Tweets from Samasource- Samasource: Support @Samasource through @GoodSearch! A donation will be made every time you surf or shop the net http://bit.ly/dg306H
- Samasource: @leila_c to keynote @tech4africa! More about Leila & Tech4Africa here: http://bit.ly/aPiwq4 and http://tech4africa.com/
- Samasource: @jessamynlau On behalf of everyone at Samasource, nice to meet you!
- Samasource: @trackernews features @samasource on the TrackerNews green banner today!: http://bit.ly/rPrQx #microwork #socent... http://fb.me/BBjuKRH7
- Samasource: Dear The Four Steps to the Epiphany - Steven Blank - Love, The Samasource Team #FourStepstotheEpiphany http://fb.me/Ef8e8VhS
- Samasource: http://twitpic.com/24afqa
- Samasource: Kenyan outsourcing firm Ken-Tech Data signs Sh22.5 million deal, deal brokered by Samasource! @noahbradach... http://fb.me/CsM7HwHD
- Samasource: Frankie joins @samasource team, cuteness ensues http://twitpic.com/21vg2m
- Samasource: Tarsadia Foundation supports Samasource! @cblodget raises 10k via grant skills - her advice: http://bit.ly/al0UCb #fundraising #givework
- Samasource: On @TechCrunch this morning: 'How Samasource Helps the World' http://tcrn.ch/91hy8v #givework #socent #foocamp http://fb.me/DE9WLXeu
Author Archives: leila
Samasource wins contract with Bookshare.org
Last week, Samasource’s brokerage service scored our biggest contract to date– a book validation pilot project with Bookshare.org, one of the many technology-driven projects initiated at Benetech, an award-winning nonprofit based in Palo Alto and led by veteran social entrepreneur Jim Fruchterman. Bookshare provides print disabled people in the US access to over 40,000 books [...]
Samasource Developer Featured in NY Times
Wilfred Mworia, a 22 year-old employee of Samasource vendor Verviant in Nairobi, and winner of Samasource’s Facebook Developer Challenge in April, discussed Kenya’s growing technology community in a New York Times article over the weekend. The piece also covers Google’s activities in Kenya and highlights Skunkworks, a local community of software developers.
Check out the full [...]
Rural BPO Drishtee featured on CNN
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jYvoHeYe8fk]
One of Samasource’s vendors, rural outsourcing company Drishtee, was featured recently on CNN IBN (CNN’s sister organization in India). Drishtee’s model is intriguing – by linking villages across India in a distributed network, the company can tap thousands of skilled rural workers to scale client projects rapidly. If your enterprise has data entry, transcription, or [...]
Samasource and oDesk raise awareness of socially responsible outsourcing
Samasource has partnered with oDesk, one of the world’s leading online marketplaces for outsourced IT and business process talent, to develop a “responsible outsourcing” awareness campaign targeting over 100,000 buyers and service providers. The campaign will help oDesk users learn about sustainable business practices and the social impact of outsourcing in low-income regions, as well [...]
Samasource wins 2nd place at Stanford Social E Challenge
Many thanks to our supporters and the excellent judging panel of established entrepreneurs and leading thinkers in social enterprise, including Don Baker (Foundation for Sustainable Development), Jon Abrams (CEO and Founder of Socializr and Friendster), Debra Dunn (Stanford d. School), Stephen DeBerry (CIO, Kapor Enterprises), and Gary Palin (Executive Director, NC State University College of [...]
Market for Change is now Samasource
We’ve changed our name to Samasource. Sama is a Sanskrit word meaning “level” or “equal.” Over the coming weeks, we’ll be migrating the site to www.samasource.org and announcing a number of new partnerships – please stay tuned!
Samasource gets hip with a new video
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=18hRwHOSNbY]
Many thanks to Michael Wheet, filmmaker extraordinaire.
Facebook Developer Garage: Nairobi
Thanks to all who participated in our event yesterday — over 120 students and professional developers attended to learn about social networks and development and participate in East Africa’s first Facebook Developer Garage. If you missed it, check out some of the content here.Special thanks to panelists Kevit Desai (Director, Kenya Private Sector Alliance), [...]
Samasource launches outsourcing survey
In an effort to better understand the outsourcing needs of US non-profits, socially-responsible companies, and small businesses, we’ve launched a brief survey.
Responses will be used to recruit vendors that meet our quality and social impact criteria for our pilot project, starting this month.
Samasource wins contract with 750 Industries