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Press Release: CASE Announces New $100,000 Unrestricted Prize for Scaling Impact Enterprises
On August 10, 2020, the Center for the Advancement of Social Entrepreneurship (CASE) at Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business will start accepting applications for a new annual prize of $100,000 in unrestricted funds. Named the Fred Morgan Kirby Prize for Scaling Social Impact (F. M. Kirby Impact Prize), the prize will recognize one impact enterprise each year that is working to scale its impact on social and/or environmental problems around the world.
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Accessible Tourism for the Disabled: Developing a Valuable Untapped Market in Emerging Economies
The rights and wellbeing of people with disabilities is becoming a more urgent global priority. And according to Sourajit Aiyer at South Asia Fast Track Sustainability Communications, there is also a compelling business case for serving this market through accessible tourism. He explores the growth and potential of these services in emerging countries around the world.
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Press Release: BRAC Receives $60 Million as 2020 Audacious Project to Lift 21 Million People From Extreme Poverty by 2026
Over the next six years, BRAC's Ultra-Poor Graduation Initiative will work with governments in countries with the greatest potential to scale BRAC's Graduation approach to help millions more people to lift themselves from extreme poverty.
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- Coronavirus, Education, Finance, Health Care, Investing, Uncategorized
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Intelligence Brief: How Is COVID-19 Affecting Emerging Markets?
The Covid-19 (coronavirus) pandemic and resulting widespread shift in working patterns and increased demand for home entertainment has thrust communications and the resiliency of telecoms networks to the fore. The outbreak has, and will continue to have, sweeping effects on all aspects of the global economy. As social distancing and travel disruption continue to impact supply and demand, a reduction of global GDP growth by 4.5 percentage points is expected in 2020, with a direct knock-on effect to the telecoms sector among others.
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- Coronavirus, Finance, Impact Assessment, Uncategorized
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Report: 1 in 9 Rwandans Owns a Business
The Rwandan business scene has grown over the last 4 years with about 800,000 Rwandan adults owning a business, the recently released 2020 FinScope Survey Report shows. The survey established that the number of Rwandans who own businesses had grown by 200,000 from 2016.
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Amazon Launches Food Delivery Service in India
Amazon India has launched its food delivery service, Amazon Food, in select pin codes of Bengaluru.
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Halting Human Contact: How Social Enterprises Are Rethinking Their Business Models During COVID-19
Lockdowns across the world. Social distancing, isolation and quarantine commonplace. What does that mean for social enterprises that usually work directly with vulnerable people and rely on face-to-face communication? We spoke to social entrepreneurs in the UK, Turkey and South Africa to find out how they're taking on the challenge.
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Press Release: FINNOVATION Lab Continues “Force For Good” Mission: Open Applications for Cohort 3 Social Impact Entrepreneurs
Nine individuals will be supported by a $50,000 stipend, workspace, and tailored curriculum to focus on turning their bold ideas into impact businesses.
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