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Tanzania: Luca Neghesti, a Serial Entrepreneur in Media, ICT and Logistics Industries
LUCA Neghesti is a serial entrepreneur with vast experience in the Media, ICT and Logistics industries in Tanzania.In 2006, he founded Bongo5 Media Group, the first digital media outfit in Tanzania targeting youth development through entertainment and social media engagement. In this interview, he spoke to ORTON KIISHWEKO on entrepreneurship, the youth and mothers.
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Q&A With Social Impact Investing Pioneer Andy Kuper
LeapFrog, the private equity firm founded by Andrew Kuper and Jim Roth, raises money to invest in “purpose-driven” businesses—businesses that have a social impact as well as delivering healthy economic returns. The firm's chosen field is micro-insurance and its first fund, which closed in 2010, is now almost fully invested in companies “up the value chain” of the insurance industry in Asia and Africa.
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Telling a very happy story: enterprise from Brazil’s point of view
Social enterprise is becoming a part of the norm in Brazil, a valid option for starting or growing a business.
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If You’re Out to Change the World, How Do You Know When to Move On?
A certain phrase has gained currency in my world lately: the notion that a social enterprise must have an "exit strategy." Social enterprises, of course, are organizations designed primarily to yield social versus financial value. But here the community is borrowing a term from traditional venture capitalists, who know that a big part of maximizing returns is having a plan for when and how to end one's involvement in a venture and invest resources elsewhere.
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A Bank for Banks: Indonesia’s Bank Andara grows micro-businesses and turns a profit
Indonesia has millions of micro-entrepreneurs and thousands of micro-finance institutions. But most lack capital and established systems, and can only provide bare-bones services to small client bases. Enter Bank Andara, a wholesale commercial bank exclusively dedicated to serving the Indonesian micro-finance sector.
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‘Africapitalism’ Promises New Model of African Self-Empowerment
For investors seeking profits, Africa is impossible to ignore.Sub-Saharan Africa has six of the world's 10 fastest-growing economies over the past decade; glossy conferences, heads of state, and private funds all tout the huge returns possible for investing money on the continent.
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Five reasons social enterprises fail: from obsessive founders to ‘perfect’ plans
After the collapse of his own social enterprise, Matthew Cain wanted to know what makes a social business a success.
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Women Entrepreneurs Becoming Force in the Developing World
You may not have heard of the "third billion," but you may one day feel their impact. The third billion is a term used to describe the billion women, mostly from emerging markets, who will join the global economy as employees, employers and entrepreneurs over the next decade.
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