Ensuring the End User is at the Core of a Business Model: Why I Chose to Be a...
There is a perfect start, there is a less than perfect start and there is an imperfect start. As a social entrepreneur, the thing I have learned is that it pays to START- even if it’s less than perfect...
View ArticleInnovation and Enterprise: A Driving Force for Social Impact
Traditionally innovation and entrepreneurship are seen as drivers of jobs and competitiveness, however we think it can also be an important driver of inclusiveness and social development. We see how...
View ArticleBridging the public-private divide to scale-up health solutions: the story of...
After a day of discussions on how to scale social enterprise innovations to improve health outcomes during an event hosted by the World Bank Group’s (WBG) Innovation Labs and Health Global Practice on...
View ArticleHow to improve social enterprises so they can scale? eLearning
Earlier this year, we launched our eLearning course for social enterprises in January with a second installment in May. Social enterprises from across the globe – from places we didn’t even think we...
View Article"Every time I see a problem, I create a social business to solve it"
“Every time I see a problem, I create a social business to solve it,” renowned Nobel Prize laureate Muhammad Yunus said to an overflowing room at the World Bank Group’s Headquarters in Washington, DC...
View ArticleNo longer on an island: CoPs and eLearning foster co-learning for social...
Alina is launching a venture to train and match new graduates with startups in Mexico. Marcia is piloting cost-effective and ecological housing solutions in Mozambique. Ahmed is working to sell oven...
View ArticlePitfalls and stumbling blocks: the challenge to being a social enterprise...
Ask anyone who has started a social enterprise what their biggest challenge would be, and I bet they would mention something about a regulatory framework. As mentioned in my previous blog, government...
View ArticleGetting beyond better: How the development community can leverage social...
The sustainable development goals (SDGs) set forth by the UN in September have boldly shaped the development agenda, and rightly so. Major problems still persist: the Global Monitoring Report...
View ArticleAddressing the silence around menstruation through partnership and positive...
As urban India strives to emerge as the next superpower, rural India continues to suffer in the absence of access to adequate health and hygiene facilities. Hygiene and health go hand-in-hand....
View ArticleTo foster youth energy into social enterpreneurship in Egypt, government and...
Young Egyptians have an amazing potential that is not yet being utilized. We have a well-established business sector, but with the establishment and success comes an aversion to trying new things. To...
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