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Tackling the Challenges of Urban Sanitation: A Social Enterprise Model
A micro franchise initiative founded by SC Johnson in Nairobi aims to improve levels of sanitation in low-income communities.
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- Health Care
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- public health
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Why Designers Need To Stop Feeling Sorry For Africa
Taking a patronizing approach to investing in Africa undermines both the country’s people and entrepreneurial promise, argue Jens Martin Skibsted and Rasmus Bech Hansen.
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- Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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A New Silicon Valley? Tech Hubs Spring Up in Africa
Internet access is expanding rapidly across the continent, and with it new organizations are coming to help foster a budding tech startup scene.
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- Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Cape Town’s Women Take the Lead in Farm-Focused Social Enterprise
Abalimi’s profitable social business, Harvest of Hope, relies on a community-supported agriculture model that provides customers (who pay in advance) a box of fresh, organically grown produce harvested from community gardens each week.
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- Agriculture, Education
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Investing in Agriculture Most Effective Way to Eradicate Poverty in Africa – UN
With the deadline for achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) just three years away, a senior United Nations official today emphasized that spending on agriculture is the most effective type of investment for halting poverty in Africa.
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- Agriculture
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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One Acre Fund Helps Africa’s Small Farmers Keep in Their Fields
The One Acre Fund provides access to microloans, training, insurance, and other hard-to-get help that boosts farmers' incomes and curbs flight from farms into cities.
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- Agriculture
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- microfinance
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Namibia: Chinese Enterprise in the Country – Panelised House Manufacturer
It goes without saying that Chinese companies, be it a trade company, or a construction company or a service provider, or a manufacturer, are one of the contributors to Namibian socio-economic development with respect to poverty reduction, infrastructure improvement, employment creation, business vision, technical know-how, market and commodity competition system and working ethics among others.
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- Uncategorized
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Enterprise Sets Up Service Centres for Livestock Farmers
A social enterprise has opened 16 livestock service centres to help farmers improve production through better extension services.
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- Agriculture
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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