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Global Hack For Good starts in Cairo
Ready to code at the HackForGood in Cairo Refugees United and Ericsson organized a Hack For Good event in Cairo, Egypt, last weekend (31 May- 1 June). This was the first of three hackathon events. A...
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How green is the internet?
I have just returned from Silicon Valley, where I was part of a panel at the Google event How green is the internet? Former US Vice President Al Gore opened the event with a phrase that has stuck in...
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Hackfest for Good
How is it possible for anyone to lose their family in our connected world today? Yet, family separation is a reality for millions of refugees caught up in crises that force them from their homes....
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Bridging gender gaps in developing countries
On the Ericsson M-Commerce blog, I recently wrote two blog posts about women in developing countries. The first was about the importance of recognizing the role of women when rolling out mobile...
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Empowering innovation – the energy sector perspective
At Ericsson, and in the ICT sector more broadly, we talk a lot about the need to work in a cross-sector fashion – especially from a climate-change perspective. This was the main reason why I accepted...
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TV for Good at Ericsson’s Executive Media Summit
Ericsson’s Executive Media Summit took place this past weekend in Båstad, Sweden, in conjunction with the Swedish Open Tennis tournament. Executives from the media and broadcast industry gathered for...
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High expectations for better mobile communications in Myanmar
For the past three months I’ve been based in Yangon, Myanmar where Ericsson is working with operators to bring connectivity to the country. This assignment has been a great opportunity to meet...
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How can we be change-makers for peace in the Networked Society?
Eleanor Roosevelt once said: “It isn’t enough to talk about peace. One must believe in it. And it isn’t enough to believe in it. One must work at it.” I was recently invited to participate in the...
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Connecting even without a connection in Chiapas, Mexico
I’ve spent the past weekend in Chiapas, in southern Mexico, with 30+ young people who, on top of their studies in college or their full-time jobs, are dedicating their energy to building lasting peace...
View ArticleStrategies to expand digital financial inclusion for the poor in focus at FFD...
Editor’s note: Elaine Weidman-Grunewald is attending the UN’s Financing for Development (FFD) conference in Addis Ababa, Ethiopa. Today she writes from an official side event, Advancing Financial...
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