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Artha Venture Challenge Finalists Announced
15 social ventures in India get opportunity to access INR 25 lakh matched equity fundingThe final cohort for the Artha Venture Challenge, a national competition for early-stage social ventures in India has been announced.
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Calvert Foundation Appoints Jennifer Pryce President and CEO
Calvert Foundation’s Board of Directors announced today that Chief Strategy Officer Jennifer Pryce will be the organization’s new President and CEO upon the departure of Lisa Hall, who is leaving Calvert Foundation to join Anthos Asset Management in the newly created position of Managing Director of Impact Investing. While Ms. Pryce will assume the role of President and CEO effective immediately, Ms. Hall will stay on as Strategic Advisor through mid-October.
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Africa will Rule the World in Mobile Money, Expert Predicts
African countries like Nigeria, Kenya, and Tanzania have been predicted to rule the world in mobile money transactions, which include mobile banking and mobile wallet, in the next few years, going by the continent’s population and zeal for technology advancement.
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Kenya: Seacom Opens Up Internet to Kenyan Techies
Fibre optic cable provider SEACOM has given 100 MegaBytes per Second (mbps) of internet connectivity to four innovation centers in Kenya to enhance their capacity to generate local content for a global audience.
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Wildlife Works builds business protecting forests, climate
Rangers patrol a dusty forest in southern Kenya, keeping a watchful eye out for poachers.Although they roam near the borders of two national parks, their salaries don't come from the Kenyan government. They're employees of a small Mill Valley company, Wildlife Works.
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- Energy
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- forests, social enterprise
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Matt Damon Tries to Get Clean Water and Toilets for India’s Poor
Matt Damon finds it a challenge to get people to care about water. It’s why he was in India from Aug. 23 to 26 on a four-day tour. Not to promote his latest film Elysium, a sci-fi dystopia with a socialist underpinning, but to help the rural and urban poor in India get access to clean water and sanitation by investing in tube wells, hand pumps and toilets with proper drainage facilities.
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- Agriculture, Health Care
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- South Asia
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Social enterprise Findacure aims to unlock new insights into rare diseases
Through his social enterprise Nick Sireau and his team aim to change the field of drug development.
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Can NGOs and pharmaceutical firms partner to solve global health issues?
A few weeks ago, in a remote Rwandan village, I met a nurse who had set up her own clinic to serve the local residents. From a single, brightly decorated room, she was prescribing medicines and administering basic care that patients might otherwise have to walk 15 miles or more to reach.
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- Health Care, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa