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Samasource in Haiti: It’s funny how things turn out sometimes

January 17, 2010 in Facebook, Nonprofits, Outsourcing, Social Enterprise by anar
Anar Simpson, Samasource Program Director, reflects on our evaluation of potential Haitian partner 1,000 Jobs.

A Parisian in Nairobi – Part 2

December 31, 2009 in Africa, Facebook, Nonprofits, Other, Social Enterprise, Stories, Technology by Laetitia
Nairobi is the largest and most modern city in East Africa. It is growing very fast and is the center for many organizations and businesses in the region. Though the word Nairobi means “Place of cool water” for Masaii people, it is not the case this month (November ’09). In fact, the current drought striking [...]

Samasource Gives You Customizable Facebook Testing

June 2, 2009 in Africa, Facebook by Paul Zaich
Facebook app developers: tell us what actions you need tested on your applications.

Samasource to host Facebook Developer Garages in Ghana, Uganda

November 27, 2008 in Africa, Facebook, Social Enterprise, Technology by leila
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 [...]

The New and Improved Facebook Platform

March 5, 2008 in Facebook, Outsourcing, Technology by leila
Ben Ling, Director of Platform Product Marketing at Facebook, offered some valuable insights on the direction of Facebook’s platform to attendees of Graphing Social Patterns in San Diego. His talk emphasized increased support for applications that add long term value (such as Causes, an app that helps users support non-profit organizations) and tools that eliminate [...]