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Pippa Yeats of Turn.io: Sending a Lifeline to the People of Ukraine

Pippa Yeats of Turn.io: Sending a Lifeline to the People of Ukraine

FromThe Africa Health Ventures Podcast


Pippa Yeats of Turn.io: Sending a Lifeline to the People of Ukraine

FromThe Africa Health Ventures Podcast

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Length:
24 minutes
Released:
Feb 7, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

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Pippa Yeats first built Turn.io to send reminders to mothers in South Africa about how to stay healthy. She never dreamt that she would be one of the first responders creating a lifeline to information in a country at war - after government websites and other channels were taken down by cyberattacks. In today's interview we retrace the event surrounding February 24th 2022, when Russia first invaded Ukraine. This triggered a group of Turn.io software developers to band together with the State Emergency Services of Ukraine and Meta (formerly Facebook) to launch the Ukrainian crisis response hotline - in just three days.
 
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Feb 7, 2023
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