Have you read “the biggest story in the history of capitalism”? Do you have any ideas about how to change corporate behavior forever? Can you name “the new venture capital”?
We ?have to admit, we had to answer “no” to all these questions. That is, until we visited the Twittersphere this week in search of our Top 10 list. Now we’re feeling all caught up … and you will be too, as soon as you read our compilation.
?That’s not all. We also learned about the surprisingly strong state of entrepreneurship – and surprisingly weak state of mobile money – in Africa; an inexpensive new test for ALL viral exposures; and an expression you’ll never hear from an economist.
It’s always an adventure when we wade into the world of Tweets. We could use your guidance: Tweet general social enterprise topics to @NextBillion or NB managing editor @ScotterAnderson, global health topics to @NextBillionHC and financial inclusion and impact investing topics to @NextBillionFI.
Sub-Saharan #Africa has amongst the highest proportion of #entrepreneurs in the world @GEMConsortium #WEFAfrica15 http://t.co/ndldpVBPlh
— Paul Polman (@PaulPolman) June 3, 2015
A GREAT thing! Social Impact Investing Will Be the New Venture Capital via @HarvardBiz & @jeancase http://t.co/FEikpEQSPQ #impinv #socent — Susan McPherson (@susanmcp1) June 3, 2015
#Bangladesh to digitize social safety #payments to citizens http://t.co/SL30541GkG #financialinclusion @a2i_bd pic.twitter.com/gSB3jITfrk — Ruth Goodwin-Groen (@RuthGoodwinG) June 3, 2015
Serological testing of ALL viral exposures at once? #VirScan described in @sciencemagazine http://t.co/sEUk61S9br — Geoff McKee, MD (@DrGWM) June 4, 2015
RT @SteveCase: “@Forbes should create ranking of corporations based on social impact…will change behavior” #BillAckman #impinv — Kate Ahern (@AhernKate) June 4, 2015
Wow, “everything’s good” said no economist ever, until today apparently. #Ultrapoor https://t.co/2pHc5DvcYR — IPA (@poverty_action) June 4, 2015
@deankarlan tells policymakers, if they are wondering whether to take the graduation approach to scale. “Our answer is YES” #ultrapoor
— Sue Pleming (@SPleming) June 4, 2015
146M #mobilemoney accounts in #Africa, less than 1/2 are active. @JuntosGlobal partners with @Tigo_TZ to drive usage http://t.co/REH1enqFyY — Omidyar Network (@OmidyarNetwork) June 4, 2015
sensationalism v information. A more sober account of #mobilemoney in #Uganda and recent court decisions http://t.co/yfuuSA8rMe — Simone di Castri (@ludicastri) June 4, 2015
’The biggest story in the history of capitalism’ – growth of consumer classes in #emergingmarkets & #frontiermarkets http://t.co/If4rQuOeY5 — Emerging Crowd (@EmergingCrowd) June 5, 2015
