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#PeoplePower: Using tech to promote activism

All across Africa, social entrepreneurs are using mobile and web-based technology to hold government to account and demand the changes they need. It’s a powerful medium with a lot of potential to contribute towards social change. However, there is much to be done to ensure local ownership and maximise impact.  Protests are stirring across South […]

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Home-growing solutions

 Loren’s thoughts on working from the inside out – when you come from outside the community (or even the country).  Indigo Trust is a UK-based foundation. But we believe that the best solutions to Africa’s challenges will be devised by citizens of Africa itself. Local communities have a deeper understanding of context and cultural nuance. They are […]

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