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In South Africa’s Poor Townships, Social Entrepreneurs Are Creating a Food Delivery Service
People who live a long way from grocery stores pay more for food because they have to travel there and back, which costs money, and they waste more time doing it. That's why two social entrepreneurs from Cape Town, South Africa, have come up with Lakheni, a group buying club that aggregates orders, with local daycare centers serving as a base.
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July’s Most Popular Posts on NextBillion: From the value of female mobile money agents to the power of Latin America’s BoP
From the benefits of training women as mobile money agents to the remarkable size and vibrancy of Latin America's BoP, the month of July brought some compelling content to NextBillion. We highlight the three most-read and most-shared posts of the month.
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5 Smart, Sustainable Innovations Ready to Take Over the Developing World
The social enterprises will receive mentoring from venture capitalists and entrepreneurs on how to scale their ideas.
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With a Billion Africans Set to Shop Online, a New Wave of Start-ups Is Looking to Cash In
Africa’s middle class is rising and they have money to spend. About a third of the continent spends between $4 to $20 a day—a group that is expected to grow to 42% by 2060, according to data from the Africa Development Bank (pdf). That’s more than a billion people.
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NexThought Monday – Collecting Data That Matters: Nine tips for making sure your organization extracts the most value from measurement
Measurement is an iterative process. Metrics can and should shift as a company evolves from design to scale. Organizations should focus on collecting data that helps them improve their operations, such as data that can lead to them creating more value for their customers, producers and/or the communities where they operate.
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Latin America: Low-Income Millennials Present Big Market Opportunities
Hardly a day passes without a new article on how businesses are analyzing the needs, wants and spending trends of millennials. In the US alone, millennials (or Generation Y), those born between 1980 and 2000, represent 30 percent of the population. By 2025 they will be 75 percent of the workforce.The impact that millennials are starting to have on the global economy, the environment, and politics is enormous.
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A Paper Microscope That Costs Only 50 cents Can Detect Malaria From Just a Drop of Blood – And It Could Revolutionize Medicine
For a whole lot of people, especially those in developing countries, science - and with it, medicine - isn't readily available to the majority of citizens. But Manu Prakash wants to change that.
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How a Condom and a Catheter Are Saving Mothers From Bleeding to Death During Delivery
An innovation that costs less than $5, and requires items that could be found in any drug store, could save thousands of mothers’ lives.
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