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| 16.03.2026 | The Bicester Collection's Unlock Her Future™ Prize 2026 Arrives in East and Southeast Asia, Advancing Women-Led Impact at Scale | LONDON, March 16, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- The Unlock Her Future Prize, the annual start-up competition for female social impact entrepreneurs powered by The Bicester Collection, will debut in East and Southeast Asia in 2026 – advancing its glo... |
| 24.11.2025 | The Bicester Collection announces the Winners of the Unlock Her Future Prize 2025 - South Asia Edition | Representing Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan and Bhutan, six bold innovators are advancing inclusive solutions that deliver transformative social impact in support of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.
LONDON, Nov. 24, 202... |
| 30.01.2025 | The Bicester Collection Brings the Unlock Her Future™ Prize 2025 to South Asia to Support the Next Wave of Female Social Entrepreneurs | For its third edition, the annual entrepreneurship programme aims to drive change by identifying and supporting women social impact entrepreneurs from South Asia.
LONDON, Jan. 30, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The Unlock Her Future Prize, an annual ... |
| 14.01.2025 | The Bicester Collection Brings the Unlock Her Future™ Prize 2025 to South Asia to Support the Next Wave of Female Social Entrepreneurs | For its third edition, the annual entrepreneurship programme aims to drive change by identifying and supporting women social impact entrepreneurs from South Asia.
LONDON, Jan. 14, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The Unlock Her Future Prize, an annual ... |
| 12.09.2024 | Schneider Electric Foundation Turns 25, Launches '25 Years Young' Campaign in the U.S. | '25 Years Young' celebrates the 25th anniversary of the foundation
A global call for contributions will award impactful and innovative youth projects
BOSTON, Sept. 12, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- To mark the 25th anniversary of its foundation, Sch... |
| 19.06.2024 | The Bicester Collection announces the winners of the Unlock Her Future Prize 2024 LATAM Edition | The start-up competition for women social entrepreneurs empowering positive impact in Latin America has awarded the prize to Thamires Pontes (Brazil), Valentina Agudelo (Colombia), Annie Rosas (Mexico) and Leydi Cruz (Bolivia), which includ... |
| 25.04.2024 | Prudential Financial empowers young changemakers with $15,000 each at Emerging Visionaries Summit | The five grand prize winners were among 25 students recognized for their work addressing the challenges of a changing world and honored this week by co-anchor of NBC's "Today" show, Hoda Kotb, and Prudential Chairman and CEO Charl... |
| 04.08.2023 | How Businesses Are Taking A Stand Against Human Trafficking And Exploitation | Mariana RuenesLynn Hertzner (@lynnhertzner |
| 19.01.2023 | Bringing out the best in people, with innovative development and well-being programmes | Growth doesn’t have to take place only in a conference room or classroom. To develop her leadership skills, Ms Catherine Ng flew to Kenya for a week as part of Boehringer Ingelheim’s Making More Health Insights programme, a global leadershi... |
| 07.12.2022 | The Case For Earlier Investments In Legal Diversity | Armin SalekYouth Justice Alliance |
| 02.12.2022 | For Next Gen Farmers, Evolving The Land Trust Structure Is Key | Ian McSweeney of Agrarian TrustAgrarian Trust |
| 21.11.2022 | Meet The Barbers Starting A Conversation About Mental Health | The Confess Project advocates for the mental health of Black men across the U.S. by training barbers to listen to and support clients in crisis. Overcoming stigma and structural barriers to mental health care in the Black community, its fou... |
| 01.07.2022 | Six Practical Developments To Help Business Leaders Create Both Social AND Economic Value | Many large companies have created competent foundations which finance social projects, facilitate ... [+] access to medical and drug treatment, as well as quality education. Shutterstock |
| 07.06.2022 | Ashoka Innovators for the Public Announces its Latest Cohort of Ashoka Young Changemakers in India | Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Ashoka Innovators for the Public, the world's largest network of Social Entrepreneurs and Changemakers, has selected 13 changemakers from across India for the third edition of Ashoka Young Changemakers.
Ashoka Yo... |
| 04.04.2022 | Open Prisons Work - Lessons From India | In 1954, a few years after India gained its independence, the governor of the western Indian state of Rajasthan and other freedom fighters who had spent time behind bars during the freedom struggle, decided to reimagine the colonial prison ... |
| 28.03.2022 | Ashoka Innovators for the Public Identifies 14 Finalist Teen Changemakers for Annual Selection of Ashoka Young Changemakers in India | Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Ashoka Innovators for the Public, which supports the world’s largest network of social entrepreneurs, has shortlisted 14 teenage changemakers as finalists from different parts of the country, including rural area... |
| 14.03.2022 | Ashoka Innovators for the Public and Nagaland State Government Join Hands to Build a Changemaking Ecosystem | Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Collaboration to advance a culture of changemaking in the state
100 teachers to become Changemaker Ambassadors in Nagaland
Students across schools in Nagaland to start their changemaking journeys
Ashoka Innovator... |
| 24.01.2022 | Why do Gen Zs want to be entrepreneurs? | Bucharest, Sofia, Bulgaria, Romania ~
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They think of themselves as creators of change. They are passionate, curious, and they deploy creative forces to find innovative solutions to current challenges. They are the Generation Z.
Gen ... |
| 09.12.2021 | Capria ventures’ playbook on backing local funds and startups | When it was time to pick a name for their investment company, Jack Knellinger, Dave Richards, and Will Poole knew it had to be one that’d always be relevant to what they do. So, after a bit of back and forth, they arrived at “Capria”, which... |
| 21.10.2021 | How companies can partner with social enterprises in their value chains | (Green Biz) – We have a hard road ahead to achieve the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030. But we’re seeing strategic global companies step up — setting ambitious targets and mainstreaming sustainability investments... |
| 08.07.2021 | SA waste tech Kudoti recognised at Nestlé global awards | Joburg-based digital recycling platform Kudoti was announced as one of five winners of Nestlé’s 2021 Creating Shared Value (CSV) Prize, for innovative recycling impact through technology.
The $40 000 prize will amplify Kudoti’s recycling i... |
| 08.07.2021 | SA waste tech Kudoti recognised at Nestlé global awards | Joburg-based digital recycling platform Kudoti was announced as one of five winners of Nestlé’s 2021 Creating Shared Value (CSV) Prize, for innovative recycling impact through technology.
The $40 000 prize will amplify Kudoti’s recycling im... |
| 05.07.2021 | Creating a waste-free future: Mexican social enterprise wins Nestlé Creating Shared Value Prize | Promesa, a Mexico City-based social enterprise focusing on the education of youth to combat the global waste challenge, is the overall winner of Nestlé's 2021 Creating Shared Value (CSV) Prize.
The CSV Prize has been running for over 10 yea... |
| 24.06.2021 | Chase Commits $400 Million Toward Closing The Housing Affordability Gap | JPMorgan Chase is creating more paths to affordable and sustainable homeownership.getty |
| 27.05.2021 | How to get sustainable finance as a green startup in the SEE | Bucharest, Romania ~
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Whether you are cooking up a sustainable business idea, building a prototype for your cleantech startup, or looking to grow, you must know your funding options. If you’re looking for sustainable finance program... |
| 06.05.2021 | Managing Through Complexity With Team Of Teams: How One Acre Fund Exemplifies The Future Of Work | Team-of-teams is an emerging organizational model for the future.getty |
| 05.03.2021 | Leading the Way in Thailand: Phonchan Kraiwatnutsorn | What inspired you to start working in the School of Changemakers?
Looking back when I was a teenager in my first year at college, Thailand was suffering. This prompted me to think of how we can better safeguard our society and create a grea... |
| 04.02.2021 | Deaf Culture, Deaf Creatives, And The Quest For Language Exposure | Melissa MalzkuhnMotion Light Lab |
| 14.01.2021 | The New Longevity: Brazil's Gig Economy For Seniors | Sérgio Serapião, founder of Lab60+ and Labora TechLab60+ |
| 12.01.2021 | Forget Memory, Try Imagination: A Social Innovator Takes On Dementia | Anne Basting, founder of TimeSlipsTimeSlips |
| 18.11.2020 | Зачем катать пожилых на велосипеде? | Житель Копенгагена Оле Кассов запустил программу по привлечению пожилых датчан к велосипедным прогулкам на велорикшах. Сегодня пассажиров возят пилоты-волонтеры уже 29-ти стран.
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| 20.10.2020 | Shots In The Dark: Why Access To A Covid-19 Vaccine Isn’t Guaranteed | Priti Krishtel, co-founder of I-MAKI-MAK |
| 21.05.2020 | Re-Coding Asylum: Lawyers With Tech Battling For Migrant Justice | Stephen Manning, founder of Portland, OR-based Innovation Law Lab, one of the largest pro bono ... [+] networks in the country.Innovation Law Lab |
| 07.04.2020 | Bangladesh’s New Generation Of Women-Led Labor Unions Confronts The Pandemic | Four million women work in Bangladesh's fast fashion factories.Awaj Foundation |
| 25.04.2019 | How anti-counterfeit service mPedigree pivoted from organic fruit certification scheme | Award winning tech company mPedigree earlier this month received a $1.5-million investment from the Skoll Foundation after it was named as one of five winners of the 2019 Skoll Awards for Social Entrepreneurship (see this story).
The compa... |
| 25.04.2019 | How anti-counterfeit service mPedigree pivoted from organic fruit certification scheme | Award winning tech company mPedigree earlier this month received a $1.5-million investment from the Skoll Foundation after it was named as one of five winners of the 2019 Skoll Awards for Social Entrepreneurship (see this story).
The compan... |
| 31.01.2019 | Here are 8 accelerators, incubators African startups can apply for in 2019 | Whether your tech startup is looking to secure funding or new clients, or whether you need technical assistance developing a minimum viable product or are just looking for expert mentorship and advice — you can never go wrong by joining an ... |
| 31.01.2019 | Here are 8 accelerators, incubators African startups can apply for in 2019 | Whether your tech startup is looking to secure funding or new clients, or whether you need technical assistance developing a minimum viable product or are just looking for expert mentorship and advice — you can never go wrong by joining an ... |
| 22.01.2019 | MMH Accelerator to offer up to €50k in funding to African healthtech startups | Ghanaian, Kenyan and Nigerian late-stage healthtech firms — including those solving health challenges facing animals — stand to benefit from up to €50 000 in funding from this year’s Making More Health (MMH) Accelerator programme.
The accel... |
| 22.01.2019 | MMH Accelerator to offer up to €50k in funding to African healthtech startups | Ghanaian, Kenyan and Nigerian late-stage healthtech firms — including those solving health challenges facing animals — stand to benefit from up to €50 000 in funding from this year’s Making More Health (MMH) Accelerator programme.
The acce... |
| 26.09.2018 | In spite of territorial challenges, Togo’s first incubation lab, WoeLab is advancing with purpose | Share this article:
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Technology in Africa is making huge advances. However, it also true that, for years now, the African digital revolution has been led mainly by co... |
| 26.09.2018 | Malgré les défis territoriaux, le premier laboratoire d’incubation du Togo, WoeLab, progresse avec détermination | Share this article:
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La technologie en Afrique fait d’énormes progrès. Mais il est vrai aussi que, depuis des années, la révolution numérique africaine est menée principalement... |
| 12.03.2018 | SBI, Australian Macquarie to invest Rs 800 cr in Ashoka Concessions | Two private equity funds managed jointly by SBI and Macquarie Bank of Australia will invest $150 million (Rs 825 crore) in a road-construction subsidiary of the Ashoka Buildcon Ltd.
Macquarie SBI Infrastructure Fund and SBI Macquarie Infras... |
| 13.02.2018 | Hatch Apps raises $1.3 million to make software development faster and cheaper | D.C. startup Hatch Apps raised $1.3 million, and is publicly launching its platform that automates the process of building custom apps, said CEO Param Jaggi.
With the funding from a group of angel investors, the company is looking to expand... |
| 28.11.2017 | Opinion: Bangladesh’s startup scene may seem quiet, but not for long | OpinionStartups
Fariha Imran · 29 Nov 2017 · 5 min readOpinion: Bangladesh’s startup scene may seem quiet, but not for long
A bustling street in Dhaka. Photo credit: Göran Höglund
If you’re a startup founder or investor based in Bangladesh,... |
| 09.09.2017 | Portugal is building a startup mega campus in Lisbon | Last June I wrote about Portugal’s thriving scaleup ecosystem, which is growing twice as fast as the European average. Since then, I’ve actually relocated my VR startup to Portugal and so have an even better view of the ecosystem now.
I wro... |
| 09.09.2017 | How we built a newspaper in 72 hours | Matthew Hussey Contributor
Matthew Hussey is a freelance journalist and photographer who consulted on the development of Wikitribune.
“The business models for journalism are a real challenge,” Jimmy Wales, co-founder of Wikipedia told me.
“... |
| 09.09.2017 | Portugal is building a startup mega campus in Lisbon | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Last June I wrote about Portugal’s thriving scale... |
| 03.01.2017 | Innovative Entrepreneur? Register for 2017 Unilever Sustainable Living Young Entrepreneurs Awards | Share this article:
Unilever in partnership with Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL) and Ashoka has announced the launch of the 2017 Unilever Sustainable Living Young Entrepreneurs (USLYE) Awards. The awards celebrates ... |
| 27.10.2016 | An Interview With Dr. Ananya Raihan of Dnet [Part I] | Social entrepreneur, Economist, and co-founder of Dnet, Dr. Ananya Raihan, reflects on his early life, professional choice of economics and development, serendipitous journey into the world of technology, the birth and early days of Dnet, s... |
| 17.10.2016 | 12 candidates on the UBS Social Innovators Shortlist | |
| 07.07.2016 | UBS launches international search for trailblazing social innovators | |
| 04.07.2016 | Impact Iceland 2016 seeks to make Iceland the next social entrepreneurship hub | Impact Iceland 2016 is crowdfunding Iceland’s first conference on social entrepreneurship on Karolina Fund. It will be the first in a series of conferences in Iceland focusing on social innovation as a profitable, sustainable, and impactful... |
| 07.06.2016 | 5 powerful business lessons from successful entreprenuers | Share this article:
Since February 2015, Techpoint.ng has been running the Founders’ Table series where we interview Nigerian startup founders and ask them for insight into what inspires them, their business operations and the events that l... |
| 25.03.2016 | From Research to Practice: The Difficult Journey for Edtech Entrepreneurs | The ever-expanding role technology plays in schools has contributed to the explosive growth of a marketplace worth over $8 billion in the U.S., according to Software and Information Industry Association.
Along with this growth, however, hav... |
| 14.03.2016 | The rebirth of the Obama Administration’s Apps.Gov | Andrew Stroup Contributor
Andrew Stroup is the Director of Product for the Presidential Innovation Fellows.
Smita Satiani Contributor
Smita Satiani is the Director of Engagement for the Presidential Innovation Fellow program, where she lead... |
| 21.02.2016 | The Triumphs And Struggles Of Building A Social Enterprise In India | We solicited short essays from Ashoka, a global community of social entrepreneurs, to learn the startup stories of their India Fellows. Now, we’re publishing the best ones, along with a photo that gives you a window into their work. |
| 11.08.2015 | Social entrepreneurs: Sign up for this free legal services clinic | Los Angeles-based law firm Latham & Watkins is organizing a free workshop for social entrepreneurs in D.C.
The event, co-sponsered by social impact investor Ashoka, will focus on the common legal headaches faced by mission-driven startu... |
| 06.07.2015 | Meet Seun Onigbinde, the man whose company will turn around government transparency | Share this article:
In the wake of the recently concluded General Elections, the average Nigerian citizen is beginning to care more about accountability and transparency of governance. People are expecting more accountability and asking mor... |
| 31.10.2014 | Everything you need to know about Hollaback’s catcalling video | By now there’s a decent chance you’ve seen the video from Fort Greene’s Hollaback, a fundraising PSA for a new organization that’s working to confront street harassment. The organization was recently the recipient of a Knight Foundation Pro... |
| 03.04.2014 | Heard@ ESADE’s 7th Annual Social Innovation Conference | ESADE held their 7th annual Social Institute Conference last week to share knowledge, inspire future projects and activate the international audience.
Social Innovation is about addressing the challenges imposed on society related to housi... |
| 09.01.2014 | Focus on bio-availability and not just label claims to make people nutrient replete: Ashoka fellow | Basil Kransdorff is a social entrepreneur, CEO of e’Pap, and an Ashoka fellow since 2011. For over 13 years he has been focused on achieving a condition of ‘nutrient repleteness’, using his e’Pap porridge product to boost the nutritional st... |
| 09.01.2014 | Meet ChoiceMap, A New App That Helps You Make Better Decisions | Making complicated decisions is an emotionally fraught process and (if you are like me) the whole thing can leave you feeling paralyzed. ChoiceMap is a new free iPhone app that helps you break down complex dilemmas into a list of priorities... |
| 10.10.2013 | Hollie Gordon – founder of Milaana | Hollie Gordon is a young Australian working to increase community engagement through Social Enterprise. Originally hailing from Brisbane, she developed a passion for social entrepreneurship and community engagement during her post-high scho... |
| 04.10.2013 | Macquarie SBI Infra Fund invests $18M in Ashoka Concessions in fresh tranche | A joint venture infrastructure fund of State Bank of India (SBI) and Australia's Macquarie has invested Rs 110 crore ($17.8 million) in a fresh tranche in Ashoka Concessions Ltd, a subsidiary of Ashoka Buildcon Ltd, as per a stock market di... |
| 18.09.2013 | Children as ‘orphans’ of innovation: Finding good homes | An early innovation: Specially bred cows graze in front of Boston Children’s Hospital in 1919, providing safe, tuberculosis-free milk for patients.
By Nancy Fliesler
Clinicians wanting to develop new devices and treatments for children face... |
| 02.06.2013 | Diary Of An Under 30 CEO: Using Social Enterprise To Save An Educational System | Ever asked yourself what social enterprise or who social entrepreneurs are? According to Ashoka, the largest network of social entrepreneurs worldwide, social entrepreneurs are individuals with innovative solutions to society’s most pressin... |
| 02.04.2013 | Interested in Social Entrepreneurship or Impact Investing? | If the answer is yes, then we encourage you to join us for the inaugural NVCA Social Entrepreneurship Summit on May 14th from 10 am – 1 pm in San Francisco, CA (in conjunction with NVCA’s VentureScape conference) where we will... |
| 19.12.2012 | Young & Extraordinary Series – Nathaniel Smith – Founder of Student Minds & Rotarian | Today is the fourth in our series of interviews with this years participants in Young and Extraordinary – a joint initiative of the Foundation for Young Australians and Australian Youth Affairs Coalition celebrating young and extraordinary ... |
| 19.09.2012 | Tom Dawkins: Australian Making Ideas Happen | Today we’re excited to launch Ideas Hoist with our first profile of an amazing Australian making ideas happen! Tom Dawkins is a social entrepreneur who has just returned to Sydney after four years living in the United States.
Well-designed ... |
| 13.08.2012 | Macquarie-SBI Infra Fund to invest $150M in Ashoka Concessions | In its first investment in the roads & highways segment, Macquarie-SBI Infrastructure Fund (MSIF) is putting in $150 million in the portfolio of projects held by Ashoka Concessions, a subsidiary of Ashoka Buildcon Ltd. Ashoka Concession... |
| 07.09.2011 | InternMatch launches community pages to help companies compete for interns | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Intern job board InternMatch announced a $500,000... |
| - | A linha tênue entre empreendedores e baderneiros | Foto do tumulto (Agência Reuters)
РṂo na parede, desordeiro!
РCalma, ṇo me bate, sou empreendedor!
Retruquei pro Bob Wolheim que publicar sobre isso daria uma chuva de mimimi, pois, mesmo que vocês leitores tolerem minhas eventuais ... |
| - | Deborah Meaden on BetterWithPets and barriers to business | Do you have a business idea focused on making the most out of the bond between humans and their pets?
Purina has launched BetterWithPets as an initiative to help you.
Purina is working with Ashoka to find new businesses that use the pet, hu... |
