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Social Enterprise

Interview: Rogue Venture Partner's Tom Sperry on Mentoring Entrepreneurs in Palestine

All startups face the universal challenge of transforming an idea into an attractive investment. An integral part of this process, according to Tom Sperry, is finding a good mentor.

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Youth Skills

Gaza Sky Geeks: Supporting tech entrepreneurs in the Gaza Strip

In the isolated Gaza Strip, economic instability is a constant. But Gaza Sky Geeks Laboratory is helping the region capitalize on one of its biggest assets: its technical graduates. We interview its co-founder, Reem Omran.

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Youth Skills

As the developing world booms, old multinationals quake

In the next 15 years, the number of people in the consuming class will double and, for the first time ever, emerging markets will have more purchasing power than developed economies combined.

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Social Enterprise

Changing the world, McDonalds style: 5 great social franchises

Social franchising is a big deal, recently called the future of social enterprise and even "the solution for U.K. unemployment." Here's a look at our five favorites.

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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talks with Tony Wagner, Harvard education specialist, about the problems associated with throwing graduates from an outdated education system into an evolved job market.

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Youth Skills

Rwanda's plan for digital dominance gets a Microsoft boost

Rwanda has the ambitious goal of becoming Africa's digital center. Microsoft4Afrika's expansion into the country is a significant step in that direction.

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Youth Skills

Why financial inclusion for youth will raise all economic boats

Groups fighting for financial inclusion and youth employment united in Morocco. Will their findings promote progress?

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Youth Skills

Largely Peaceful Kenyan Vote Bolstered by Youth, Technology

The U.S. Institute for Peace interviews a youth peace-activist in Kenya.

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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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Youth Skills

With new envoy, UN turns its eyes to youth issues

Ahmad Alhendawi is a newly appointed envoy, the first of his position, assigned to represent the most critical demographic of our time: youth.

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Youth Skills

Tweetable insights on entrepreneurship from Google's Cairo confab

The Giza sun elicited hot topics last Saturday as emerging entrepreneurs and experienced experts shared challenges and strategies for new business in the Middle East and North Africa.

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Value Chains

A new paradigm for food aid: Building new local food businesses

Crunch time! How a 1-year USDA grant reshaped a Bangladesh cereal market.

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Mobile Technology

Food or phone? Study finds some poor Kenyans choose the second

In Kenya, using one’s mobile phone is now often considered to be more of a priority than eating or paying utility bills.

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Financial Inclusion

Book Review: A firsthand look at Kiva entrepreneurs across the globe

In an ideal world, microfinance is the perfect mechanism for alleviating financial stress on new and small businesses. But how well does it work in real life?