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This self-taught innovator in Nigeria upcycles e-waste into power banks

Johnstone Kpilaakaa Joey Shekwonuzhibo

April 19, 2024 |

Benjamindada.com |

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Response Location: Nigeria

Zang Technologies creates portable chargers out of recycled materials, having sold 21,000 power banks since 2018. The chargers are compatible with a variety of devices, including smartphones, and offer sustainable power that also helps reduce waste by recycling electronics and turning them into alternative power sources.

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Responses to schistosomiasis paying off in North Central Nigeria, despite challenges

Johnstone Kpilaakaa Uchenna Igwe Justina Asishana

August 23, 2023 |

Social Voices |

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Response Location: Nigeria, Federal Capital Territory

Interventions like annual mass administration of medicines, increasing clean water access and educational efforts are being deployed across several states to help curb the prevalence of neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) like schistosomiasis. These interventions have been active since 1995 and through the help of partnering with other local and international organizations, like the German E-Merck, rates of NTDs like schistosomiasis have dramatically decreased over the years.

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Empowered volunteers war against neglected diseases in Plateau, Niger, FCT

Johnstone Kpilaakaa Uchenna Igwe Justina Asishana

July 22, 2023 |

The Nation (Nigeria) |

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Response Location: Nigeria, Niger

Teams of Community Direct Distributors (CDD) are leading drug distribution campaigns to prevent and eliminate neglected tropical diseases in hard-to-reach, rural areas. These CDDs are members of the community they serve and are trained to educate the locals on disease prevention and administer the drugs themselves. With the CDDs’ help, several states have already eliminated some diseases and greatly reduced the spread of others.

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How Nigeria's $428 million ICT backbone project is enabling rural financial inclusion

Johnstone Kpilaakaa

July 20, 2023 |

Benjamindada.com |

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Response Location: Nigeria

The Nigeria National Information and Communication Technology Infrastructure Backbone (NICTIB) Project is increasing rural financial inclusion and addressing the digital divide by funding projects that make it easier for telecommunications companies to expand their connectivity to rural communities, allowing locals to access digital banking services.

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Relief as joint efforts curb river blindness in FCT, Plateau and Niger

Johnstone Kpilaakaa Uchenna Igwe Justina Asishana

July 15, 2023 |

Premium Times |

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Response Location: Nigeria, Plateau State

The Carter Center, in collaboration with other organizations, launched a project to curb several neglected tropical diseases like river blindness. The Center and its partners provide health education through monthly visits from medical personnel to rural communities that are often most affected by these diseases and administer the necessary medication to fight the illnesses. Over the course of more than 20 years, the Center has delivered 27 million doses of disease-fighting medicine.

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Relief in troubled Northcentral communities as joint efforts decimate river blindness

Johnstone Kpilaakaa Uchenna Igwe Justina Asishana

July 08, 2023 |

The Nation (Nigeria) |

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Response Location: Nigeria, Seri, Plateau State

In collaboration with local government and organizations, The Carter Center launched an initiative to curb the spread of neglected tropical diseases, like river blindness. Throughout the initiative, the Center provided health education to rural communities most affected by the disease and also led a mass drug administration of Mectizan, which is known to kill the parasite that causes river blindness. Over 20 years, the Center administered 27 million doses of the medication, effectively eliminating the disease.

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Tech education for deaf community in Jos—here's how DTF confronts odds

Johnstone Kpilaakaa

April 19, 2023 |

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Response Location: Nigeria, Jos, Plateau State

Deaf Technology Foundation offers weekly activities to train Deaf students in programming, robotics, and other computer science skills. The sessions, which are taught using sign language, have served roughly 1,600 students so far.

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SafiriSalama.com is helping Kenyans to digitally plan and manage funerals

Johnstone Kpilaakaa

March 02, 2023 |

Benjamindada.com |

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Response Location: Kenya

SafiriSalama.com is a funeral-tech startup that provides people with a way to memorialize their loved ones online, as well as connect with professionals in the funeral industry. Since the website’s beta launch in November 2022, it has seen over 67,000 visitors and more than 478 tributes and 2,000 memorial pictures have been shared to the site.

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Prevention on air: An initiative is deploying behavioural change communication to tackle hepatitis

Johnstone Kpilaakaa

January 24, 2023 |

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Response Location: Nigeria, Jos

The One Liver radio program shares information on hepatitis screening and preventative lifestyle changes and hosts Q&A sessions with medical experts about the condition. The program reaches over 20,000 listeners each week and helps connect listeners with medical outreaches to get screened and vaccinated.

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This South African initiative helps newsrooms access women experts

Johnstone Kpilaakaa

December 05, 2022 |

IJNet |

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Response Location: South Africa

Quote This Woman+ is a database of over 600 experts in various topics for journalists to reach out to as sources. Designed to help combat inequality and bias in the news, the experts are females and people from groups underrepresented in the media.

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