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Female tech entrepreneurs in Gaza

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Quotable: Mobile phone companies as the new African elite

In virtually every single African nation, the leading mobile phone company is now the leading taxpayer to the government, the leading local donor to local causes, and one of the leading employers.

Educated youth in Tunisia want employment that utilizes their skills and passion. Photo: Joy Portella/Mercy Corps.

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Tunisia does not want handouts, loans or traditional aid. Can they get the investment they need?

"Can Tunisia become the Silicon Valley of the Arab World?" Columnist David Rohde explores this question in The Atlantic:

Shop owners who attended the Barefoot Power trainings were better able to market the products to interested customers. Photo: Kim Beevers/Mercy Corps.

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Lighting a pathway for solar in rural Uganda

This article is the second in a three-part series exploring the role Mercy Corps played in bringing solar power to rural Uganda.

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Can mobile phones end extreme poverty? Jeffrey Sachs thinks so.

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Halting HIV in Infants with SMS Technology

New technology that diagnoses HIV in infants has injected new hope into the veins of countless Kenyans.

In the search for funding, many startups are finding a home in the U.S. before operating abroad. Photo: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lalunablanca/1058204843/sizes/m/in/photostream/">lalunablanca (Flickr)</a>

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Does every tech startup need an office in the United States?

For tech startups in emerging markets, does success mean an HQ address in the U.S.?

Pader District is part of Uganda's northern region, where farming is the main livelihood and source of income. Photo: Thatcher Cook/Mercy Corps.

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PHASE ONE: Lighting a pathway for solar in rural Uganda

Phase One: The critical first step involves information, information, information.

Solar panels in Uganda. Photo: Jenny Vaughn/Mercy Corps.

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INTRO: Lighting a pathway for solar in rural Uganda

In this three-part series, we explore the role an international aid nonprofit played in convincing urban solar companies to sell their products to poor, rural farmers, and convincing poor, rural farmers to reallocate their kerosene budget to solar.