Global Envision Latest Stories

Social Enterprise

Avon in Uganda? Microfranchises create small, low-risk jobs

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

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

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

As the developing world booms, old multinationals quake

As the developing world booms, old multinationals quake

Financial Inclusion

Unleashing Ugandan farmers’ potential through mobile phones

A powerful new mobile platform combining agriculture information and financial services specifically designed for farmers in Uganda is going live, helping them plow even more value from each acre.

Youth Skills

Largely Peaceful Kenyan Vote Bolstered by Youth, Technology

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

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.

Social Enterprise

Quotable: Microinsurance penetration set to double by 2020

By 2020, over 1 billion people in poor countries will be covered under microinsurance.

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.

Social Enterprise

We have to grow: 3 strategies for social startups to scale up

You’re an entrepreneur with an innovative, potentially life-changing product. Next step: Expand and reach your target population. Easier said than done.