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Impact investors keen on South Asian markets, hints GIIN survey
According to the GIIN survey, respondents committed a total of $15.2 in 2015 and are likely to commit $17.7 billion in 2016
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- Investing
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- South Asia
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Feeding the Future of Aquaculture – One Insect at a Time
Kenya’s aquaculture industry is booming, growing at 10 percent a year. But overfishing and a lack of sustainable fish feed is holding back industry growth and profits for farmers. For Kulisha, a social enterprise founded by university students in business and environmental science, the solution is a little black fly.
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- Agriculture, Environment, Social Enterprise
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Acumen Launches Acumen America to Tackle Poverty in the United States in Partnership with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Barclays and The Hitachi Foundation
Acumen, the nonprofit global venture fund, announced today the launch of Acumen America, a portfolio of American social enterprises focused on tackling poverty within the United States. Since its founding in 2001, Acumen has invested $101 million to build nearly 100 innovative enterprises addressing the problems of poverty in Africa, South Asia and Latin America. Now, after 15 years, the organization is bringing its impact investing model to the U.S. to help address the biggest issues facing the nearly 47 million people living in poverty. With the support of Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Barclays and The Hitachi Foundation, Acumen is building a portfolio of U.S. companies with a focus on health, workforce development and financial inclusion.
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The Secret Sauce in Shared Value, Lean Startup, Behavioral Economics and Social Enterprise
As an enthusiast for new solutions to old problems I wonder: Are you as excited as I am by relatively recent developments of social enterprises, shared value, behavioral economics and/or lean startups for social change? Or do you skeptically forecast which of these business approaches might just be fads?
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- Social Enterprise
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GE, Miller Center for Social Entrepreneurship Partner for Health Challenges in Africa
GE and Santa Clara University’s Miller Center for Social Entrepreneurship have announced a partnership that focuses on training and mentoring social entrepreneurs working on maternal and child health innovations in sub-Saharan Africa.
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Get Ready for SOCAP16: Apply for SOCAP Open and Entrepreneur Scholarship Program
SOCAP, the world’s largest conference on social enterprise and impact investing, is already gearing up for its fall 2016 event. The conference will take place Sept. 13-16 at the Fort Mason Center in San Francisco, CA. In the meantime, SOCAP is accepting applications for two important elements of the event: SOCAP Open and the Entrepreneur Scholarship Program.
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- Social Enterprise
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Commercializing Health Tech in India
Preventing hypothermia is recognized as an essential part of care for all newborns by the World Health Organization and the Indian government, but it is often missed, especially in resource-poor settings. The Bempu bracelet is designed to overcome that problem by empowering nurses and parents to detect and prevent hypothermia in babies.
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- Health Care, Social Enterprise
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Op-ed: Marching to a Different Drummer: Social Enterprise Gains Popularity in China
Researchers Huan Chen, Juelin Yin and Florian Kohlbacher from the International Business School Suzhou (IBSS) at Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University (XJTLU) in Suzhou explain why and how the idea of “social enterprise” is beginning to gain some traction in China.
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- Uncategorized
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- South Asia
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