Two years ago we announced our first partnership with Omidyar Network, where they put $1.4m towards Ushahidi over the next 2.5 years. What most people don’t realize about ON, is just how much they bring to the table beyond funding, including strategic advice, human capital help, leadership training and network connections.
Mobile Money use has spread rapidly in developing countries with a significant impact on financial inclusion and the lives of people in these countries. This has created a need to explore ways to further scale Mobile Money.
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The winner of the IPO48 Nairobi 2011 is Tusqee Systems.
Their idea to revolutionize the way more than 35,000 primary & secondary schools in Kenya interact with parents by providing them with cheap, simple and interactive tools that not only let parents query [...]
From Left to Right: Kikki Nordin, Regional Team Leader, Environment and Economic Development (REED),Sida; Claes Kjellström, representative of the Swedish International Development Agency (SIDA) at the Embassy of Sweden in Nairobi; Björn Häggmark, Minister, Deputy Head of Mission, Embassy of Sweden. (photo credit: ILRI/Nairobi).
A new programme that provides grants to bioscientists working to improve food production and environmental management in eastern Africa was launched Wednesday at the Nairobi headquarters of the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI).
The newly established Bioresources Innovation Network for Eastern Africa Development (Bio-Innovate) Programme—the first of its kind in Africa—provides competitive grants to African [...]
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