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My Experience with Samasource

March 31, 2009 in Nonprofits, Other, Outsourcing, Social Enterprise by Maria

I am a very optimistic person, optimistic to the point where most think I’m a little crazy. I have tried the “In a mad world, it’s only the mad that are considered sane” approach to assuage my need to fit in with the mostly glass-half-empty lot that most of my acquaintances are, but, it doesn’t [...]

Samasource featured in the Stanford Daily

January 27, 2009 in Other by leila

A reporter from the Daily discussed Samasource in her piece on the Social E Challenge Business Plan competition, published on the front page of today’s paper.
Check out the coverage here: http://www.stanforddaily.com/cgi-bin/?p=2268.

Samasource’s Preciss International on CNBC TV

January 26, 2009 in Other by leila

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

January 7, 2009 in Other by leila

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

January 5, 2009 in Other by leila

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

December 26, 2008 in Other by leila

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

December 19, 2008 in Other by leila

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

December 13, 2008 in Other by leila

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

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 [...]

A new look for Samasource

November 20, 2008 in Africa, Outsourcing, Social Enterprise, Technology by leila

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.