People displaced by conflict don’t have to be passive recipients of donations. Vadym Georgienko explains how a pilot of the ‘Citizen Token System’, which he designed, has enabled entrepreneurs in a town in western Ukraine to thrive.
As entrepreneurs eager to use artificial intelligence for the greater good grapple with AI’s negative impacts on people and planet, speakers at the ChangeNow conference offer practical solutions to create a truly sustainable AI.
From tracking underwater creatures to optimising crop yields, many entrepreneurs now use AI to tackle environmental challenges. But, with much uncertainty – and concerns about AI’s negative impact – they’re entering unknown waters.
As Trump’s USA takes its eye off social impact, Europe’s venture capitalists stand at a decisive moment in history, concluded discussions at the latest FASE Impact Fire Talk. But capital strategies must evolve to unleash VCs’ true transformative power.
MY IMPACT CAREER: Amma Lartey, a long-time entrepreneur, has been a major force in growing the impact economy in West Africa, co-founding Social Enterprise Ghana and becoming the first CEO of Impact Investing Ghana.
Pioneers Post and NatWest are seeking out the brightest and best applicants for this year's NatWest SE100 Social Business Awards. Don't miss your chance to be counted among the UK's top social enterprises this year.
As the Enterprise Africa Summit begins in Accra, Ghana, we take a look at a trio of inspiring social entrepreneurs who are developing resilient solutions to some of Africa's challenges.
"Right now across Scotland social enterprises are shaping economic and civic life," was the opening gambit in an avalanche of praise from the Scottish minister for social security at the Social Enterprise Exchange Marketplace.
The social enterprise chose World Water Day to announce it has now reached a fundraising milestone for WaterAid. CEO Karen Lynch, who recently won the SE100 Social Business Leadership award, tells us how the team did it.
"We have solutions to some of the big questions in society: unemployment, bad health, environment, loneliness. They can all be tackled by social enterprises based in the community," says Simon Donovan, CEO of MHDT.
Is enough of the right kind of social investment available to social ventures at the smaller end of the market? We meet Resilient Scotland, a social investment finance intermediary, which is doing its bit to plug the gap.
Institutional and individual investors have been enthusiastic about putting money into the largest retail charity bond to date. Could this be a good way for other charities to raise money too?
Against a backdrop of Brexit and grumblings about the EU in French and Dutch politics, the European Commission is pushing forward support for social enterprise in Europe. Suzanna Sobolewska reports.
"It's too damn expensive to get money," said Fraser Kelly of Social Enterprise Scotland. A lively debate brought the NatWest SE100 Leadership Event 2017 to a close yesterday.
Coffee is fuelling more than just the working lives of Londoners; it's taking people out of homelessness and giving them a future too. Change Please is the Big Issue of coffee.
