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  As crowd funding makes gains in popularity, the battle for page views and pledges has become increasingly competitive, especially on portal sites that feature thousands of live projects at once. This clearly means that the competition is very stiff and hence understanding the best ways to create winning a campaign is very instrumental.   The good news is that we now have locally built platforms that people can use to raise funds. One of such platforms is the Akabbo Crowdfunding Platform. So how do you ensure that you have optimized your campaign for success? We have taken a look at a number of recently funded projects on various crowd funding platforms in order to identify some of the techniques, strategies, and crowd funding secrets that will give you the best chance of meeting your goals.   1.      Prepare Your Face Off.   You can use crowd funding to help validate ideas before they are fully realized, but if your campaig...

  With their climate control, soft chairs and armrests, office environments don’t conjure up thoughts of workplace safety like, say, construction sites. What could be safer than a cubicle? Of course, office workers are at lower risk for workplace injuries than most, but that doesn’t mean injuries never happen, or that it’s not worth taking the time to talk about safety with office employees. Office jobs that involve spending most of your day sitting can actually be detrimental to your health if employee wellness is not taken into consideration. Many Health Institutes has reported that an increasing number of companies are looking to improve worker safety by focusing on wellness.   Here are seven tips for office workers to prevent workplace injuries: 1. Make sure your desk setup is ergonomic , so your head is centered over your neck and shoulders, your wrists are flat and your elbows rest comfortably at your side while you work. If your feet won’t touch t...

By 2030 , 60 percent of the world’s population will live in cities. As the world rapidly urbanizes, cities have to provide basic social services while simultaneously driving sustainable and inclusive growth. This can be achieved with the right technologies. Today we are deeply going to explore a new app built to improve public service delivery in cities in Africa. Urb App is Africa's first community participation platform for urban areas. The goal of Urb is to put public service accountability in the hands of citizens. Citizens set the agenda for change in their communities by sharing and reporting issues that affect them, and public service providers and policy makers directly engage with citizens for a more inclusive approach to better service delivery. This makes for better, smarter cities.   Authorities and service providers can respond to issues in real-time. The collective action by citizens to speak about their issues drives public service providers to be b...

  Everyone wants to have a great smile, the reason good oral hygiene is important! Having poor oral hygiene can lead to a variety of dental and medical problems in the future such as gum disease, infection, bone loss, heart disease, strokes and more. Regular checkups and cleanings can prevent these problems as well as provide you with good oral hygiene. Here is a list of 10 Dental hygiene steps you can take to promote great oral hygiene. 1.   Proper Brushing One of the easiest steps to keep your teeth clean. When brushing your teeth, position the bristles at an angle of 45 degrees near the gum line. Both the gum line and the tooth surface should be in contact with the bristles. Brush the outer surfaces of the teeth using a back-and-forth, up-and-down motion, making sure to be done gently in order to avoid bleeding. To clean the inside surfaces of the teeth and gums, place the bristles at a 45-degree angle again and repeat the back-and-forth, up-and-down motio...

By Mwebya Fred : When one tells you how clean and organized the Capital City of Rwanda is , its a very understatement because Kigali is not only Clean and Organized , its a SMART city. Very quickly I will tell you as a visitor in Rwanda I was unable to use the Passenger Taxi Services because I did not have a smart card. Its a very funny story how I moved to a taxi stage after my First day at the Transform Africa Summit only to quickly realize that everyone who was at the stage had a tap and pay card used in clearing taxi charges. Rwanda is quickly driving out cash transactions by embracing smarter payment methods like using the Tap and Pay card technologies in their Passenger Taxis. Lessons1: Its possible to strengthen the economy by reducing the usage of cash transactions through adopting smarter payment systems and methods. During my walk about at the exhibition hall , I quickly moved to the Irembo online services stall. I was welcomed by a smiling gentleman who immedia...