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Technology, Entrepreneurship and Progress

Two U.S.-based organizations - KickStart and Samasource - were among those that were recently honored in Washington, DC, at the first Innovation Award for the Empowerment of Women and Girls. KickStart is a non-profit that promotes technology and entrepreneurism. Samasource helps empower Africans through employment in the ICT sector.

  • Africa:  Kickstarting Entrepreneurship and Progress

    allAfrica, 5 April 2012

    KickStart, a non-proft that promotes technology and entrepreneurism in Africa, was among those honoured at the first Innovation Award for the Empowerment of Women and Girls held… Read more »

  • Africa:  Empowering Through Employment

    allAfrica, 5 April 2012

    In three years, Samasource has paid more than U.S.$1.5 million in real wages to over 2,000 trained workers in places where most people survive on less than $3 a day. The social… Read more »

Michael Gross/U.S. State Dept.

Secretary Clinton delivers remarks during the first Innovation Award for the Empowerment of Women and Girls ceremony held at the U.S. State Department in Washington, D.C..

Esther Havens/Kickstart

Women using the money maker hip pump which can irrigate up to an acre of land.

Samasource

Samasource has paid more than U.S.$1.5 million in real wages to over 2,000 trained workers in places where most people survive on less than $3 a day.

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