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Staying safe in conflict zones: advice from women social entrepreneurs
Ashoka fellows leading social change in troubled areas talk about how they protect themselves and stay strong for their team
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World Bank Group offers $1.4m to 12 social enterprises in North-East
The World Bank Group will give $1.4 million to 12 social enterprises in the North-East, working on access to affordable healthcare services, education, water and sanitation services.
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- Impact Assessment
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Nurturing Startups Trying To Reduce Pollution From Plastic
The problem of plastic pollution is so vast, it deserves a business accelerator for startups focused only on reducing all that waste. Now there is one.
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- Environment
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OPINION: Latin America’s Silicon Valley: That would be Colombia
Today, nearly half of the world lives in poverty, including nearly a quarter of Californians. The United States, like every nation, grapples with the challenge of income inequality. Colombia is no different.
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- Education, Impact Assessment, Technology
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- Latin America
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Joining Forces for ImpactInvesting and ESG at TBLI CONFERENCE USA 2014.
Amsterdam, 19 June 2014 TBLI CONFERENCETM, dedicated to building a community of ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) and impact investors, held its second USA conference on 29 and 30 May in New York.
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- Impact Assessment
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Infuse Ventures, Intellecap Impact Investment Network invest Rs 3 crore in solar startup Surya Power
MUMBAI: Intellecap Impact Investment Network (I3N) andInfuse Ventures have invested $500,000, or Rs 3 crore, in Coimbatore-based solar-agriculture startup Surya PowerMagic.
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- Energy, Impact Assessment
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- impact investing, solar
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Xpress Money Joins Hands with Safaricom to Boost Mobile Remittances in Kenya
Xpress Money, the world's most dependable money transfer brand, today announced its tie up with Safaricom to offer money transfer services on the latter's popular M-PESA platform in Kenya.
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How to manage all your financial affairs from a $20 mobile phone
“I feel like a caveman who’s just been handed a Bic lighter,” reported Charles Graeber, a writer for Bloomberg Businessweek who recently went to Nairobi to check out M-Pesa, Kenya’s dominant mobile-money provider.
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