Gates Foundation awards money to cellphone operators in Haiti

Seattle Times - Kristi Heim - 11 Jan, 2011
The competition is part of a $10 million initiative funded by the Seattle foundation and the US Agency for International Development (USAID) to jump-start ...

Gates Foundation, USAID Give Prize for Haiti Help

ABC News - Donna Gordon Blankinship - 11 Jan, 2011
AP By DONNA GORDON BLANKINSHIP AP A $2.5 million prize to get Haitians buying, selling and banking with their mobile phones didn't push the winner into the ...

Bill Gates banking on Digicel in Haiti

Jamaica Observer - Al Edwards - 11 Jan, 2011
DIGICEL today won a US$2.5 million grant from USAID and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to help the company provide mobile banking ...

Gates Foundation, US Government Back Cellphone Banking for Haiti

All Things Digital - Ina Fried - 11 Jan, 2011
Haitian cellular provider Digicel has received a $2.5 million grant for a project to allow people in the impoverished and earthquake-stricken ...

Seattle powering mobile money in Haiti

Bizjournals.com (blog) - Clay Holtzman - 11 Jan, 2011
Seattle is playing a key role in helping the citizens of Haiti use their cell phones to buy, save and bank. On Monday a program funded by the Bill & Melinda ...

Gates Foundation and U.S. Government Give $2.5 Million Prize for Transforming ...

PR Newswire (press release) - 11 Jan, 2011
SEATTLE and PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, Jan. 10, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the US government, through the US Agency ...

Gates Foundation Donates $1-M to Fight Polio in Congo

Gather.com - Kate James - ‎Jan 9, 2011‎
The Gates Foundation has donated $1-M to fight polio in the Congo. The organization, co-founded by Bill and Melinda Gates, gave a grant to UNICEF which is ...

Gates Foundation, USAID gives prize for Haiti help

KHQ Right Now - 11 Jan, 2011
AP - January 10, 2011 10:05 AM ET SEATTLE (AP) - The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation on Monday is announcing its first prize for helping Haitians get easier ...

 

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