Geekcorps

Humanitarian and banker Elisa Korentayer became co-founder of Geekcorps due to the organization's need of financial wisdom.

[3] In effort to increase access to current information and bridge the digital divide in developing nations Zuckerman, and associates from his now bought out internet company tripod, funded most of the $350,000 budget for Geekcorps' first year.

Initial challenges for Geekcorps were communication and teaching skills needed by volunteers, and reliance on outdated programming languages for local businesses.

[5] Geekcorps involvement led to innovations such as a new java based payment system for local businesses in Ghana.

[6] Initial assistance in Mali came from the CMRT (Community Mobilization through Radio Technology) program sponsored by USAID.