team will build the kind of robust ecosystem that today works so well for businesses, to help nonprofits move to the cloud and provide the support they need,” Microsoft Philanthropies GM Justin Spelhaug said in a blog post announcing the news.
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- Technology
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How Nonprofits Can Make The Super Rich Work For Them
A recent report about the values and giving practices of high and ultra-high net worth adults–people with at least $1 million in liquid financial assets–by U.S. Trust, Bank of America’s private wealth management group, provides some answers.
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- Investing
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- North America
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What the inaugural Global Trends in Giving Report tells us about donors worldwide
Nonprofit Tech for Good has published its inaugural 2017 Global Trends in Giving Report, which aims to provide a better understanding of donors worldwide and their giving habits and preferences.
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