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Young people and investment ends Social Enterprise World Forum

Young people and investment ends Social Enterprise World Forum

Young people’s experiences of social enterprises were celebrated at the closing ceremony of the Social Enterprise World Forum.

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Social enterprises drive fight for gender equality

Social enterprises drive fight for gender equality

Social enterprises from across the world have outlined plans to help tackle gender inequality on the second day of the Social Enterprise World Forum.

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Plans for Engineering Institute for the Blind launched

Plans for Engineering Institute for the Blind launched

An inspiring Ethiopian social enterprise has launched plans to launch an Engineering Institute for the Blind.

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8,000 women recruited to tackle poverty

8,000 women recruited to tackle poverty

An Ethiopian entrepreneur is taking a social enterprise approach to tackling poverty in Ethiopia with new support secured to scale up her organisation.

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Social Enterprise World Forum set to get underway

Social Enterprise World Forum set to get underway

The annual global gathering of social enterprises gets underway in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on Wednesday.

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Fighting child labour through fashion

Fighting child labour through fashion

As the countdown to the 2019 Social Enterprise World Forum continues, one Ethiopian social enterprise is taking a lead in ending child labour.

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Corporations with a conscience

Corporations with a conscience

Since the breakdown of managerial capitalism in the 1970s, a corporate-governance model based on shareholder primacy has reigned supreme. But now that America’ s top CEOs have publicly embraced a broader “stakeholder” model, is capitalism entering a new chapter?

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Ethiopia leads the way in social enterprise

Ethiopia leads the way in social enterprise

Social enterprise is increasingly capturing the imagination across Africa and around the world, with Ethiopia leading the way, according to a report.

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New Partnership To Celebrate Social Enterprise World Forum

New Partnership To Celebrate Social Enterprise World Forum

The British Council and The Rooftop have agreed a new partnership to feature inspiring social enterprises from around the world.

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New nurses save sight in Ethiopia

New nurses save sight in Ethiopia

Campaigners are marking twenty years of success in saving the sight of millions of people in Ethiopia. Over the past two decades, Orbis has supported local campaigners and the government in delivering improvements in eye care which has saved the sight of millions of people.

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