Social entrepreneurship in Africa, impact measurement and lessons on leadership – Anurag Agrawal takes time out to reflect on the state of the global social economy following the 2015 Sankalp Africa Forum last month.
Almost 100 social enterprises have been selected to join the EY Foundation's Accelerate programme, which aims to provide youth focussed ventures with the business support needed to "scale, replicate and sustain" their social impact.
Founder of Power2Inspire and chairman of Provide CIC John Willis talks to Pioneers Post about the challenges facing the UK healthcare sector over the next 12 months and about the importance of start-up incubation for UK social enterprises.
Acumen partners Unilever to support smallholder farmers around the world, Thailand is one step closer to introducing social enterprise legislation and Nutella tycoon leaves social enterprise legacy.
CEO of Social Enterprise UK Peter Holbrook is "disappointed" by the lack of political will to extend the Social Value Act, following the publication of the Act's review led by Lord Young.
Pioneers Post headed to South Korea for the first Social Enterprise World Forum to be hosted in Asia and to explore the diverse social enterprise landscape developing to solve some of the country's biggest social issues.
RBS breaks social enterprise targets in the UK, a Ugandan-Dutch mobile phone social enterprise receives US$1 boost and one of the US's most prestigious Ivy League business schools opens specialised social enterprise hub.
“There will never be enough investment, so it’s our task to get as much as possible from the investment that is available and make it go further than ever before,” explains the CEO of UK-based First Ark Group.
It is just over two years since the Social Value Act was introduced in the UK. While it has been praised and embraced by many, others argue it lacks bite and is failing to realise its full potential.
