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What Nepalese Mountaineers Can Teach You About Business
Sherpas are famous for trekking to the summit of Mount Everest. But one entrepreneur says they have much to teach the business world.
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Booz & Company sponsors Social Enterprise Week
Booz & Company, a leading global management consulting firm, is the newest sponsor of Social Enterprise Week (SEW2013).
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164 social ventures take part in the first edition of Tata Social Enterprise Challenge
The Tata group in partnership with the Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta (IIM-C), hosted the grand finale event of the first Tata Social Enterprise Challenge today, followed by a Social Entrepreneurship Conference at the institute’s auditorium where the winners were felicitated.
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Africa: Closing the Gap – Meet Aims to End Extreme Poverty
When 17-year-old Sona Traore represented the Child Protection Network of Liberia at a civil society event organized in conjunction with a three-day United Nations meeting in this capital city earlier this month, she knew she was not speaking for Liberian children alone.
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Q&A: Inovio CEO on DNA Vaccines
One area of biotechnology that has drawn a lot of attention in recent years is DNA vaccines.
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6 Innovations That Will Change Healthcare
When economists, data scientists and medical professionals team up, the result is often remarkable innovation.
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Africa: Global Fund News Flash – Issue 14
The Global Fund plans to launch its new funding model in the coming days.
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Full speed ahead: AfDB’s plan for a Pan-African information highway
The African Development Bank has installed a common information technology platform in 13 countries and the African Union Commission.
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