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Kenya: What Universities Can Do to Expand Social Entrepreneurship
Universities are at the forefront of any country's economic development efforts. They play an invaluable role in passing knowledge on to the next generation and creating new knowledge through research. Both these endeavours can set graduates up to contribute to their country's growth.
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- Education, Entrepreneurship
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Soapply Initiative Funds Sanitation and Hygiene Solutions in Africa
While working in East Africa, Mera McGrew quickly learned that a simple act like washing hands with soap could prevent child mortality. Her initiative, Soapply, addresses the serious issue of clean water, sanitation and hygiene across the globe. With each purchase, the company funds up to $10 worth of impact through water, sanitation and hygiene initiatives and aims to leave a lasting positive impact.
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- Education, Health Care, WASH
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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EdTech is having a renaissance, powered by the emerging world
So-called ‘EdTech’ has seen many false dawns over the years. After being lauded as the teaching platforms of the future, most MOOCs (Massive Open Online Course platforms) have not quite lived up to the superlatives made for them, and the sector has had trouble coming up with more innovative ideas for a while.
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- Education, Technology
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Wheaton College receives $10 million donation to expand its social entrepreneurship programs
The pledge establishes an endowed professorship in social entrepreneurship, provides money for entrepreneurial education programming and launches a fundraising challenge that will help pay for the construction of a dedicated space for the college's existing programs in social innovation.
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- Education, Entrepreneurship
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- North America
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Khethi Ngwenya: A social entrepreneur who learned that impact is more important than profit
Social Entrepreneur, Khethi Ngwenya from Soweto knew from a young age of 12 that he wanted to go into business and make a positive contribution in his community.
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- Education, Entrepreneurship
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Prince Charles launches education impact bond for India
Britain's Prince Charles has launched a new 10-million-dollar Development Impact Bond (DIB) to help improve education for over 200,000 children in India. The DIB, the largest bond of its type in South Asia, is the latest fundraising initiative by the British Asian Trust (BAT), set up by the royal 10 years ago to fight poverty in South Asia.
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- Education
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- South Asia
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Press release: Response to statement attributed to the Permanent Secretary of Education
Bridge schools have become a lightning rod in a national conversation between the Ugandan Government and school operators over licensing. There are 1,300 schools and thousands of children across the country affected by this issue. An issue that has been debated in parliament, in our national media and by communities. We believe that it is important that the conversation is constructive and that schools that have followed the licensing process as outlined by the Ministry and have submitted the necessary files are able to operate and continue the important work of educating Uganda’s children.
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- Education
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Bridge International Academies are not authorised to operate in Uganda, says Ministry of Education
The Ministry of Education has reiterated its position that Bridge international academies whose financial backers include Facebook owner Mark Zuckerberg has no license and is not authorised to open for the school year 2018.
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- Education
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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