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.
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.
DDD receives a $895,000 grant from the Rockefeller Foundation
Digital Divide Data (DDD) has received a grant of $895,000 from the Rockefeller Foundation to bring its social enterprise model to Kenya. This funding will enable DDD to invest in an information technology services business that will train and employ 300 youth from slum areas in Nairobi.
Thunderbird student team consults for DDD in Phnom Penh
A student consulting team from Thunderbird recently spent six weeks in DDD’s Phnom Penh office, doing local market research for us. Read about it in the blog posts they wrote on their trip!
Digitizing the British Library’s Newspaper Archive
The British Library holds one of the world’s finest collections of newspapers: The collection spans three centuries and includes more than 52,000 regional, national, and international titles. Each year, more than 30,000 researchers and students make the trip to the Newspaper Library in northern London to access the archived newspapers.
Welcome Lori Silverstein to DDD!
Lori Silverstein, a 30-year veteran content and publishing executive, joins DDD as our new world-wide Chief Sales Officer.
Dear Friends of DDD,
While we had a close call, I am relieved to let you know that all of DDD’s 428 employees in Cambodia are safe after the recent stampede. We are thankful to our local management team who were able to contact all but 5 of our staff within 12 hours of the event. The final 5 were accounted for the next morning when DDD’s offices re-opened after the water festival holiday. Our team in Asia was touched by our friends around the world who expressed concern about Cambodia and DDD’s staff in particular. We are sad to be mourning the loss of so many in Cambodia.
DDD pitched at the SE Asia Symposium in Bangkok last week!
Challenge: To break the cycle of poverty for disadvantaged youth, who cannot afford education and therefore don’t have access to good employment.
Solution: To provide the training and education necessary to access the global marketplace and take advantage of the growth opportunities it presents.
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