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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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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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Social Entrepreneurs Pitch For Change at Ashoka SEAChange Even
In the audience at the Ashoka Sea Change Event, more than 140 impact investors, diverse supporting organisations, and leaders in the African ecosystem together at Bowmans in Sandton, South Africa.
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Africa’s Startup Ecosystems Are at a Major Turning Point
Back in 2015 the then-African Internet Group (now Jumia) would have been among the few African startups worth a closer look from US tech investors for an international play.
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MIT D-Lab Awards Fellowships to Six East African Social Entrepreneurs
“We are excited to work with a vibrant cohort of East African entrepreneurs whose expertise is grounded in their lived reality,” says Jona Repishti, who manages the fellowship. “Working with local founders has certain advantages — they reflect the demographics of the markets they serve; their lived experience helps them identify unique, scalable, market-based solutions overlooked by outsiders."
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Isolation Blamed for Depressing Social Entrepreneurs in Emerging Countries
There are more than 1,000 social entrepreneur accelerator programs globally, according to Conveners, a U.S.-organization that lists events and training programs for the sector that aim to tackle issues ranging from homeless to climate change.
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Cool But Confused: Social Entrepreneurs Find It Harder to Explain Their Work
A Thomson Reuters Foundation poll in 2016 found almost 60 percent of social enterprise experts in the 45 biggest economies said there was a lack of public awareness about their work which made it harder to raise funding and sell products and services.
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Viewpoint: Why CEOs are still missing the point on social impact
According to the survey, while American business leaders feel more pressure than ever to speak out on social issues, they still would rather not. Instead, they’d prefer to focus on the bottom line: a plurality say their most important communications goal this year is to sell their products and services.
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