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Press Release: Social Entrepreneurs Have Improved 622 Million Lives: Schwab Foundation Report
Social entrepreneurs with the Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship have improved the lives of more than 622 million people in 190 countries.
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- Entrepreneurship
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Press Release: Citi Launches $150 Million Impact Investing Fund
This is the largest fund of its kind to be launched by a bank using its own capital. Investments, which could be as high as $10 million, will primarily be made in companies that have demonstrated proof of concept, built an existing customer base, secured prior rounds of funding and exhibited the potential for scale in multiple markets. A portion of the fund is designated for earlier stage seed investments.
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- Entrepreneurship, Finance, Investing
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- North America
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Viewpoint: Today’s Africa Is the China of 20 Years Ago
The barriers that slow down entrepreneurship in Africa are similar to those I had to fight against twenty years ago when I created Alibaba. By relying on the digital revolution, it is possible to turn Africa into a global hub.
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- Entrepreneurship
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Building an inclusive city in Myanmar, one trash alley at a time
From Kenya to Colombia, Spain to Singapore, urban planners, businesses and citizens are creating green, open spaces in fast-growing cities to foster community spirit and tackle rising pollution and cramped living spaces.
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- Entrepreneurship, Environment, Technology
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- South Asia
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Press Release: Tony Elumelu Foundation Announces Final 2,100 African Entrepreneurs for the Inaugural TEF-UNDP Entrepreneurship Programme
The Programme targets small business owners in rural communities across the 7 Sahel countries of Africa – Nigeria, Niger, Chad, Mauritania, Burkina Faso, Mali and Cameroon.
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Young Chadians Seek to Solve Blackouts, Joblessness With Social Businesses
In Chad, where there is almost little to no local business, social entrepreneurs are taking on tasks such as lighting in a country where business laws are tough, investment scarce and entrepreneurship an idea that many don’t quite understand yet.
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- Entrepreneurship
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India’s $62 Billion Sanitation Economy Is Fueling Entrepreneurs in Renewable Energy
The crisis is fueling a growing number of companies and “sanipreneurs” to cash in by finding ways to turn human waste into valuable resources, including renewable energy.
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- Energy, Entrepreneurship, WASH
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- South Asia
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Q&A: Help Others or Go Bust, Migrant Billionaire Tells Big Business
Hamdi Ulukaya says the days of companies being run solely to maximise profit for shareholders are over.
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- Entrepreneurship
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