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Full steam ahead for healthcare providing ‘trains of hope’
The Phelophepa train draws a crowd wherever it goes. The sound of the lumbering 19-car clinic-on-rails signals the arrival of badly needed free healthcare for thousands of South Africans as it tours the country.
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- Education, Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- public health
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Nearpod Notches $21M in Series B Round to Expand Digital, Virtual Learning Experiences
Nearpod, which offers a suite of tools for teachers to create and share multimedia-rich lessons, presentations and digital activities with students, has raised $21 million in a Series B round led by Insight Venture Partners.
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- Education
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Power, Individualism and Indulgence: How to Leverage Cultural Factors in Entrepreneurship Training
Cultural factors can influence just about every aspect of an entrepreneur’s journey. Using a cultural dimensions tool, the authors compared how cultural background influences entrepreneurs in the USA and the Philippines. After finding large differences across three dimensions of culture, they explored how these differences might affect entrepreneurs in the Philippines and how entrepreneurship training can be tailored accordingly.
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- Education
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De-Mythifying Financial Education
Many organizations have discovered that it's difficult to bring comprehensive and sustainable financial capability to the BoP. Recognizing that financial education is complex and influenced by the clients' environment, MicroSave has developed a framework for those planning interventions, including four key lessons that should be at the forefront of any design.
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- Education
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From Beneficiary to Customer: 40K Transitions from School-building Charity to Edtech Social Enterprise
It took five years for 40K to build its first school in India. Over that time, the organization learned a lot about the key barriers that were preventing quality education from proliferating in rural areas. Over the next two years, 40K transformed from a school-building charity to an edtech social enterprise. Clary Castrission, founder and CEO, explains why, and how the transition is progressing.
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- Education, Social Enterprise, Technology
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Education Experts Square Off on the Public Versus Private School Debate in Africa
Although it may seem counterintuitive, nearly three times as many primary school children are enrolled in private schools in developing countries than in developed ones, according to United Nations figures.
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- Education
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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The Secondary School Abyss: Can Public Private Partnerships Help?
Demand for secondary schools outstrips supply in parts of Africa. PEAS, which builds and runs not-for-profit secondary schools in Uganda and Zambia, has decided to focus on working alongside an informal coalition of partners, including governments, to create a PPP school movement across sub-Saharan Africa.
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- Education
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Court upholds Busia’s decision to close 10 Bridge International schools
A High Court has upheld a decision to close all Bridge International Academies in Busia for failing to meet education standards. Justice Korir on Friday dismissed a complaint from the school after it sought to contest the decision by the Busia County education board.
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- Education
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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