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As part of a wide-scale healthcare transformation program, one of the largest of its kind in Africa, the Kenyan Ministry of Health (MoH) has announced GE Healthcare as a key strategic technology and solutions partner, following the conclusion of an open tender process.
Press Release: Kenyan Ministry of Health Selects GE as a Strategic Partner to Support Healthcare Modernization ProgramNews
Simple technologies like Kenya's M-Pesa mobile money system can have a huge impact in the developing world. Offering something genuinely new, reliable and, above all, cheap, they can stitch together communities, catalyze markets, improve economies, and ultimately change lives.
51 Breakthrough Technologies to Defeat PovertyNews
Last night, Lions Health together with UNICEF and Unilever, launched the Young Lions Health Award, an exciting new competition for young creatives and marketers that aims to improve challenges facing global health systems in developing countries.
Press Release: Lions Health Partners with UNICEF and Unilever to Create an Innovative Global Health CampaignNews
Maybe Jesse Helms was right. I never thought I’d hear myself utter those words, but after witnessing the fracas around the U.S. Agency for International Development’s “Local Solutions” policy, I’m coming around to his way of thinking.
Viewpoint: The Illusion of Control in Foreign AidNews
Over the last 17 years, women-owned businesses have increased dramatically—a substantial 68% since 1977. In a world where women have long lived and worked in the shadows of men, entrepreneurship seems to be helping women narrow the gender gap in the workplace. Until you take a look at their paychecks.
Why Do Female Social Entrepreneurs Pay Themselves Less?Blog Post
After tracking the financial activities of lower-income Americans for a full year, the U.S. Financial Diaries project found that informal financial mechanisms were enduringly popular - even when formal alternatives were used. What makes them so appealing - and how can financial services providers respond? We discuss these issues in part two of our Q&A with FAI Executive Director Jonathan Morduch.
Competing with the ‘Bank of Mom’: What makes informal finance so popular – and how can financial services providers respond?News
Geneva's public prosecutor searched HSBC's (HSBA.L) lakeside Swiss office on Wednesday after opening a criminal inquiry into allegations of aggravated money laundering, the second probe to hit the bank this week.
Swiss Prosecutor Raids HSBC Office, Opens Criminal InquiryBlog Post
Driven largely by student input and faculty collaboration, a new concentration in Social Business and Enterprise at McGill university is intended for students interested in harnessing the not-for-profit, civil, and for-profit sectors to tackle social issues. Leading the effort is Robert J. David, Associate Professor of Strategy & Organization. His experience is particularly illustrative of how scholars and students are working together to forge new curricula in the realm of social business.
Students, Professors are Crafting a New Social Business Curricula : At McGill, collaboration charted a social business concentration
