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Nigeria, From Pure Growth to Harnessed Opportunity: A new report on the 3D role of business in the unfolding transformation
It is easy to pretend that there are two separate Nigerias: one a thrusting consumer powerhouse, and one socially divided and pocked by violence and poverty. For business, which relies on the success of the former, acknowledging the latter can be difficult, but they are two sides of the same coin. This week we are in Abuja to launch a new report by Business Action for Africa and the Initiative for Global Development: “The New Africa – Nigeria: From Growth to Opportunity”.
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- Education, Social Enterprise
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In Pakistan, ‘The insurance game will change in the next three years’
An interview with Mohammed Asif, Commissioner Insurance Mohammed Asif Arif Commissioner (Insurance)
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- Education
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When For-profit Is the Right Answer for a Social Enterprise: Nuru International’s Transformation Toward Profitability, Without Losing Its Social Values
Late last year nonprofit Nuru International made a major transition from a donor-focused operating model toward a profit driven one. Nisha Chakravarty, who joined as the first President and Founder of Nuru Social Enterprises, describes the process and the quest for a “perfect” model of sustainability.
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Is the Future Role of Social Enterprise to Foster Compassionate Capitalism?
Our expert panel discuss the role of social enterprise in society, and the values of social business.
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- Impact Assessment
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Filling In the Gaps: Ethiopian entrepreneur launches phone-based medical consultation service
Dr. Yohans Emiru Wodaje Wodaje wanted to launch a website that would provide information on medical topics in different local languages in Ethiopia. Recognizing that more people had access to mobile phones than the Internet, Wodaje decided to switch lines to a phone-based medical consultation service.
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- Health Care
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In Developing World Healthcare Market, Low-tech is the New Cutting Edge
The r(Evolve) Centrifuge, developed by CentriCycle, is a manual hand-crank blood centrifuge that can operate without electricity in rural areas, separating blood for quick and accurate diagnostic testing.
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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OPINION: Managing Finances Well is Key to Africa’s Success
More than ever, African governments need to make the region attractive to investors to shore up the growth path the continent has embarked upon.
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DesignMedix Awarded $3 Million to Develop Low-Cost, Safe Malaria Drug
DesignMedix, Inc., a biotech startup with ties to Portland State University, received a grant for almost $3 million from the National Institutes of Health to continue development and manufacture of a new anti-malarial drug.
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- Health Care
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