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Inferring The World's Gender and Ethnic Diversity using Personal Names

  • Free Name Gender API, by NamSor
June 19, 2017 FDI Magnet / General

VivaTech : international, yet imbalanced

VivaTech : more international, Viva Technologies closes the gender gap but remains imbalanced when it comes to international gaps (North vs. Central & South America, Europe, Asia or Africa)

June 16, 2017 Gender

What’s the Gender Gap at #VivaTech 2017?

35% of ~581 speakers at VivaTech 2017 were women. Now, anyone can help dis-aggregate gender data, simply by inferring gender accurately from personal names.

June 14, 2017 EthnoViz

VivaTech, the intl. startup event Paris needs?

VivaTech 2016 was Male and French. Is VivaTech 2017 the international and diverse startup event Paris needs?

February 1, 2017 FDI Magnet / General

Making the World More Inclusive in 2017

This week, NamSor API reached a symbolic landmark. We’ve processed over 1bn names, since the API was launched. It’s a

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November 16, 2016 General

AgroDiaspora relaunched

Three years ago, we proposed the AgroDiaspora project to the French Quai d’Orsay “Africa Forum, 100 innovations for sustainable development”,

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November 10, 2016 General

Gender in Research and Innovation

As much as we would have liked, we couldn’t join the WebSummit in Lisbon. We were in Brussels to participate

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October 13, 2016 FDI Magnet / General

Using NationBuilder for Diaspora community outreach

  NamSor is unique in its capability to map Diasporas, expatriate networks. We help provide an answer to the perennial

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July 21, 2016 FDI Magnet / General

Diaspora investing for sustainability?

Picture credits: UNCTAD. The UNCTAD World Investment Forum is taking place in Nairobi, Kenya – gathering about 6000 trade and

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June 23, 2016 FDI Magnet / General

#GlobalDiasporaDay – looking back at EMM4Dublin and JNDA2016

Today 23rd of June is #GlobalDiasporaDay. Happy #GlobalDiasporaDay! Check out some international articles & media that are celebrating & discussing

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June 5, 2016 EthnoViz / General

NamSor at RapidMiner Wisdom NYC 2016

In January this year, NamSor founder Elian CARSENAT was at RapidMiner Wisdom conference in New-York City. Discover theCUBE video. The

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