by Christine Hortinela | Jul 17, 2019 | Announcements, Mobile phones, SMS Marketing, Social Enterprise, Technology, Voice
Have you been using engageSPARK’s all-new platform? How about launching an SMS drip campaign? If you have, you may have already noticed that we’ve added some cool new features. If not yet, then keep reading because you’re not gonna regret it – I swear! Now before we...
by Lisa Kalenkiewicz | Sep 10, 2014 | Social Enterprise, Technology
In late August, brilliant minds and passionate hearts from around the globe gathered in Cebu, Philippines for the second annual “Geeks on a Beach” conference. engageSPARK founder and CEO, Ravi Agarwal, hosted a panel on social enterprises. Instead of the standard...
by Lisa Kalenkiewicz | Aug 7, 2014 | Social Enterprise, Technology
When I discuss my career goals with people and talk about the things I’m interested in – namely, technology and social justice – the typical response I get is: “So you want to work for an NGO/Non-Profit?” I am a huge fan of numerous non-profits (in fact, engageSPARK...
by Sunny Yang | Feb 27, 2014 | Social Enterprise
This week we highlight an interesting report and presentation from the GSMA about digital entrepreneurship in Kenya. This report provides a great overview of the state of the startup community and digital services industry in Kenya in 2014 with a special focus on...
by Sahiba Minhas | Nov 27, 2013 | ICT, Social Enterprise, Technology
The world is predicting the next financial crisis in the form of youth unemployment that threatens to destabilise economies. Youth unemployment is a cause of major concern as we witness increased violence in the Middle East and North Africa, high rates of income...
by Sahiba Minhas | Jul 17, 2013 | Social Enterprise, Technology, Women
Three female entrepreneurs in 2010 got together to develop a mobile solution that would provide market price transparency for Kenyan farmers. Jamilla Abass co-founded M-Farm – an m-Agriculture program – with Susan Oguya and Linda Kwamnoka. Exploitation of...
