By Gines Haro Pastor
The microfinance pioneer and Nobel prize winner talks to Gines Haro Pastor about his future plans, supporting other social businesses and how the Grameen bank evolved.
You usually use the term social business instead of social enterprise. Can ...
The recently elected young (36) mayor of Fukuoka city Mr. Soichiro Takashima declared the city of Fukuoka as a Social Business City, at the closing of the Asian Forum for Social Business that took place in the city from 21-23 July. The declaration took place at a signin...
Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammed Yunus is in Tokyo to discuss social business with business and political leaders of Japan. He met on Wednesday with H.E. Takahiro Yokomichi, Speaker of the Lower House of the Japanese parliament, together with five Diet members. Profess...
Friday July 15 marked the launch of the Nobel Laureate in Residence program at the University Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM or National University of Malaysia) in Bangi, Selangor.
2006 Nobel Peace Prize winner Professor Muhammad Yunus accepted to become Laureate-in-Resi...
BANGI, 15 July 2011 - Nobel Laureate, Prof Muhammad Yunus has described UKM's decision to name him its Laureate-in-Residence as very special as it was the first time he had received such a designation.
Speaking at his inaugural lecture in the UKM campus here today he s...
On Saturday, July 9th the Yunus Centre held an introductory workshop for students interested in participating in the Social Business Essay Competition 2011. At the workshop, Yunus Centre staff did a presentation on social business to familiarize the students with the co...
By Jacqui Street
British MEP and chair of the European Parliament's Econ committee Sharon Bowles wants London to be the home of a European stock exchange for companies that aim to fix social problems.
Bowles has met Nobel Peace Prize Winner Mohammad Yunus in Strasbo...
As part of their spring-semester co-op with Grameen Bank in Bangladesh, Northeastern University students Kelly Ward and Sarah Hodsdon were anticipating their meeting with Nobel Peace Prize-winner Muhammad Yunus, the bank's founder and international micro-finance pioneer...
February 4, 2006
By Professor Muhammad Yunus
Happy Birthday to the Daily Star!
This is a great occasion to celebrate. Pages of the Daily Star have documented fifteen years of history Bangladesh history. For Bangladeshis this is a period to be proud of. Fifteen years ...
Nobel Peace Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus met with European Commission President José Manuel Barroso at his office in Strasbourg on July 6, 2011. They discussed the role of EU in promoting microcredit and social business around the world. Professor Yunus thanked ...
