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ViewChange Video of the Week: Entrepreneurs in Burkina Faso
With drought prevailing in areas bordering the Saharan desert, farmers in Burkina Faso are exploring alternative ways to generate income. The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) supports a program that provides training and support to people with ideas that could be transformed into successful business ventures.
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- Agriculture
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Ten Years From Now … A Day With the SOCAP/Europe Entrepreneurs
How could impact investing make a real difference on our everyday lives? NextBillion writer Martin Herrndorf takes a pleasant stroll through "Socapia" in May 2021, observing the impact of the winners of the SOCAP/Europe Social Entrepreneur Scholarship a decade later.
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- Agriculture, Energy, Environment
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- impact investing, solar
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Winners Announced for the NextBillion 2011 Case Writing Competition
We are pleased to announce the winners of the NextBillion 2011 Case Writing Competition, which was co-sponsored by the William Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan, Acumen Fund, and Ashoka. We received many high-quality cases this year, so it was a difficult decision for our valued judging panel.
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- Education
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Running a Social Business: More Rollercoaster Than Mountain Climb
Some believe a perfect metaphor for running a social business is a huge mountain climb: lots of struggle and suffering, and reaching the summit is the way to recognition and "glory." However, riding endlessly on a roller coaster seems a metaphor closer to reality: ups and downs, fear, excitement, frustration, accomplishment, anxiety and relief.
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- Social Enterprise
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A New NextBillion in the Works
Earlier this month, we announced several changes to NextBillion’s staff, including new writers and new editor roles. Today, I wanted to let you know about a couple more changes to the physical appearance of the NextBillion network, present and future. We hope to hear from you. What features would you like to see in the next, NextBillion?
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- Education
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Sankalp 2011: Moving From Questions of ’How?’ To Examples of ’How To’
At India’s premiere forum for social businesses, I was encouraged to hear a familiar set of core challenges from both entrepreneurs and the investors. But, I also found myself feeling frustrated. We know which changes need to occur to spur continued growth in the sector, and yet we’ve still not figured out how to go about making them happen.
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- Uncategorized
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An Emerging Platform: From Money Transfer System to Mobile Money Ecosystem
Mobile money is becoming an infrastructure backbone connecting clients with myriad financial service providers. Our investigation documented over 90 financial institutions - from small MFIs, and savings and credit cooperatives, to large banks and insurers - that are adding mobile money as a service delivery channel; and zero that were not.
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Tapping into the Talent Pool Within the BoP
Ashoka’s Changemakers, along with the Opportunity Project from eBay Foundation, is focused on employment and income generation for vulnerable populations via its open competition for systematic/disruptive market-based innovations. You have until June 15 to submit your ideas. Read on for more details on the competition and Tuesday’s Twitter chat.
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- Social Enterprise
