Northern California is at the forefront of a new wave of global philanthropy aimed at providing technological assistance to developing countries. We talk to some local technology philanthropists about their work.
Tech Philanthropy
Northern California is at the forefront of a new wave of global philanthropy aimed at providing technological assistance to developing countries. We talk to some local technology philanthropists about their work.
Guests:
Daniel Ben-Horin, co-CEO of TechSoup Global, a San Francisco-based group which brings technological empowerment and philanthropy to social benefit organizations across the world
Mark Summer, CEO of Inveneo, a San Francisco-based non-profit which provides technology solutions to remote villages through non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and through commercial or government-owned organizations
Anke Schwittay, lecturer at UC Berkeley and co-founder of the RiOS Institute, working to bring the benefits of new technologies to underserved people