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The Man With a Tablet for Making Aid to African Countries Better
Struck by failings in the implementation of health projects, a Mozambican entrepreneur has turned to tech for a solution.
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- Education, Health Care, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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A Kenyan-based Social Enterprise, Yusudi, Raises $250K in Grant Capital
The program seeks out learners with innovative ideas between the ages of 18 and 30 years old, offering the opportunity to join online training on career-start or entrepreneurship depending on their interests.
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- Education, Entrepreneurship
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Companies Trying to Do Good Face Stiff Competition – From Each Other
With more than 8,000 applicants to Chivas Ventures from around the world, it was fiercely competitive to win a place, said Michal Matus - whose Slovakian social enterprise, Save the Bees, sells technology to beekeepers so they can monitor their hives
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- Entrepreneurship
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Questioning Big Philanthropy At The Skoll World Forum: Is It Too Powerful And Out Of Touch?
At a conference about nonprofit endeavors and the people who run them, big philanthropy came under the microscope.
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- Entrepreneurship, Investing
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Press release: BBOXX Unveils Its Vision for the “Community of the Future” for the Developing World
Tomorrow’s Connected Community is being rolled out in the rural village of Sikpé Afidégnon in Togo, following its inauguration by the H.E. President Faure Gnassingbé, President of the Republic of Togo. The entire village comprised of 300 houses and 4,000 people in the south of the country is to be powered by solar electricity including, streetlights, households, schools and small shops.
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- Energy
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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How This Hyderabad Social Entrepreneur Is Using Big Data to Change Farmers’ Lives
At a time of widespread agricultural distress caused by successive droughts, unremunerative farming and debt-trapped rural economies, a young man with his mobile app is showing how change can be brought in the life of farmers at the grassroot level.
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- Agriculture, Entrepreneurship, Technology
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- South Asia
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UK Is ‘Global Centre’ of Tech for Good With Companies Worth £2.3B
The sector is being driven by under-25s with a desire to 'make a meaningful impact on society'.
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- Entrepreneurship
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- Europe & Eurasia
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High Hopes: Will ‘Cannabusiness’ Turn Around Deprived Communities?
A crop of social entrepreneurs also believe there is room for businesses to do good, as well as profit, from the plant.
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- Entrepreneurship
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- Asia Pacific
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