It's time for the young people of Africa to take charge of their destiny – but the continent's aspiring social entrepreneurs need more support, says a report launched yesterday at the Sankalp Africa Summit in Nairobi.
Peter Holbrook, CEO of Social Enterprise UK, is among the leaders from the social economy to be honoured in the 2015 New Year Honours. He is joined by a pioneer in the health sector and the dragon who swapped TV fame for social business.
In the final round-up of 2015 a target is set for India's biggest ever impact investment fund and a Brazilian cosmetics giant becomes the world's largest B Corp.
Danish social entrepreneurs explore the idea of a start-up island, Scotland's community sport sector recieves a bonus in time for Christmas and the gender wage gap debate heats up in the UK.
Author and neuroscientist Dr Paul Zak tells the Saïd Business School that truly responsible business leaders think of their employees as volunteers and explains how to create the optimum working environment.
On your marks, get set, go! Big Society Capital fires the starting gun for the race for the UK's private sector to come up with the best business proposal which generates both economic and social value.
Profit with purpose – a dangerous shift away from the carefully nurtured social economy or the future for social entrepreneurs looking for investment as they try to break into the market?
Earlier this year the SROI Network – soon to be Social Value UK – brought together individuals from the social enterprise, charity and corporate sectors in Milan, Italy to discuss the importance of true, honest impact measurement.
Why is there such a big difference between what the public are seeing and what those sitting around the board table of businesses are seeing? Norman Pickavance gets to the heart of this debate at the launch of his new book.
