Finding work: Migrant Venezuelan women in Colombia chase business dreams
ANASTASIA MOLONEY, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on how migrant women from Venezuela struggling to escape poverty and discrimination in the jobs market in Colombia are turning to their own small businesses…
Wow!: Urban Indians beat space crunch by investing in digital solar power
ANURADHA NAGARAJ, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on how, with many Indian city-dwellers unable to install solar panels, start-ups are offering them the opportunity to invest in solar power production elsewhere in return for green electricity credits…
Wow!: Meet the entrepreneurs using fintech to help refugees
THIN LEI WIN, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, profiles some of the “generation of refugees” who have set up fintech firms to help other refugees and migrants send money, access paperwork and share information about housing and jobs…
WOW!: NORWEGIAN INVESTOR EYES UP TECH ENTREPRENEURS “TACKLING THE FUTURE OF FOOD”
SARAH SHEARMAN, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on a new initiative to dig up emerging food-related technologies…
Do-good health businesses struggle in Cameroon
Yaounde, CameroonThomson Reuters Foundation With her award-winning online blood bank, Cameroonian nurse-turned-entrepreneur Melissa Bime won international fame and funding but faced one major problem: working in her own country. Two years after Bime set up Infiuss – a blood delivery service to stem needless deaths through accidents, childbirth and malarial anaemia – red tape forced […]
Doing good found to take its toll as more social entrepreneurs report burnout
San Francisco, US/Addis Ababa, EthiopiaThomson Reuters Foundation Passionate and dedicated to the cause, businesses leaders on a mission to help society and the environment are increasingly coming up against an unexpected hurdle – burnout. Globally social entrepreneurship is on the rise, with more businesses being set up with the aim of making a profit that […]
Want to add trillions to the global economy? Back female founders
LondonThomson Reuters Foundation Increasing support for female entrepreneurs could boost the global economy by trillions of dollars, according to research released last week that found women who start businesses face more challenges than men. Helping women start their own businesses could immediately increase global economic output by as much as $US5 trillion, about the size […]
Budding Australian entrepreneurs invited to apply for innovative Christian mentoring program
Budding Australian Christian entrepreneurs looking for mentoring are invited to apply for a new incubator program being launched next year. The Seed program was first launched three years ago and has already helped a number of initiatives including Thread Harvest and Dinner On The Table. Its point of difference from other incubator programs is that […]
THE INTERVIEW: MEREDITH SCOTT, CEO OF OPPORTUNITY INTERNATIONAL AUSTRALIA
Meredith Scott is the new chief executive officer of international development organisation Opportunity International Australia. She talks with DAVID ADAMS about what’s surprised her about the new job, the organisation’s new “tagline”, and how her faith inspires her to help others…
Young entrepreneurs motivated by purpose, not just profit, says research
Thomson Reuters Foundation The new generation of global entrepreneurs is going into business motivated by purpose rather than just profit, according to research by the HSBC banking group released last week. One in four entrepreneurs aged under 35 said they were more motivated by social impact than by moneymaking, compared to just over one in […]