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Twitter Sunday : Read, enjoy, find someone new to follow
Etsy, the online handicrafts company and B-Corp, said in a regulatory filing last week it hopes to raise $100 million through an IPO. The company pegged its value at $2 billion, which served to ignite the Twitter nest.
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Weekly Roundup – Women are THE ‘emerging market’
Over the next five years, women will have purchasing power valued at $6 trillion. That makes them "the world’s largest ‘emerging market,’" according to Jeni Klugman and Purnima Mane.
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Go-Girl Marketing: Show Me The Impact?: Why companies should invest in maternal health, not just slogans
Women consumers have always valued brands and products that make the world a better place. But while go-girl marketing is a step in the right direction, it needs to be followed-up with action. One way to do this is high impact corporate philanthropy: evidence-based programs, developed in partnership with experts and supported by a major cash investment. That’s real brand alignment.
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Triple Jeopardy: Report details the discrimination facing girls and women with leprosy
Report published today warns that the new United Nations Sustainable Development Goals will fail in their aim to “leave no one behind” if discrimination against girls and women affected by leprosy is not tackled.
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Why It’s Cool to Invest in Girls: SPRING Accelerator is open for applications
Harnessing the power and potential of girls is the aim of SPRING, a new project from the U.K. Department for International Development (DFID), Nike Foundation and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). SPRING will accelerate early to mid-stage ventures with products and services that improve the lives of girls in poverty across eight East African countries.
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Catalyzing the Power of Africa’s Youth: Recommendations for Youth Entrepreneurship Promotion 2.0
Young and without credit history or experience, many East African entrepreneurs find themselves at the “Bottom of the Enterprise Pyramid” facing tough challenges. While networking, peer-learning and exposure, especially to investors, are perceived as important success factors, these are biased towards more mature entrepreneurs. Intellecap has developed a series of strategies for building a more inclusive entrepreneurial ecosystem.
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Following the (Mobile) Money: Services now available in 61 percent of developing markets, GSMA reports
The mobile financial services sector continued to expand in 2014, boosted by the creation of more enabling regulatory frameworks in several markets, according to the GSMA’s 2014 State of the Industry Report on mobile financial services. With 255 mobile money services in operation across 89 countries, mobile money services are now available in over 60 percent of developing markets.
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Scaling Up What Works: Study focuses on using the private sector as a way to increase the effectiveness of primary care services
Most global child mortality could be prevented through effective primary care interventions. To help meet these basic needs, the Rapid Routes to Scale group is detailing ways to scale up primary care in low- and middle-income countries.
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