Hélène Smertnik (@helenesmertnik) 's Twitter Profile
Hélène Smertnik

@helenesmertnik

Tweet mostly about digital solutions for emerging economies and, sometimes, about other more random stuff.

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calendar_today27-05-2010 16:41:02

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Wadé Owojori (@owojoriwade) 's Twitter Profile Photo

📢Are you leveraging digital technology to deliver climate #resilience & #adaptation solutions with socio-economic & commercial impact to low-income & vulnerable populations? Apply for the latest #GSMAInnovationFund now ➡️ gsma.com/mobilefordevel… #UKAid #Sida RT

📢Are you leveraging digital technology to deliver climate #resilience & #adaptation solutions with socio-economic & commercial impact to low-income & vulnerable populations? Apply for the latest #GSMAInnovationFund now ➡️ gsma.com/mobilefordevel… #UKAid #Sida RT
Caribou Digital (@cariboudigital) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Join us on #IWD for an interactive conversation on our on-going research on women and platform work, in partnership with Mastercard Foundation. Details & registration below. ✨bit.ly/womenandplatfo… ✨ Research partners: LagosBusinessSchool QhalaHQ Value for Women University of Ghana #gigwork

Caribou Digital (@cariboudigital) 's Twitter Profile Photo

🌍What are the experiences of young women earning a living on #platforms in Kenya, Ghana, and Nigeria? Join us on #IWD to find out. ✨Register here: bit.ly/womenandplatfo… ✨ Mastercard Foundation University of Ghana Savita Bailur

Hélène Smertnik (@helenesmertnik) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Join tomorrow’s conversation with Caribou Digital and research partners QhalaHQ LagosBusinessSchool University of Ghana on their ongoing study on women’s experiences making a living through platform work. #IWD #platformlivelihood

inABLE.org (@inableorg) 's Twitter Profile Photo

We are so please Hélène Smertnik that you are joining us for the #virtual Inclusive Africa Conference. So may #accessibility #champions are here in #Nairobi and on the #Livestream. We also have 16 watch parties across #Africa thanks to support of Google Accessibility #a11yAfrica2022

Reeta Roy (@reetaroymcf) 's Twitter Profile Photo

How do young African women use digital platforms to earn? And how can these platforms be more accessible? Mastercard Foundation & Caribou Digital ask these qtns in an ongoing study & great to see the stories of 3 digital entrepreneurs unpacked in this BBC story bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w3…

Strive Community (@strivebusiness) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Today we're announcing the 8 winners of the Strive Community Innovation Fund! $1 million will be used to fund enterprises developing innovative, scalable solutions to strengthen the digital capabilities of #SMEs around the world🚀 strivecommunity.org/programs #StriveCommunity

Hélène Smertnik (@helenesmertnik) 's Twitter Profile Photo

🚨Such a rich & interesting study, led by Caribou Digital and its fantastic partners, on the use of #socialmedia to support farmers' livelihoods in Kenya. Go read & watch! cc Mastercard Foundation Robyn Read (she/her) Kate.Kathy Kilimo Source, Habitus Insight Adam Wills Learn.ink

@emryss.bsky.social (@emrys_s) 's Twitter Profile Photo

These insights into a future of farming are inspirational - we’ve learned so much about the opportunities and challenges emerging from the use of Facebook, WhatsApp and others platforms for agricultural practices.

Hélène Smertnik (@helenesmertnik) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Watch this great piece by BBC News Africa on Caribou Digital's Social Agriculture study, featuring Kate.Kathy who co-led the research: bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0d… More on this research 👇

Barack Obama (@barackobama) 's Twitter Profile Photo

On this International Day of the Girl, we stand in solidarity with the courageous Iranian women and girls who have inspired the world through their ongoing protests.

On this International Day of the Girl, we stand in solidarity with the courageous Iranian women and girls who have inspired the world through their ongoing protests.
Hélène Smertnik (@helenesmertnik) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Really excited to see this comprehensive study by QhalaHQ & Caribou Digital out! The basis of the #PlatformLivelihoods Project,beyond gig work and deep diving into individual experiences of workers leveraging platforms to make a living. So much to explore! Mastercard Foundation

Hélène Smertnik (@helenesmertnik) 's Twitter Profile Photo

.Caribou Digital has partnered w/ inABLE.org to understand experiences of youth living with disabilities who leverage digital platforms for their livelihoods. Ahead of the report launch (in May) watch some of the youth's fantastic self-shot videos, such as Linet's:

Caribou Digital (@cariboudigital) 's Twitter Profile Photo

❓What are the experiences of youth living with disabilities as they use digital platforms to earn a living? Today is #AccessibilityAwarenessDay and we are launching a report exploring the design challenges young Kenyans with disabilities face when working online. See thread 🧵