Sanergy is a business full of waste. The startup--funded in part by the U.S. government--gives toilets away to business people in the slums, who charge for use. In exchange, Sanergy gets the... leftovers, which they convert into ...READ MORE›
Inspired by the rapid-fire response of the tech world to the earthquake in Haiti, the U.S. government is planning to jump-start a venture-capital approach to the field of humanitarian tech.READ MORE›
A Palestinian businessman, the U.S. government, George Soros, and Emirati oil money are bringing a $60 million private equity fund to the Palestinian territories.READ MORE›
When Kevin Braithwaite tells fellow Silicon Valley types that he's investing in entrepreneurs in Lebanon, they usually look at him like he's crazy.READ MORE›
“A billion people endure and suffer the irreversible effects of hunger and malnutrition,” Navyn Salem told me. Salem is the Founder and Executive Director of Edesia, a new nonprofit manufacturing company that produces life-saving ...READ MORE›
"During a recession, when credit is unavailable and investment funding is down, how do we help reactivate credit and financial investment in Africa." Luella D'Angelo, President, Western Union Foundation, told me that this was the ...READ MORE›
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