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In 10 years from now, 40 million Nigerians will become job seekers, and most of them would be unskilled hands. What do we do with these job seekers? Generation Enterprise (GEN) raised this question last week in Lagos. It is GEN’s mandate to solve this problem. GEN, a model that provides an end-to-end solution to youth poverty and unemployment, brought leaders in Nigeria’s public, private, and social sectors together in Lagos to tackle the related issues of youth unemployment and...
Business Incubator for Marginalised Youths DebutsBlog Post
InVenture, founded by former financial analyst Shivani Siroya, melds the P2P website model - one of the founding pillars of Kiva- with investing in SMEs in the developing world. You can go on the InVenture site and invest as little as $25 in an SME in the developing world and receive constant updates on your business’ progress and social impact.
InVest in a Small Business, See Your Impact – In Real TimeBlog Post
Sometimes, slogans work wonders. IBM is building a Smarter Planet - and expanding its market potential by upwards of 40 percent globally, thanks to the campaign. Just Do It stole a quarter of the U.S. sports-shoe category for Nike in its first decade. But sometimes, slogans are really, really dangerous.
NexThought Monday: Beyond Slogans – Relevant Communications to Fight HIVBlog Post
Last week at Social Business Forum Asia 2011, The Grameen Creative Lab, named Fukuoka, Japan a "Social Business City." Fukuoka is the second city to receive that moniker, following Wiesbaden, Germany. But what exactly does being a Social Business City mean? I put that question to Daniel Nowack, the project lead for Social Business City Wiesbaden.
NexThought Monday: What Makes A ?Social Business City??News
Coca-Cola ( KO ) sells millions of bottles of its fizzy sugar water in the poorest villages of the world at 15¢ to 25¢ per bottle-prices locals can barely afford. What would happen to the multinational’s business if a well-funded Chinese soft drink startup decided to crash that market with a sweet but relatively nutritious beverage it sold for 5¢ a bottle? Coke would most likely ge...
Disruptive Startups That Don’t Get FundedBlog Post
I have always dreamt of starting my own chain of low cost affordable schools.That dream motivated me to join the Teach For India Fellowship. My small classroom was without the basic necessities. So my 27 students and I are learning the basics of sustainable business. For me, the students are not only the product, but also the customer.
Guest Post: Why My Classroom is a StartupBlog Post
As creator of the blended-value concept, Jed Emerson has made significant contributions to the way impact investing is being discussed around the globe. In our conversation, Emerson shared his passionate yet pragmatic thinking about the status quo of impact investing, where he sees its risks and how to unleash billions of dollars in social capital.
Emerson on Impact Investing: Passionately Pragmatic!News
Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd, a $30 billion (Rs.1.3 trillion)-plus diversified financial services company that owns stakes in Kraft Foods Inc. and Dell Inc., is entering India to invest in listed and unlisted Indian companies, a senior company official said. It will buy both minority as well as controlling stakes. Founded by Indian-born Prem Watsa , 61, popularly known as the Warren Buffett of Canada, Fairfax has appointed Harsha Raghavan, former India head of private equ...
Fairfax Enters India to Invest in Local Firms
