Christopher Mikkelsen, REFUNITE’s Co-founder and Co-CEO attends high-level meeting on the Syrian crisis. This week, REFUNITE’s Co-founder and Co-CEO, Christopher Mikkelsen, is attending the Clinton Global Initiative’s conference on the Middle East and Africa. The conference takes place in Marrakech, Morocco. Mr. Mikkelsen will be participating in a forum titled “The Syrian Crisis: Investing in Refugees and Host Communities” together with experts and executives from the public, private and nonprofit sector. As part of the high-level discussions, they will discuss infrastructure investment, economic opportunities for refugees and their host countries, and how to leverage mobile networks, green technologies, and other innovations to better the lives of Syrian families.…

Infobip, an international IT and telecommunications company, has published a new case study on how they are able to deliver access to REFUNITE‘s family tracing platform via SMS and USSD in DR Congo, Jordan and Turkey.

REFUNITE‘s Director of Global Communications and Strategy, Ida Jeng, recently returned from a trip to South Sudan where she led a team of Outreach Volunteers in testing a paper prototype for separated families in Juba.

This month’s edition of the Urban Perspective (UP) highlights REFUNITE as part of the magazine’s technology beat. UP is an urban lifestyle magazine that provides a unique perspective on Nairobi’s way of life.

Zain Group, the leading telecom innovator in 8 markets across the Middle East and Africa, has announced the publication of a thought-leadership report entitled Connecting Separated Families: Providing Hope Through Connectivity.