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World Bank gives $1.4 mn in grants to 12 social enterprises in the Northeast
The World Bank's Development Marketplace, a competitive grants programme, has given grants worth $1.4 million (about Rs 8.4 crore) to 12 social enterprises in the northeastern states of Assam, Meghalaya and Mizoram for development activities.
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Nurturing Startups Trying To Reduce Pollution From Plastic
The problem of plastic pollution is so vast, it deserves a business accelerator for startups focused only on reducing all that waste. Now there is one.
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Something New in BoP Housing: A new OMJ study explores four key business models tailored to low-income consumers
In a study just published by the Opportunities for the Majority (OMJ) at the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), researcher Christy Stickney highlights several promising approaches to penetrating the BoP housing markets in Latin America and the Caribbean, based on 11 cases from Colombia, México, Nicaragua, Paraguay, and Peru.
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Competition takes toll on mobile money agents’ profits
NAIROBI, KENYA: The huge number of mobile money agents may have played a significant role in growing the mobile money in Kenya but the sheer numbers are also the reason the local agents are making less than their counterparts in the East Africa region.
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The Path Toward a B Corp Law in Argentina
There are currently 100 B Corps (Benefit Corporations) in South America. But in Argentina, there is no legal status for businesses that walk the line between nonprofit and for-profit. A team lawyers provides a blueprint for legislation in Argentina.
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OPINION: Consumers Federation of Kenya’s fight with Equity Bank is bad for business
Kenya: When the Consumers Federation of Kenya (Cofek) went to court seeking orders to cancel the Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO) licence issued to Equity Bank through its subsidiary for mobile services, Finserve Africa Limited, it seemed the idea was about more than getting justice for the consumer.
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Pitching Investors in Global Health: Funding lessons from social entrepreneurs
The initial transition from grant funding to more and different funding is challenging, but global health social entrepreneurs can learn a lot from the lessons of their peers. That’s why SEAD, in partnership with USAID and other members of their Higher Education Solutions Network, have been studying the patterns of the marketplace to discern rules of the road.
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NexThought Monday – Can Investing in the Rich Serve the Poor?
Investors are increasingly looking at health care in developing countries as an investable sector instead of one dependent on government or philanthropic subsidy, making it more important to find business models that work to ensure the market dynamics are favorable for investment.
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