An agreement has been signed between Grameen Telecom Trust and IHS Alliance for Fibreglass to start a social business called Grameen Fibreglass Ltd.This social business will produce biogas tanks, fibreglass roofs, which can also be used as boats when necessary as well a...
Social Business Day 2011 will feature 19 organizations that will take part in the event. These organizations will have stalls on the day, featuring their products, services and solutions. A list of the participating organizations is given below.
Yunus Centre
Ban...
Bonsai People – Unleashing the power of the free market to eliminate poverty, hunger, and inequality. Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus did his part to fight poverty by micro-lending $27 to 42 women, an effort which has now grown to 8 million women and 8 bi...
Board Meeting in Norway Focuses on New Ways to Help the UN Improve Livelihoods in Africa, Bolster Women's and Children's Health, and Combat Climate Change
Twelve of the world's leading voices for global progress and change are gathering this week for the United Nations...
By Abdullah Shibli
Last Spring, I co-taught a multi-disciplinary course with my wife, a social worker, at the Bridgewater State University on the socio-economics of Bangladesh. One of the topics we covered was "Poverty and Measures to Remove Poverty," and we proudly me...
As a follow up of Professor Muhammad Yunus's meeting with President Dilma Rousseff of Brazil, Ambassador Maria Edileuza Fontenele Reis, Under-Secretary General of the Brazilian Ministry of External Relations, paid a visit to Yunus Centre yesterday at Mirpur and met with...
By Celeste Tholen Rosenlof, Deseret News
Deseret News associate editorial page editor and columnist Jay Evensen has won the Cameron Duncan award and will accept it at a June 19 banquet in Washington, D.C.
The award recognizes a journalist each year who has brought awa...
Social Business is a visionary concept from Professor Muhammad Yunus that connects the business world with the world of solving social problems. By bringing business concepts into the sector of solving social problems, Social Business allows social activities to be effi...
Professor Muhammad Yunus spoke to Jeune Afrique recently about Social Business. You can read the article here in French....
Professor Muhammad Yunus has been interviewed by The Daily Ittefaq, a leading Bangla language newspaper in Bangladesh. You can read the interview in full here....
