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Last Week for $200 SOCAP Discounts
If you’re an impact investor or social entrepreneur in need of a dose of inspiration, you won't want to miss SOCAP16, Sept. 13-16 at Fort Mason in San Francisco. This ninth annual event, the world’s largest conference dedicated to increasing the flow of capital toward social good, is expected to attract more than 2,500 change-makers from around the world.
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- Social Enterprise
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This Young African Social Entrepreneur Is Taking Her Social Business to the Next Level
Recently named by Forbes as one of Africa’s most promising entrepreneurs under 30, her vision is to help women create paths out of poverty and to break the cycle of child marriage and lost potential. Chilemba founded Tiwale, a for-profit social enterprise in Malawi when she was just 17.
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- Impact Assessment
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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World’s First Islamic Endowment Crowdfunding Platform Launched
Tun Abdullah Badawi, the former Prime Minister of Malaysia, has launched the Waqf (Islamic Endowment) crowdfunding platform or WaqfWorld. Described as the “worlds first” the new platform was announced at the 12th World Islamic Economic Foundation Forum (WIEF) held in Jakarta this past week The platform was developed in partnership with EthisVentures.com.
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- Uncategorized
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- North Africa & Near East
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A Roadmap that Bypasses the Public Health Care System
A year ago, uber Diagnostics commercially launched Cardiotrack, a handheld ECG monitor. Since then, the company has learned some hard lessons about inefficiencies in India's public health sector. In response, it started a program to provide ambulances with health diagnostics devices, plus a separate home health care service designed to generate jobs.
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- Health Care, Social Enterprise
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The Olympics: Social Business Opportunity – or Expensive Distraction?
NB editor James Militzer can't stand the Olympics and he's found new reasons to especially hate this year's Games. Meanwhile, fellow editor Kyle Poplin loves the Olympics, thinks they're still relevant and that they can be used to solve global problems. Read their point-counterpoint and see where you come down on the spectrum.
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- Social Enterprise
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How to Land a $2 Million Social Venture Investment
About 1 billion people lack access to clean drinking water, and diarrhea, which is linked to inadequate drinking water and sanitation, kills more children than malaria, AIDS, and measles put together. Yet even effective products addressing this challenge have struggled with low uptake. Mercy Corps examines an enterprise that has bucked this trend, attracting investment through its innovative filtration method and business model.
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- Social Enterprise
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Global Partnerships and The Eleos Foundation Launch Social Venture Fund
Global Partnerships (GP) announces the launch of the Global Partnerships/Eleos Social Venture Fund (SVF). The SVF is a new, early-stage impact-led fund investing in social enterprises that expand opportunity for people living in poverty in East Africa.
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- Investing
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Teen entrepreneur aims for a social change
Akshat Mittal, the teenage social entrepreneur, who had developed www.odd-even.com last year, is again ready with a new venture. This time he is determined to bring a social change in the country with a website - www.changemyindia.org.
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- Technology
- Region
- South Asia
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