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Top tips: how to beat mainstream business rivals
Phil Levermore, managing director of energy supplier Ebico, a social enterprise, advises on how to compete with 'non–social enterprises'
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What you need to know about the Middle East’s new social entrepreneurs
Many things amazed me in my travels across the growing tech startup ecosystem in the Middle East over the past two tumultuous years.
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- North Africa & Near East
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Three Text Messages That Are Changing Africa
Can a text message save a continent?
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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What went wrong with India’s TB control
The story today is a far cry from the 1960s, when we led the developing countries’ fight against the disease
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- South Asia
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Targeting product design for the developing world
The key, MIT study finds, is designing products that make money for the microentrepreneur.
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Vinod Khosla-backed Unitus Seed Fund to invest up to Rs 1 cr in Caravan Craft
Unitus Seed Fund, backed by marquee investor Vinod Khosla has made its third investment of the year, funding Bangalore-based Caravan Craft Retail, as capital flow increases for social ventures in areas beyond micro-finance.
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Pedaling for progress with cargo bikes
For Victoria Holanda, fetching water used to be a backbreaking chore. “Dati ay suson naming mag-asawa ang isang kawayan; ang timba ay nasa gitna naming dalawa,” she recalled. “Inaabot kami ng tatlong oras araw-araw sa pag-igib ng tubig mula sa isang bukal na 500 metro ang layo sa bahay namin.”
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For Indian tech startups, Obamacare mean big bucks as 45 mn Americans pick health covers
A number of young Indian companies that make specialised software and analytics for global healthcare providers are recording a sharp upswing in business as millions of uninsured Americans enrol in a new healthcare system.
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- governance