With more than 17,000 islands and 300 languages, Indonesia proved a challenging country in which to deliver a national social enterprise bootcamp. But having learned many valuable lessons, a similar project is now planned for Scotland.

Domestic workers are one of society’s greatest frontiers of untapped human potential. A partnership between organisations in South Africa and east London has been helping women to start their own creative businesses.

Rural Pakistani women with skills in weaving, ceramics and other handcrafts can now sell their creations worldwide through a new website. They're also receiving training in business and marketing.

With men in a traditional Egyptian community facing high unemployment, what happened when outsiders suggested that women should develop their own businesses?

A new wave of creative energy is helping to regenerate part of South Africa’s largest city – and a dose of inspiration and experience from people who have done the same thing in the UK’s port city of Plymouth is helping move things along.

An ambitious joint UK-Pakistan project to support female social entrepreneurs has been “a roller-coaster ride” with exciting potential for the future. 
 

Getting a group of low-income Afro-Brazilian women together to boost their business skills can create life-changing opportunities.

Indonesia’s 26m disabled people face stigma and prejudice, but a recent partnership between experts in London and Jakarta is supporting disabled people to run their own enterprises and become productive members of their communities.

An innovative incubator for young artists and entrepreneurs from excluded communities in Brazil not only develops their business skills but also works on insecurity and low self-esteem.