Digital Divide Data News
10th Anniversary Kick-off Soiree
In Palo Alto on June 13, 2011 guests gathered with our Board at the home of longtime Board member Howard Neff to kick-off our 10th Anniversary year. Below Board Chair Irving Levin and CEO Jeremy Hockenstein listen to supporter Noosheen Hashemi of the HAND Foundation while enjoying the long summer day on the veranda.
Posted on 11.06.21 at 3:07 PM by Digital Divide Data
Irving Levin, Jeremy Hockenstein & Noosheen Hashemi
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The Thoughtful Chenda Chhay: DDD Grad, Entrepreneur & UN Staffer
If her grandmother hadn’t needed an operation, Chenda Chhay might have grown up as a subsistence farmer in Pursat province. Her family, after surviving the horrors of the Khmer Rouge, arrived to Phnom Penh in 1981 to see a doctor. They stayed, and their move was the first in a series of events that changed the trajectory of Chenda’s life. A year after arriving in a city still recovering from devastation, the family’s second child was born. They named her Chenda, the Khmer word for “thoughtful,” perfectly suited for a bright inquisitive baby.
Could Our Innovation Create Jobs for 780,000 Poor People?
A new report from the Rockefeller Foundation says that the model DDD pioneered–using business process outsourcing (BPO) as a means to create employment for people at the base of the pyramid–has the potential for enormous impact. The report, authored by the Monitor Group, calls the model “Impact Sourcing” and makes a strong business case for it. They argue that Impact Sourcing can provide high-quality reliable services at prices lower than what traditional providers can offer.
A Match Made in Heaven: Evangelical Christian Publishers Association Partners with DDD
The Evangelical Christian Publishers Association (ECPA) is an international non-profit trade organization comprised of member companies that are involved in the publishing and distribution of Christian content worldwide. As companies who market to people of faith, responsible sourcing is very important to ECPA members. That’s why the ECPA has entered into a new strategic partnership with DDD.
Announcing: BPO Veteran Cynthia Hauck joins Digital Divide Data as new Chief Operating Officer
Digital Divide Data (DDD) announced today that Cynthia Hauck, a veteran content and Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) executive has been named as its new Chief Operating Officer.
Announcing: Google Inc. donates $100,000 to DDD
Google Inc. made a donation of $100,000 to Digital Divide Data (DDD), the acclaimed social enterprise that delivers content business process outsourcing services to clients globally. The grant, from the Google Inc. Charitable Giving Fund, will support a major upgrade of the technology used by DDD to provide data entry, XML conversion and digital preservation services to publishers, libraries, archives, governments, academic researchers and businesses.
Announcing: Microsoft Donates $250,000 of Software to Create IT Jobs for Youth in Kenya
Microsoft Corp. announced today a donation of software with a retail value of $250,000 to Digital Divide Data (DDD). The grant, from Microsoft’s Unlimited Potential program, will support DDD to bring its social business model to Kenya. The new venture will provide services such as data entry, XML conversion and digital preservation for publishers, libraries, content hosts, academic researchers and businesses.
Announcing: DDD Launches Business Process Outsourcing Company in Kenya
Digital Divide Data (DDD) announced the launch of a new business process outsourcing (BPO) business in Nairobi, Kenya. The social enterprise, which aims to create jobs for Kenyan youth, is the first investment in a Kenyan BPO company to combine U.S. technology and market expertise with operating experience in Asia.
Amolo Ng’weno, Kenyan ISP pioneer, joins DDD team
Nearly a decade after opening our doors in Southeast Asia, DDD is excited to announce that Ms. Amolo Ng’weno has joined our team as the founding Managing Director of DDD Kenya.
Lak, longtime DDD Finance Director, returns to Vientiane
A year and a half ago, Souphalak Souksavath, DDD’s much beloved Finance Director, took a leave of absence to complete a Masters in International Management at Portland State University in Oregon, US. This January she returned to DDD – and to her native Laos.
