One of the biggest challenges facing social entrepreneurs internationally is generating enough capital to scale up and increase their impact. Drew von Glahn talks about how the World Bank is seeking long-term solutions to this issue.
In a Pioneers Post exclusive the new Minister for Civil Society Brooks Newmark writes about his first two months in office, his passion for social enterprise and the UK's first Social Saturday.
The G8 social investment taskforce will report next week. At SOCAP, the world's biggest social invesment event, taskforce chair Sir Ronald Cohen says governments hold the key to helping social investment take off like venture capital.
Shona McDonald is breaking down the barriers facing children with disabilities in South Africa through her social enterprise. Pioneers Post's editor Tim West caught up with the social entrepreneur at the Opportunity Collaboration gathering.
Human rights groups in Egypt have raised the alarm that the country's NGOs are under threat because of a new law taking away their autonomy. Elsewhere, an innovative campaign in Wisconsin, USA has been launched to promote social entrepreneurship.
The city of Oxford in the UK is gearing up for the 2014 Skoll World Forum, a gathering of social innovators hoping to soak up inspiring ideas, expert insight and social entrepreneur success stories.