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Nigerian Job Placement Technology Entrepreneur Wins Anzisha 2015 Grand Prize for African Youth Entrepreneurship
The Anzisha Prize is thrilled to announce this year’s winner of the $25,000 Grand Prize in the 5th year of Africa’s premier award for youth entrepreneurship. Chris Kwekowe (22), founder of Slatecube which offers a job-relevant skills learning platform and job placement services, impressed the judges. Slatecube has had significant success to date with potential for scale and will serve as an inspiring beacon for other youth interested in entrepreneurship. The decision was not easy, however, given the talented pool of finalists. Fintech entrepreneur Fabrice Alomo (22, Cameroon) was 1st Runner Up ($15,000) and fashion entrepreneur Mabel Suglo (22, Ghana) was 2nd Runner Up ($12,500).
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MissionHUB Launches Strategic Nonprofit Partnership with ImpactAssets
MissionHUB, a global marketplace for social innovation with Impact Hub campuses in San Francisco, Berkeley, New York City, Philadelphia, and Washington, D.C., as well as the Social Capital Markets Conference (SOCAP) for impact investing, has launched a strategic partnership with ImpactAssets, a nonprofit financial services firm that increases the flow of capital into investments that deliver financial, social and environmental returns.
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Weekly Roundup 11-13-15: What’s in a Name?
According to Pamela Hartigan, director of the Skoll Centre at Oxford University’s Saïd Business School, “social enterprise” is a mindset, not a “sector,” and we’d all be better off recognizing that.
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- Health Care, Social Enterprise
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TOMS Founder Blake Mycoskie Announces New Fund for Social Good Startups
Speaking to an audience at the NYU's Skirball Center, he announced a new fund—the TOMS Social Entrepreneurship Fund—to help early-stage social startups get off the ground.
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Tools for Economic Empowerment: Virtual learning in the Vital Voices GROW Fellowship
In this, the third in a series of articles about women entrepreneurs participating in the year-long Vital Voices GROW Fellowship, they speak in glowing terms of the virtual learning part of their training. Next up, they'll gather for in-person training.
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Why the Financial Industry Is Getting Nicer
Last week’s Money20/20 conference delivered further evidence that it really is a new day in the financial industry . There is not just a technological change afoot but an ethical change: a feeling that finance can do more for people than simply move their money around .
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Viewpoint: CSR As a Seed Fund for Social Enterprises
Would it not be great if a corporate social responsibility (CSR) fund becomes a seed or social fund for investment in a cluster of a dying art or a traditional skill and transforms it into a success story? Or, how about a CSR fund that transforms an entire village into one where all households are digitally literate?
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OPINION: For-profit and nonprofit integration: The road to financial sustainability
How can a social enterprise that is nonprofit aim to deliver sustainable impact if it can’t achieve financial sustainability? And is it possible in the 21st century for corporations not to incorporate social impact as part of their core business strategy?
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