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Former Bike Snatcher Learns to Share, Builds Successful Social Enterprise in South Africa
As a teen, Jeffrey Mulaudzi’s obsession with bicycles got him arrested for stealing one. But now the 22-year-old from Alexandria township in Johannesburg, South Africa,is a proud owner of a bike sharing company that employs six other people and provide bike tours for tourists who want to visit Alexandria.
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Viewpoint: Social Entrepreneurship by the Billions
An audacious effort to provide digital ID numbers throughout India illustrates the potential for large-scale change.
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The Latest in Social Impact Investing: An Online Matchmaking Platform
Enable Impact matches investors to social impact companies or projects looking for Series A funding to scale up operations.
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Schwab Foundation recognizes social innovators around the world
This year, Poonam Bir Kasturi, who founded Daily Dump, is among the awardees. Winner of the 2015 India Social Entrepreneur of the Year (SEOY) Awards, conducted by the Jubilant Bhartia Foundation, a not-for-profit organization established by the Jubilant Bhartia Group in association with the Schwab Foundation, Kasturi is looking to encourage people to take up composting at their homes with a range of attractive-looking composters.
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The World May Have Too Much Food
The past 40 years have seen an unprecedented increase in the number of obese adults worldwide, climbing to about 640 million from 105 million in 1975. If the current trend continues, about one-fifth of adults will be obese by 2025.
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Glaxo promises to give world’s poorest access to its top treatments
Sir Andrew Witty, the outgoing chief executive of GlaxoSmithKline, has unveiled plans to make the company’s latest drugs available to the world’s poorest people at a fraction of the commercial price.
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Kiva Cofounder Raises $9.2 Million For A ‘Branchless Bank’ For The Developing World
For his new concept of a “branchless bank,” Flannery’s going the startup route with some of Silicon Valley’s best known investors.
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India Expects First Loan From China’s Infrastructure Bank
The bank is China’s latest thrust into international diplomacy.
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