Projects in Africa
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Samasource
Creating job opportunities, Innovate to help developing societies
Samasource is a nonprofit organization that brings dignified, computer-based work opportunities to people living in poverty around the world. The organization’s mission is based on the belief that poverty can be alleviated by tapping into the brainpower of the poor and empowering them as producers … Read more
ColaLife
Creating and innovating, Innovate to help developing societies
Coca-Cola gets everywhere, yet essential medicines are hard to get in rural developing world communities; African public sectors struggle. Diarrhoea kills 1.5 million children every year: more than AIDS, malaria and measles combined. Over 70% in Africa go without Oral Rehydration Salts (ORS)/zinc. WHO recommend … Read more
Twaweza
Communication and media, Use independent sources of information
Twaweza means “we can make it happen” in Swahili. It is a citizen-centered initiative, focusing on large-scale change in East Africa. Twaweza believes that lasting change requires bottom-up action and that action needs access to information. Twaweza works to provide practical information to everyone, to … Read more
Sustainable and Responsible Tourism in Africa
Maximize your free time, Participate in sustainable and responsible tourism
The initiative “Sustainable and Responsible Tourism in Africa” aims to contribute to economic and social development of Africa and Latin America by supporting local entrepreneurs, especially women, and promote a sustainable tourism. To assure a positive impact on the development in different regions in Africa, … Read more
CrowdVoice
Communication and media, Connect to the world
CrowdVoice is a Middle Eastern platform that brings together the global community with the topics they care about and want to follow. CrowdVoice is a user-powered service that tracks voices of protest from around the world by crowdsourcing information – the submitted information is chosen … Read more
Radio Okapi
Communication and media, Use independent sources of information
The award-winning Radio Okapi is a radio network that operates in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and was created by the United Nations Missions in the Democratic Republic of Congo and the Swiss NGO Foundation Hirondelle. Apart from national and international news, the broadcasts … Read more
Zeri – Pulp to Protein
Producing, Re-use natural resources and waste
If you produce coffee, you will have coffee pulp as a by-product. Pure waste? No, the “Pulp to Protein” – Campaign from the Zeri-Foundation in cooperation with Professor S.T. Chang and Carmenza Jaramillo Lopez, discovered that coffee pulp waste was an ideal catalyst for farming … Read more
The African Institute for Mathematical Sciences
Education, Investing in education
The goal of the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences is to empower talented young people to contribute Africa’s Development. It is a centre for education and research in Cape Town, South Africa. It brings together bright students from all over the country and excellent teachers … Read more
Fahamu
Communication and media, Use independent sources of information
Fahamu publishes a weekly, open-access, pan-African email and online newsletter with English, French and Portuguese articles and news. It is produced by a pan-African community of over 1,000 citizens – academics, social activists, women’s organizations, writers, artists, poets, bloggers, and commentators. It is a forum … Read more
Kickstart
Saving and investing money, Invest in people and their projects
KickStart’s mission is to help millions of people out of poverty. They promote sustainable economic growth and employment creation in Kenya and other countries. They develop and promote technologies (like a pump or oil press) that can be used by local entrepreneurs to establish and … Read more
