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The Edinburgh office of global social investment fund LeapFrog has brokered a $15 million (£9.3m) investment in a company that provides low-cost...

A recent news article profiles Neetu Sidhu and Allie Taylor, founders of REVIVAL Style, a social enterprise that supports rural Indian women...

NextBillion blog describes a speech given by Vikram Akula, founder of SKS Microfinance in India, on his failures while running SKS, which...

The International Finance Corporation has recently started providing advisory services to Ananya Finance for Inclusive Growth Private Limited, in order to help...

The Christian Science Monitor details the work of Paul Polak, a serial social entrepreneur, who has designed products and services for the...

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Forbes India profiles Nachiket Mor, Chairman of IFMR Trust, an organization that supports innovative solutions to social and economic challenges in India....

Google India has recently launched the Women Entrepreneurs on the Web (WEOW) program to create an online presence and community for women...

The Schwab Foundation has recently named Neelam Chhiber, Founder of Industree Crafts Foundation in India, as the ‘Indian Social Entrepreneurship of the...

In a working paper titled ‘Profit or Purpose: The Dilemna of Social Enterprises’ by Professor MS Sriram from IIMA, Sriram questions the...

On 20th November in London Dasra will launch their latest report titled Squatters Rights, Access to Toilets in Urban India. The report,...

In April, India became a member of the Consultative Group to Assist the Poor (CGAP), an organization that supports microfinance globally. As...

A recent Business Line article discusses how despite the rapid increase in sales of mobile phones in India, productivity has not necessarily...

A $550,000 investment into start-up microfinance institution Utkarsh Microfinance by the International Finance Corporation has enabled the MFI to reach 60,000 rural...

Off-grid solutions based on renewable energy sources, particularly Solar Photo-Voltaic (PV), hold great promise to bring electricity to the 80 million or...

At the 2012 Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) Annual Meeting, Acumen Fund, a non-profit global venture fund addressing poverty across Africa and South...

A recent news article describes the growth of Danone India and the progress of its initiative involving low-income segments. Its most recent...

Investor Sequoia Capital has recently invested in Indian microfinance institution, Ujjivan Finance Company, making it the largest investor with a 15.7% stake...

How we made it in Africa’s Loraine Stander interviews Frank Braeken, Unilever’s executive Vice President for Africa on the company’s strategy to...

A recent report released by the International Finance Corporation, “Accelerating Inclusive Business Opportunities: Business Models that Make a Difference,” outlines seven inclusive...

A Report by IJ Partners, 2010. What is next for philanthropy after the great downturn? This edition of Viewpoint looks at what...

The Guardian profiles FairMail, a social enterprise that works with at-risk teenagers in Peru and India to produce and sell Fair Trade...

India plans to launch the India Inclusive Innovation Fund, a $1 billion fund that has been set up with initial capital of...

A recent Business Standard article discusses the evolution of Indian microfinance institutions (MFI) SKS Microfinance, which had an initial public offering (IPO)...

A social enterprise competition held at IIT Madras in India and organized by Genesis awarded approximately $5,000 to Aquaregia, a company that...

The feature of the week in the Financial Times, commencing 29th October 2012, is on social enterprise in India. The feature, available here,...

Sustainability platform Just Means recently profiled Miracle Couriers, an Indian social enterprise that hires and trains deaf women and women in India...