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Global Entrepreneurship Week: Let’s Get to Work

With 100 countries, 40,000 events and 10 million people, Global Entrepreneurship Week has grown exponentially with the global economic turndown. And never before have so many people had access to so many good ideas for starting and flourishing new enterprises.

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Technology

The New Nomads and Cloud Computing in Africa

The Nomads of the Sahara are called the "children of the clouds" and in Africa, clouds announce the rain that brings hope. A new type of cloud is bringing hope for the next generation of African innovators and unleashing their creativity: Cloud computing.

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Technology

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employment

Transactions Without Borders: The March of Mobile Money

The term "unbanked" does not always equate to "unbankable." In fact, it’s often simply a case of banks being unreachable. In his latest book, Sam Pitroda explains that the digital wallet is going to change the very concept of money, leading to financial and social inclusion.

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Technology, Telecommunications

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financial inclusion, telecommunications

Life at the Bottom of the Pyramid: Are Environmental Technologies the Way Out?

VANCOUVER, August 1, 2007 (GLOBE-Net) ? Roughly four billion people, mostly in developing countries, subsist at the bottom of the economic and social pyramid. Here they are vulnerable not only to the risks associated with poverty, unemployment and social exclusion, but also to a host of environmental threats including poor air quality, contaminated water and climate change. Even though they live on less than US $2 per day, these people represent a huge potential market. Linking their entrepreneu...

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Globe-Net (link opens in a new window)

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Environment, Technology

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Base of the Pyramid, clean cooking