Tweets from Samasource- Samasource: Rare opportunity to learn about economic development first-hand: Calcutta & Haiti Senior Associate positions available: http://bit.ly/9CfG6w
- Samasource: Red-hot: Samasource growth thaws a frigid San Francisco Summer - Pamela Pavkov recounts her Associate time @samasource http://bit.ly/ddTpUf
- Samasource: RT @arrington: Crowdsourcing Disaster Relief http://t.co/RWJ8Gns via @techcrunch
- Samasource: @leila_c in @techcrunch on how @samasource uses data to make disaster relief more effective: http://tcrn.ch/dymCZB #givework
- Samasource: We are getting excited for Samasource's 2nd Annual Give Work Gala! Happens 11.11.10 - email gala@samasource.org for more info!
- Samasource: Tech For (And By) Africa http://t.co/SwwQUwI via @techcrunch
- Samasource: @samasource Stipend Haiti Field Associate position, begin in Sept. careers@samasource.org w/resume 4 info! http://bit.ly/c8yiiK @RAMhaiti
- Samasource: Leila Chirayath Janah on Samasource bridging the digital divide and creating a global meritocracy... http://fb.me/EYeshXJo
- Samasource: A comprehensive article on Leila Chirayath Janah @leila_c and Samasource: http://bit.ly/9U5rRl #givework http://fb.me/zgyP2ebi
- Samasource: @IncMagazine features @samasource in slideshow "6 Cool Crowdsourcing Business Tools" check it out here: http://bit.ly/cXcH83
Author Archives: leila
Samasource’s Preciss International on CNBC TV
This morning, I came across this CNBC interview of Mugure Mugo, the Kenyan owner of Preciss International, one of our pilot firms in Nairobi:
Satyam Fraud Will Encourage New Outsourcing Models
The New York Times reported today that Ramalinga Raju, chairman of Indian outsourcing giant Satyam Computer Services, falsified the company’s accounts, reporting over $1 billion of nonexistent assets in the second quarter of last year. (Read the full article here.)
While some analaysts warned clients (which have included several Fortune 500 companies, the US government, and [...]
oDesk Global Outsourcing Statistics
Amit Bakshi at oDesk summarized some interesting trends on oDesk, a platform for outsourcing to freelancers and small businesses. Of note:
*The country with the most service providers (and the highest average feedback) is the US
*Philippines is the fastest-growing country on oDesk
*India has the largest number of software and web providers, categories that have 3x the [...]
Happy Holidays from Daproim
Steve Muthee, the young founder of Daproim (one of our service providers in Nairobi) sent an e-card with some photos from the company’s end-of-year party. I’ve included one below, with a quote, to highlight how his firm helps young, skilled workers in a low-income country:
The pictures comprise of both the Book Validation and Transcription team. [...]
Craigslist Nonprofit Bootcamp Interview
Samasource was profiled at the Craigslist Nonprofit Bootcamp by JD Lasica, of Real People Network (click on the image to view in Vimeo):
Samasource from JD Lasica on Vimeo.
Samasource profiled in Dutch RaboCom Magazine
Samasource was profiled in the Autumn 2008 edition in a piece called “Bridging the ICT Gap with Africa,” by Susan Randall.
Click the image below to download the full article.
RaboCom is a publication of the Global Telecommunications, Media and Internet (TMI) group within Rabobank International and is published twice a year.
Samasource to host Facebook Developer Garages in Ghana, Uganda
Samasource is partnering with the Meltwater Entrepreneurial School of Technology and Appfrica, an NGO, to host two more Facebook Garages in Africa. These events help young software and web developers learn how to use their skills to create applications for Facebook, the fourth-most trafficked website in the US.
To learn more:
>> Visit the event pages on [...]
A new look for Samasource
Samasource has a spiffy new design!
The new site is parked at www.samasource.com. We’ll keep what’s currently at the .org up as our blog; if you want to stay up to date on Samasource news, please become a fan on Facebook.
Follow-on work with Benetech
We’re happy to report that Samasource’s largest client to date, Palo-Alto based nonprofit Benetech, has awarded a second contract to a Samasource service provider in Nairobi, Preciss International. Preciss is run by two Kenyan women, Mugure Mugo and Ivy Kimani, and employs university students and recent graduates in Nairobi on projects including data entry, transcription, [...]
Samasource featured in the Stanford Daily