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She developed the geeRemit app to let people in the United States send money to people in sub-Saharan Africa. magazine included her on its 2020 Top 100 Female Founders list. She got an opportunity to do so in 2012, when she took the job of CTO in IBM’s Central, East, and West Africa regional office, in Nairobi, Kenya.

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If Indiana Jones took a turn toward the elegant and developed an obsession with textiles, he might be a bit like Louis Barthélemy, the French illustrator and designer who travels to Africa and the Middle East to work with weavers and craftspeople who are skilled in traditional techniques. You talk to any designer or architect in L.A.

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News | Markets | Technology | Personal Finance | Small Business | CNN.com RSS Newsletters Video Home Fortune 500 Technology Investing Management Rankings Andy Grove on battery power To wean itself from imported oil, the U.S. Play (RED) board rocks The group harnesses the power of Fortune 500 brand names to fight disease in Africa.

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Giving you access to perks, including Spectrum magazine and many education and career resources. But like so many people my age, I grew up in the ‘70s and ‘80s where I got hooked on personal computers. It’s the famous example of solutionism as when Wired UK famously wrote, “You want to help Africa? I’m talking with Scott J.

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