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  • A woman-led initiative grooming STEM passion in Nigeria's north

    August 17, 2023 |

    Prime Progress |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Gombe

    Bloom Innovations or Bloom4STEM aims to inspire youth — particularly girls aged six to 15 — to pursue STEM education and careers to combat the shortage of female tech professionals in the area. Bloom4STEM visits local schools to introduce coding to students and teach them about web development, robotics and mobile app creation and also hosts mentoring sessions to help foster collaboration and personal and educational growth.

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  • Teachers in Denmark are using apps to audit their students' moods

    April 17, 2023 |

    MIT Technology Review |

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    Response Location: Denmark, Copenhagen

    The web-app Woof helps teachers keep an eye on the mental health and well-being of students by frequently surveying students on how they’re feeling to generate a “mood landscape,” which is intended to provide a comprehensive image of child welfare in a classroom over time. Teachers can then review the reports and provide interventions as needed. Woof launched in the fall of 2022 and has been implemented in more than 600 schools across the country.

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  • SafiriSalama.com is helping Kenyans to digitally plan and manage funerals

    March 02, 2023 |

    Benjamindada.com |

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    Response Location: Kenya

    SafiriSalama.com is a funeral-tech startup that provides people with a way to memorialize their loved ones online, as well as connect with professionals in the funeral industry. Since the website’s beta launch in November 2022, it has seen over 67,000 visitors and more than 478 tributes and 2,000 memorial pictures have been shared to the site.

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  • How ‘Match.com for roommates' could save seniors from homelessness

    June 29, 2022 |

    Experience Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States, Portland, Oregon

    The nonprofit Home Share Oregon and Silvernest, a platform similar to Match.com, aim to match those at risk for homelessness with homeowners who have room to spare. These programs provide monetary incentives and an opportunity to build relationships, all while combatting inflation and high rent costs. Since launching in 2021, the initiative has successfully linked 250 pairs of renters and homeowners through compatibility matching.

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  • Can Remote Court Services Help to Improve Digital Equity?

    January 07, 2022 |

    Governing |

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    Response Location: United States, Utah

    Technology has allowed courts across the country to maintain - and even expand, -services during COVID-19. In Utah, courts held remote hearings and used Doodle to schedule hearings and request interpreters. The virtual schedules filled up fast and, in some cases, officials had to bring laptops and tablets to people who lacked access to technology. Spreading the word in unique ways, including social media, and setting up mobile courts addressed some access issues, particularly among people experiencing homelessness.

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  • House hunting apps giving agents a run for their money

    September 16, 2021 |

    The Standard |

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    Response Location: Kenya, Nairobi

    xPodd is a real-time service that connects tenants to landlords whose listings match their specifications. The app helps prospective tenants navigate Nairobi’s competitive and fast-moving real estate market. Tenants fill out detailed specifications about what they are looking for and xPodd aims to connect them with at least three matching landlords for a small fee. Once matched, they get photos of the houses, their respective GPS locations, and contact information for the landlord. They also receive a number for a xPodd official who can go with prospective tenants to complete the deal.

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  • Local Platforms for Online Food Delivery Are Eating the Big Guys' Lunch

    June 15, 2021 |

    Next City |

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    Response Location: United States, Lexington, Kentucky

    Locally owned restaurant delivery platforms charge lower commissions than national giants like GrubHub, allow customers to order food on smart-phone apps, and have found ways to be profitable while also keeping money in local economies. While platforms differ by locale, cooperative models are increasingly popular. For example, Delivery Co-op in Lexington, KY provides customers with unlimited deliveries for a monthly fee, charges participating restaurants a flat monthly fee, and pays drivers a base salary plus tips, with benefits kicking after three months of full-time work and profit-sharing after one year.

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  • Food waste is heating up the planet. Is dumpster-diving by app a solution?

    May 25, 2021 |

    Grist |

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    Response Location: United States, Seattle, Washington

    The app Too Good to Go helps restaurants and other shops prevent food waste by selling their extra food to people for a cheaper price. So far, more than 700,000 people in the United States have downloaded the app and the company estimates that, on average, each meal sold halts 2.2 pounds of food from ending up in the garbage, which ends up reducing carbon emissions. There are challenges to widespread implementation, but the app has launched in New York City, Boston, San Francisco, and Seattle.

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  • The Clubhouse Room Where Israelis and Palestinians Are Actually Talking

    May 21, 2021 |

    Slate |

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    Response Location: Palestine

    “Meet Palestinians and Israelis” is an online chat room on the Clubhouse app that encourages honest and vulnerable conversations that aim to humanize one another. Eighteen moderators, mostly young Israelis and Palestinians, ensure that the audio-only conversations don’t relitigate history or compare suffering, but instead share personal stories and ask questions to understand different perspectives. The moderators work in shifts to maintain the discussions and answer questions, with the non-Palestinian and non-Israeli moderators acting as third-party neutrals, settling down conversations when needed.

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  • How Kenya turned the tide against ivory poachers

    April 27, 2021 |

    Financial Times |

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    Response Location: Kenya, Nanyuki

    More and more park rangers, judges, prosecutors, and wildlife investigators are working together to stop poaching in Kenya. Through training and a new app that allows all parties to track wild animals in a protected conservation area, the number of poaching cases has decreased from 449 creatures killed illegally in 2021 to 93 in 2018. The number of court cases have also decreased in recent years.

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