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Technology Alone Is Not the Answer in Healthcare
“A technology only solution isn’t going to get us anywhere,” says Shelly Saxena. He’s referring to the growing number of social enterprises and development initiatives that use mobile phones and telemedicine to deliver healthcare in India.
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- Health Care, Technology
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- South Asia
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Welcome to the New NextBillion: As we celebrate 10 years online, we unveil a comprehensively redesigned website
Emerging economies – and the businesses that serve them – have come a long way in the past decade. And so has NextBillion. Today represents another key step in our evolution, as we unveil a comprehensively redesigned website.
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- Social Enterprise
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Weekly Roundup 10-30-15: A New NextBillion is Coming Next Week
We hope you can forgive this very abbreviated weekly roundup. See, we’re sort of in the middle of something: A new website.
Yes, next week we’re launching a redesigned and reimagined NextBillion.net. We’re excited about the possibilities and potential for the new site, which we will unveil in the coming days.- Categories
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Omidyar Network Report Reveals Disruption in Emerging Market Credit Score Business
Omidyar Network today released "Big Data, Small Credit: The Digital Revolution and Its Impact on Emerging Market Consumers", a research report that analyzes a new category of technology enterprises that are disrupting the traditional way of assessing consumer credit risk in emerging markets. Using non-financial data—such as social media activity and mobile phone usage patterns—complex algorithms and big data analytics are delivering a quicker, cheaper, and more effective credit assessment of consumers who lack credit histories and were invisible to lenders before.
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- Technology
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“Impact Bazaar,” a New Marketplace for Social Innovation, Launches
Impact Hub NYC Initiative Offers Expansive Access to Premium Resources to Accelerate Ideas & Impact.
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GSBI Social Entrepreneurs Get Funded
In September, the Global Social Benefit Institute’s (GSBI®) partner Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves announced the winners of its grants to spark business growth and empower women. Nearly US$2 million in grants were awarded to entrepreneurs working to create a global market for clean and efficient household cooking solutions, saving millions of lives, creating livelihoods, and restoring human dignity. This year the Alliance awarded 16 grantees from a diverse range of initiatives falling under three main funding mechanisms: the Women’s Empowerment Fund, Spark Fund, and the Catalytic Small Grants Program. The focus of all of the grants is to empower women and help small businesses scale their operations.
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Eco-Friendly Bio-Toilets Improving Health and Dignity for India’s Poor
Banka BioLoo, an Indian social enterprise that provides solutions for human waste treatment, has joined the Business Call to Action (BCtA) with a commitment to expand distribution of environmentally-friendly bio-toilets to low-income people across India. BCtA is a global initiative that encourages companies to fight poverty through inclusive business models. It is supported by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and other international organisations.
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- Environment, Health Care
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- South Asia