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From: Justin Arenstein <justina...@gmail.com>
Date: 2 February 2017 at 15:29
Subject: PRESS RELEASE: innovateAFRICA awards $1m to 22 Africa digital journalism projects
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Hiya.

Attached find a press release about our award of $1m in seed grants and technology support, along with mentorship to 22 projects that use cutting-edge technologies to tackle everything from fake news and frontline war reporting, to experiments with drones, sensors, and bots.

The online version of the press release is here: http://bit.ly/2kjM7wi

The fund that made the awards is here: https://innovateafrica.fund/

Please shout if you need anything else to report on the initiative.

Regards,

Justin Arenstein

Director

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