An intensive training and support programme for under-20s aims to create Eygpt’s female social entrepreneurs of the future. The project’s leaders say they have high hopes based on the quality of the first initiatives.
Residents of a blighted South African township are turning some of the waste that has harmed their environment into a source of income, as well as inviting tourists into their community.
At the heart of one of Brazil’s largest favelas, a group of designers create edgy new fashions out of thrown-away garments. Through a UK collaboration, the Remexe clothing line has doubled its income and reached a new global audience.
With an aim of creating more investment-ready businesses, social entrepreneurs attended a unique retreat in Egypt to develop their ideas and build their skills.
Thousands of Pakistani women qualify as doctors every year, but half of them quit after marriage and children. Telemedicine social enterprise Sehat Kahani gets them back to work to offer healthcare to the poorest communities.
