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sms gupshup: india’s twitter is beating the social media giants at it’s own game
In India, a homegrown start-up is eating the social networking giant’s lunch. SMS GupShup (meaning “chit chat” in Hindi) has more than 35 million users to Facebook’s 12 million.
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[video] solar cinema takes rural kenya by storm
Setting up in rural communities around Kenya, the touring movie house shows entertaining action movies, alongside education pieces about the benefits of using solar compared to kerosene for lighting.
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dosti: empowering afghan women via soccer balls
The DOSTI balls combine traditional Afghan craftsmanship with 21st-century standards, allowing unemployed widows to not only handcraft the balls but also run the entire operation, from quality control to inventory to export.
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scared leaders: an ad campaign for the international society for human rights
cared Leaders, an ad campaign for the International Society For Human Rights aims to show how technology has scared some of the world’s biggest human rights abusers, or at least so they portray.
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the (bop) project: photojournalism at the base of the economic pyramid
the (bop) project’s mission is simple: discover, document and share stories of remarkable social entrepreneurs, enterprises and innovations that are redefining poverty alleviation.