DUMA : PRESS

"Imagine if you could trust one of your friends to search
for available jobs that suit your skills.
Good news, the friend is here and she is called DUMA"
- Kachwanya -

"Employers gain access to the most appropriate candidates
and avoid being bombarded by a flurry of applications from unqualified or unsuitable candidates."
- How We Made It In Africa -

“Duma Works gives people the ability to reach out to a much
greater network when looking for jobs and looking for job candidates.”
- GSMA -

“We want to help employers in Kenya understand that there
is a better option in recruiting that can save time,
money and also increase company productivity and earnings.”
- Human IPO -

“We want job seekers to understand that they can stop
tarmac-ing and start letting DUMA Works hustle for them.”
- Human IPO -

“If you are job hunting, or you know someone who is,
then be assured that DUMA is the best place to perfect your job hunting skills.”
- kachwanya -

“Have you tried looking for a job but just can’t seem
to make enough connections? Duma is here to help you out.”
- Hapa Kenya -

“Christine and Arielle of DUMA are using the power of
community to fuel virtual connections that help with economic opportunity in Kenya”
- Forbes Magazine -

“A mobile job market in Kenya designed to match the
most qualified employees with the most promising opportunities.”
- Good Magazine -

Press

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Green Sky Thinking: The make-and-do attitude of African social innovation

June 19, 2014 - MarkLives

Education and ICT Innovation in Kenya

June 4, 2014 Vodafone Institute

How utilitarian brands are easing the strain of everyday life in Africa

June 2014 - Trendwatching.com

Creating Sustainable Mobile Employment Solutions to Address Youth Unemployment

June 2014 - GSMA

Kenyan startup makes finding a job easier

May 14, 2014 - How We Made It In Africa

Find Work Through Your Friends - How dumaworks.com does Mobile for Jobs in Kenya

January 20, 2014 - GSMA

American youth fight joblessness with link to employers

November 19, 2013 - Standard Digital

Q&A: DUMA Works react to Rockefeller Foundation grant

November 13, 2013 - Human IPO

DUMA: Getting jobs through networking now automated

November 6, 2013 - Kachwanya

Africa's tech geniuses showcase innovations at DEMO Africa

October 29, 2013 - Hapa Kenya

Demo Africa Conference to fund innovators

October 25, 2013 - Daily Nation Kenya

Meeting in Nairobi aims at linking up techies, investors

October 24, 2013 - NTV Kenya

Connecting to Work: How ICTs Are Expanding Job Opportunities Worldwide

September 10, 2013 - The World Bank

Landscape Review: Mobile for Youth Workforce Development

August 2013 - USAID / mEducation Alliance

Kenya: Olivine Technology, Web Tribe, Iridium and Duma Win Connected Kenya Innovation Awards

May 29, 2013 - allAfrica

5 Things You Need To Know As a Young Changemaker

December 21, 2012 - The World Bank

Handheld Poverty Fighters: Building the killer Apps of Global Properity

October 19, 2012 - GOOD Magazine

Ivy Entrepreneurship: Princeton’s eLab Demo Day

August 16, 2012 - Technoverse

Awards & Associations

duma-rockefella

2013 Centennial Innovation Challenge

Winners

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2013 Google Innocation Award

Social Equity & Poverty Reduction

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Nailab

2012 Incubation Company

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Princeton University eLab

Summer 2012 Team

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Kairos Society

2012 Kairos 50 Company

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TigerLaunch 2012

2nd Place

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Ashoka She will Innovate Competition

Winners

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Princeton Startup Weekend

3rd place & Twilio Prize

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PIVOT East

2015 Finalist

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