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What is the Agaciro Development Fund?
Rwanda is setting the stage in driving its own development, starting with the launch Thursday (Aug. 23) of the country’s national solidarity fund.
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Does Africa really benefit from foreign investment?
African economies have grown robustly over the past decade, but that has not solved the continent's economic problems.
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Sure, We Can Build a Better Toilet. But Will People Use It?
The Gates Foundation’s plan to build a better toilet has inspired optimism for the future of sanitation in the developing world.
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34 Places To Find That New Job: Social Innovators Edition
Other than the beloved Idealist.org, where can someone looking for an impactful or innovative job begin their search? For all those looking to enter or shift within the social innovation space, however you define it, optimizing communities and networking seem to be predominant. Here’s a list of sites to bookmark or pass on to a friend on the hunt right now.
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The 2012 Social Entrepreneur Awardees
When Klaus Schwab and I created the Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship back in 2000, no one knew what social entrepreneurs were. They were uncommon and unsung heroes in their respective countries and communities, working in relative obscurity to test out new approaches to tackle profound market failures. When they came to Davos, few participants attended the session ‘Meet the Social Entrepreneurs’. Their voices – and the voices of the bottom billion of humanity, the poor people they serve – were often not heard.
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Why Social Entrepreneurs Could Use a Little More Faith
As your average Fast Company subscribing, TED Talks-watching, New York Times reading, SXSW obsessed pop culture junkie, I know a few things about social innovation. Having followed the game-changing efforts of TOMs Shoes, Kiva, Kickstarter and Warby Parker, it's easy to think of social innovation and entrepreneurship as a secular thing. A recent Southern California Faith-Based Social Innovation Forum showed though that when it comes to collaboration with faith-based social entrepreneurs, there's plenty of room for growth.
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Intellecap facilitates investment of INR 250 million in NationWide, from Norwest Venture Partners
Intellecap today announced that it has facilitated an investment of INR 250 million from Norwest Venture Partners in Nationwide Primary Healthcare Services, a pioneering chain of general practitioner and pediatric clinics backed by US based angels.
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Solar lighting: Lighting the way
Energy technology: Cheaper and better solar-powered electric lights promise to do away with kerosene-fuelled lanterns
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- Energy, Environment, Technology
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- poverty alleviation, solar