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Somalia’s ‘touch and feel’ e-commerce hit
When Saed Mohamed, a young entrepreneur from Somalia, pitched his online shopping business Muraadso as part of an East African start-up competition in 2015, he was prepared for rejection. And rejection is what he got.
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Snapcart raises $10M to shed light on consumer spending in emerging markets
A 2-year-old startup tucked away in Southeast Asia, Snapcart is taking on $15 billion powerhouse Nielsen by shining a light on the black box that is consumer spending.
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Brazil: The New Home of Do-Gooder Business
Thanks to its success in connecting companies with the producers of fairly sourced raw materials from the country’s far reaches, Rio-based MateriaBrasil has become an anchor of Brazil’s growing B Corporation movement — one of the world’s largest outside the U.S. — which pledges to put society and the planet ahead of strictly making money. Brazil has 103 certified B Corps, more than 10 times the number since certification became possible in the country in 2013.
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Press release: New FICO Credit Scores Provide Lenders Opportunity to Expand Access to Credit in India for Nearly 350 Million
FICO® Score for India is based on traditional credit data available from any of the major credit bureaus in India. FICO® Score X Data India, in partnership with LenddoTM, evaluates alternative data such as that from a consumer's digital footprint (web or mobile device) to produce a score for consumers who don't have enough traditional data on file with one of the Indian credit bureaus to produce a FICO® Score for India.
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Could this 10-year-old fix Pakistan’s waste problem?
"This is a situation you can find across all of Pakistan - these bags are not biodegradable and people carelessly discard them. They don't really think about recycling," Zymal says.
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Press release: Visa Launches Foundation With Inaugural Grant to Women’s World Banking
At the heart of the Visa Foundation is the belief that micro and small enterprises are the backbone of the global economy. In fact, small and medium enterprises account for more than 90 percent of enterprises worldwide, and contribute 50-60 percent of global employment. However, these segments struggle to access the financial tools, capital and training programs required to enable them to fully thrive. The Visa Foundation’s core mission is to support efforts to rectify this imbalance.
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The female micro-entrepreneurs disrupting India’s garment trade
Industree Foundation has reached 30,000 women artisans across India and Africa, through collaborative efforts with organizations such as India based retail group Future Group, and IKEA, which teams up with social enterprises in India for its Next Gen initiative, which aims to enable social entrepreneurs to gain access to global markets.
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