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Social Enterprise

Avon in Uganda? How microfranchises create small, low-risk jobs

A door-to-door sales company in Uganda is giving a shot at entrepreneurship to would-be entrepreneurs who don’t want to risk everything.

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Social Enterprise

Geeks to the rescue: How to save the world in 54 hours

A new tech event in Portland is promising to turn local entrepreneurs into global problem-solvers.

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Youth Skills

Modernizing education: You can't find a job in your textbook

New York Times Op-Ed Columnist Tom Friedman talks with Tony Wagner, Harvard education specialist, about the problems associated with throwing graduates from an outdated education system into an evolved job market.

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Financial Inclusion

Fiji students are about to become the world's savviest savers

Fiji is leading the world in money management education, by exposing almost 200,000 students to savings and budgeting skills starting next month.

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Social Enterprise

Talent scramble: 5 smart staffing tips for social enterprises

Social entrepreneurs don’t just need lots of investors and a jazzy business plan. They also need to invest in their workers.

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Social Enterprise

New web series examines the social enterprise launch pad

Experts in impact investing are getting together on NextBillion to talk about what impact investment funds can do better to help early-stage startups get off the ground.

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Social Enterprise

Will corruption suffocate Africa's new tech incubators?

As hopes rise for a Silicon Revolution in Africa, two incubators are using different tactics to create tech success stories, while meddling government policies are dampening the optimism.

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Social Enterprise

Meet MicroMentor, a free 'dating' website for business mentorship

MicroMentor is the OK Cupid of business mentorship sites--and it, too, is looking for new revenue streams.

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Social Enterprise

Pakistan patches up a startup culture tattered by disorder

With unrest stirring, Pakistan needs leaders to provide constructive answers to society’s challenges. Social entrepreneurs can do that, but they need mentors, says a recent report by the Economic Policy Group.

African communities are becoming increasingly mobile-centric. Photo: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/70292973@N07/7192931934/">The Reboot (flickr)</a>

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Youth Skills

Windows to the world: Why Microsoft's $75 million mobile drop matters

Microsoft will spend $75 million to put tens of millions of smart devices into the hands of African youth by 2016, the company announced Monday.

Encouraging youth to pursue farming may be the answer to both unemployment issues and fading crop yields. Photo: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/gatesfoundation/5075935331/in/photostream/">Gates Foundation (Flickr)</a>

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Youth Skills

Rural youth seek greener pastures in the city, but farming could get hot

Even on the farm, it pays to be young, but every year, young people are "escaping" their hometown rural communities to seek the "greener pastures" of city life. Meanwhile, global buyers of commodities such as coffee and cocoa beans worry about the aging farming workforce.

GBF directly assists companies in its portfolio with setting up their businesses. Photo: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151242669923058&set=pb.38287283057.-2207520000.1359077029&type=3&theater">Grassroots Business Fund (Facebook)</a>

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Social Enterprise

New impact fund will wed cash investments with training

A U.S.-based hybrid impact investment fund is moving to invest $47 million, which it secured in a deal announced in early December.

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Youth Skills

Hilton's new hospitality: A jobs plan for global youth

Hilton Worldwide and the International Youth Foundation are combining forces to outline a strategy for creating 73 million youth jobs in the next 10 years.