Articles by John Converse Townsend
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Wednesday
November 5
2014From Classroom to the Real World: How young people in Africa can unlock limitless opportunities
Today more than half the population of sub-Saharan Africa is under the age of 25, and the World Bank predicts that as many as 11 million young people will join an expanding labor market every year for the next decade. Ashoka Changemakers’ John Converse Townsend looks at two social entrepreneurs fostering creative methods for turning around the unemployment crisis.
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- Education, Entrepreneurship
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Tuesday
October 23
2012The People Want Business with a Purpose (Will Social Intrapreneurs Deliver?): Ashoka and Accenture are looking for changemakers inside large multinationals
Ashoka and Accenture have teamed up to launch a new competition that seeks creative fixes for business and society: “The League of Intrapreneurs: Building Better Business from the Inside Out.”
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- Education, Entrepreneurship