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How Entrepreneurship Unlocked Workplace Daycare for the Children of Garment Workers
With Bangladesh reigning as the cheapest place to produce clothing in the world, the government and the multinational businesses that depend on low-cost labour have yet to tackle the root of poor working conditions. One social entrepreneur, however, has steadily made progress partnering with communities and factories to improve the lives of women workers and their children. Ashoka Fellow Suraiya Haque founded Phulki in 1991, and today the organisation operates nearly 90 community-based and 25 factory-based daycare centres in Dhaka.
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A Holistic Approach: Three keys to helping small businesses access the finance they need
Among the many obstacles to the growth faced by small and medium-sized enterprises, the inability to access credit tops the list. How can intermediaries, such as nonprofit organizations supporting SMEs, help them access the credit that they need? There is room for a more holistic approach to supporting SMEs in search of financing. Here are three key lessons drawn from TechnoServe’s projects to support entrepreneurs in Sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America.
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What Africa Will Look Like in 100 Years
As Africa's population looks set to quadruple over the twenty-first century, The Telegraph digs into the data to reveal the opportunities - and challenges - facing a fast-changing continent
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Hershey partners with cocoa suppliers to build health centers
The Hershey Co. has partnered with cocoa suppliers Blommer Chocolate and Olam Cocoa to fund and build a community health center in Cote d’Ivoire in the town of Teapleau on the Western side of the country.
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Angola Faces Health Crisis as Oil Price Drop Leads to Cutbacks
When a plunge in oil prices prompted Angola's government to slash public spending last year, street trader Antonio Simao Baptista had no idea it would leave his rundown suburb overwhelmed by filth and disease.
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Global Business Should Contribute Towards Cost of Preparing for Pandemics
Global business should play a critical role in making the world more resilient against disease outbreaks, contributing to the investment needed to strengthen health systems, respond to epidemics and develop new vaccines and drugs, the World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos heard today.
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It Takes a Village to Build a Business – Lessons Learned From a Fintech Accelerator in Mexico
Accion Venture Lab recently teamed with Village Capital and the MasterCard Center for Inclusive Growth to launch its first-ever business accelerator. Its goal was clear: to find and assemble the 12 best early-stage fintech companies in Mexico, and help them take the leap from betas to scalable businesses. Jackie Hyland discusses lessons learned from the experience in this post.
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Calling All Failures: Failing is a Big Part of Social Entrepreneurship. F*ckUp Nights Wants You to Talk About It
Though most new companies shut down, entrepreneurs rarely talk about their failures. This is counterproductive, especially in challenging sectors like social enterprise. That’s why F*ckUp Nights is building a movement to discuss and research business failure. This exclusive series with NextBillion will feature some of their top failure stories from would-be social entrepreneurs. And if your social business has failed, you’re welcome to add your story.
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