Jan 21 16
Introducing the Newest Additions to the REFUNITE Family: Sacha and Joe
The new year has brought plenty of new talent to REFUNITE. In addition to Kelvin, we also have the pleasure of introducing our new Middle East Project Manager, Sacha, and our new Front End Developer, Joe.
Jan 10 16
TIME Magazine Donates Ad Campaign to REFUNITE
TIME Magazine Donates Ad Campaign to REFUNITE Family separation affects millions. We owe a big thanks to TIME magazine for dedicating an entire page to REFUNITE and our efforts to reconnect separated families together with IKEA Foundation, Ericsson and partners.
Jan 8 16
Welcoming more tech talent: Kelvin joins the REFUNITE team
Meet Kelvin Mungai, who joined REFUNITE this week as a backend developer.
Jan 5 16
REFUNITE Moves into Nairobi Garage: Africa’s Biggest Co-Working Space
REFUNITE Moves into Nairobi Garage Africa’s Biggest Co-Working Space for Entrepreneurs What started as an idea back in 2008, has since turned into a technology-organization with 26 staff members and growing. As much as we want to keep REFUNITE small, efficient and agile, we have had to realize that we can’t continue to fit our hard-working team into a shoebox. Here are a couple of photos from our new innovation hub. Do stop by for coffee and a Kenyan Mandasi-cake. The first couple days it seemed a little empty, but we soon got some more people, furniture and color in the…
Dec 14 15
Social Innovation Summit: Connecting Social Innovators From Sweden and Beyond
Social Innovation Summit: Connecting Social Innovators From Sweden and Beyond On November 25th, Alexander Bugge, Strategic Project Manager at REFUNITE, attended the Social Innovation Summit in Malmö, Sweden. The conference was attended by entrepreneurs, change agents, innovators, decision-makers, investors and financiers, working together to find new, innovative solutions to some of the biggest social issues in Sweden and beyond. Alexander was part of a panel that focused on the future of financing digital social innovation, and how new, digital approaches can create new opportunities for the social innovation sector. Nesta, a charity that works to increase the…
Dec 2 15
REFUNITE Attends Betterplace Labtogether Conference in Berlin, Germany
REFUNITE Attends Betterplace Labtogether Conference in Berlin, Germany On November 20th, 2015, REFUNITE’s Africa Director Nishant Shah spoke at the Betterplace Labtogether conference in Berlin, Germany’s leading conference on digital innovation for public good. The conference brings together technologists, innovators and entrepreneurs. This year’s conference covered themes such as “The Future of Work”, “Digital Refugee Support” and “The Internet of Things.”
Nov 20 15
REFUNITE behind-the-scenes: Tech Team Reveals Upgrades
REFUNITE behind-the-scenes: Tech Team Reveals Upgrades The past five months have been a particularly exciting time for the tech team at REFUNITE. Given the increased number of displaced people globally, we saw an urgent need to upgrade our backend platform to better adjust and scale to the numbers of displaced persons we were seeing. Our previous platform was a monolithic api that handled everything on our platform. The touch points (SMS, USSD and WEB) would then make calls to this service to handle registration, notifications and communication between users. The monolithic API proved problematic to maintain, test and re-deploy…
Nov 20 15
Zain Group received CSR Initiatve of the Year award at CommsMEA for work with REFUNITE
REFUNITE’s partner Zain Group, a leading mobile telecom innovator, were presented with three awards at this year’s CommsMEA awards in Dubai. One of these awards was for the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Initiative of the Year, which Zain received for their work in the Family Reconnection Program, where it tied up with Ericsson and REFUNITE to a launch a project in Jordan. Read more about the awards here.
Nov 19 15
In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, technology brings closure to separated families
Ida Jeng, REFUNITE’s Director of Global Communication and Strategy, shares photos and observations from a recent mission to Goma in the Democratic Republic.
Nov 18 15
Guest Lecture Series: How Technology is Helping Refugees
Guest Lecture Series: How Technology is Helping Refugees Nearly 60 million people have been forcibly displaced and driven from their homes – the biggest refugee crisis since World War II. New technology is proving to be an essential tool for displaced people. New apps, digital platforms, and mobile initiatives have emerged as a response to the the global refugee crisis. The current crisis in Syria, which has forced over 4 million people to flee, has led to new, innovative humanitarian initiatives, oftentimes with technology, mobile and digital media at the heart of these operations. This month, REFUNITE’s Director…
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