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February 19, 2010 — 02:55 pm
Ashoka publically launched the Globalizer website yesterday as part of an exciting new initiative that will enable the world's leading social entrepreneurs to scale their businesses and reach new markets. The website will facilitate the emergence of a community of world class social entrepreneurs to improve their businesses and share learnings.
February 4, 2010 — 09:16 pm
We often talk about sustainability in development or compose programs that aspire to that end, but far less often do we address or share instances of setback. In a recent trip to Swaziland I visited TechnoServe's cotton program and was struck by the setback incurred when a prominent aid agency interrupted the efforts of this program.
January 20, 2010 — 07:10 am
The Coca-Cola Company, nonprofit TechnoServe, and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation today launched a partnership to enable over 50,000 small fruit farmers in Uganda and Kenya to increase their productivity and double their incomes by 2014. This partnership will enable fruit farmers to participate in the Company's supply chain for the first time.
