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A Hidden Reason for Business Failure in Social Enterprise: Exploring Innovative Talent Solutions in Frontier Markets
Social enterprises need extraordinary talent and leadership to navigate the challenges of doing business in frontier markets. As Paul Breloff at Shortlist and Daniel Waldron and Coco Lim at Acumen explain, failure to find the right talent is a leading factor in company and investment failure — and top talent is in short supply, and often comes at a steep cost. They share learnings from Acumen and Shortlist's shared experience recruiting and retaining talent, exploring some innovative approaches that go beyond traditional full-time structures.
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- Social Enterprise
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The End of Secondhand Clothes
A major source of work for women in East Africa is suddenly under threat.
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- Uncategorized
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Kenya’s Copia Mulls Shutdown Amid Plans to Lay Off Over 1,000 Staff
The layoffs would be a drastic cost-cutting measure for the company.
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- Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- distribution, e-commerce, employment, failure, startups
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Press Release: Capria Ventures Closes India Opportunity Fund Post Successful Sale of Awign
Capria Ventures, a Global South specialist venture capital firm, announced the successful completion of fundraising for its India Opportunity Fund at INR 153 crore (~USD 19M).
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- Investing
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- South Asia
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Women Sales Agents are the Key to Last-Mile Distribution: Here are Four Ways to Maximize Their Impact
Many development and entrepreneurship programs around the world have engaged women sales agents as last-mile distributors, as their involvement can advance multiple business and impact goals. But as Shihab Uzzaman and Trisha Clauson at Bopinc point out, though some of these initiatives have succeeded, many have failed. They share four key practices Bopinc leveraged in a last-mile distribution project in Bangladesh that can boost the performance of other businesses and programs that enlist women sales agents in their distribution efforts.
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- Social Enterprise
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Report: Climate Change a Health Risk for 70% of World’s Workers, UN Warns
As average temperatures rise, heat illness is a growing safety and health concern for workers throughout the world, including in the U.S.
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- Uncategorized
- Region
- Global
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AECF Launches €12.5 Million Sudan SME Catalyser Amidst Conflict
The Africa Enterprise Challenge Fund (AECF) has launched a new initiative aimed at bolstering Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Sudan in the wake of conflict that has curtailed economic activities.
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- Investing
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- employment, MSMEs, supply chains
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Global Poverty Measurement is A Mess, And it’s Holding Back the World’s Anti-Poverty Efforts
A recent Stanford University study on the impact of poverty measurement found vast differences between four common approaches, affecting both how anti-poverty programs define and measure poverty — and who qualifies for assistance. As Martin Burt at Fundación Paraguaya argues, this lack of coordination is hindering global poverty alleviation efforts. He proposes a different approach to poverty measurement: one based on listening to the perspectives of the people who are experiencing poverty, and providing them with customized strategies to address the specific challenges they face.
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- Social Enterprise
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