Leila Janah, Entrepreneur Who Worked to End Global Poverty, Dies at 37
Leila Janah, a social entrepreneur who was founder and CEO of artificial intelligence data company Samasource, has died at 37. Janah passed away due to complications from epithelioid sarcoma, a...more

Valdry Center Offers Social Entrepreneurship Fellowships to Students
Valdry Center offers social entrepreneurship fellowships to a cohort of four social entrepreneurs. Over a 24-month period, fellows will live on campus, attend Valdry Center seminars, take courses,...more

Moving Beyond Theories of Change: A Framework for Strategic Implementation
A new Arabella Advisors report titled "Moving Beyond Theories of Change: A Framework for Strategic Implementation," builds upon the work of Senior Managing Director Gwen Walden and her 25 years of...more

Reimagining Black Wealth: Asking 400 Year Old Questions
Living Cities staff JaNay Queen Nazaire, Chief Strategy Officer, and Demetric Duckett, Managing Director, write how Living Cities is "not only doubling-down on the use of capital as a driving...more

Social Entrepreneurship Is Bringing Purpose To Higher Education
A post written by Robin Pendoley, co-founder and CEO of Thinking Beyond Borders, tackles how higher education in the U.S. is facing a crisis where students, parents, and employers are all expressing...more

How to Finance Social Innovation? 5 Insights from Impact! Africa
Ashoka and the British Council hosted the Impact! Africa Summit, which convened at the Kenya School of Monetary Studies around the topic "Collaborative Finance for Social Innovation." The two-day...more

Coat Design Saves Lives and Launches New Careers for Homeless People
Empowerment Plan is a nonprofit aimed at helping countless homeless people find jobs. To combat the country's homeless crisis, the Plan hires homeless people and teaches them how to make coats for...more

India Top-Most Country for Presence of Social Entrepreneurs
According to a new report, social entrepreneurs, in collaboration with the Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship, have distributed USD$6.7 billion in loans or value of products and services....more

Here's How to Invest in Baltimore's Neglected Neighborhoods
In a commentary by Eric K. Hontz, senior program officer at The Center for International Private Enterprise, it focuses on how Baltimore residents and neighborhoods can break the cycle of poverty and...more

Startups Can Play a Role in Social Change
Eugene Coetzee discusses the role that tech startups can play in helping solve unemployment. According to Coetzee, his own startup, Jobbie which he co-founded, is no exception. Coetzee writes...more