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Bill Drayton’s Five Trends For Social Entrepreneurs
At a recent event in NYC, journalist and author David Bornstein interviewed Ashoka Founder Bill Drayton about the future of social entrepreneurship. In case you missed it, here’s a recap from Eli Malinsky of the Centre for Social Innovation.
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Honoring November’s ‘NextBees’ : Buzz-worthy tales of bucking culture, reaching markets
Welcome to the second edition of the “NextBees,” our monthly awards recognizing the posts with the most – the most reads, the most comments and/or the most shares on social media – that is. The two most-read posts that also elicited the most reactions and shares on NextBillion in November, essentially, were all about bucking corporate culture.
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NexThought Monday – A Close Look at Safaricom’s M-Shwari : Mobile, yes, but how ‘cool’ is it for customers?
Finally it’s here, a banking product on Safaricom’s terms. Following last week’s announcement, foreign M-PESA watchers get to add another word to their stock of essential Swahili words: shwari, meaning ‘calm’ or ‘cool.’The financial inclusion community has keenly been looking for more instances of mobile money platforms connecting with bank offerings. Before you rejoice at this announcement, consider what it means for other banks in Kenya.
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Adult population access to MFBs swells by 4.6m
The number of adult population that have a microfinance bank account rose to 4.6 million or 5.2 percent in 2012 as against 3.2 million or 3.8 percent in 2010, representing 1.2 million increase, according to Enhancing Financial Innovation & Access (EFInA)’s access to financial services in Nigeria 2012 survey report.
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Unleash the World’s Entrepreneurial Geniuses: UN resolution encourages removing constraints on entrepreneurs
Sponsored by Israel’s Mission to the U.N., an unprecedented resolution encourages countries to remove potential licensing, financial and legal barriers that prevent local businesses from stimulating widespread economic and social growth. It also emphasizes the value of teaching entrepreneurial skills at all levels of education, so that everyone—including youth and women—can turn their creativity, energy and ideas into business opportunities
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Introducing… social enterprise speed matching
The Nominet Trust has not always got collaboration right, but a recent speed dating-style event helped connect social entrepreneurs to potential funders
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Global Impact Investing Network Receives GBP 10.5 Million Commitment from UK’s Department for International Development
The Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN) announced today that the United Kingdom’s Department for International Development (DFID) will provide GBP 10.5 million to support the GIIN’s role in developing and growing the impact investing market in sub-Saharan Africa and Asia.
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McMedicine: Is Social Franchising the Next Big Thing in BoP Health Care?
Around half of all people in developing countries turn to the private sector for health care – even though public facilities are generally cheaper or even free. Can health care franchises maintain the qualities that make private clinics so popular - while also keeping prices low?
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