The East Africa Impact

This special series, which will run through January 2012, will focus on the development sector space in the three countries of East Africa – Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda
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3 Ideas For Changing Rural India.
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Rural Innovation & Farming

Ashoka has supported almost 100 social entrepreneurs in India in the rural development space.
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Social Entrepreneurship in Kenya and India: the Support, Trends, and Perceptions from Society
Mon, January 23, 2012
This article is part of The East Africa Impact Series.(Runners at Mumbai Marathon, 2011. Picture courtesy Flickr user through my eyes only)For me, Social Entrepreneurship in India and Kenya is exemplified by this picture. We are all on the same track. Even though the two...
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Africa, Optimism, and Social Entrepreneurship
Tue, December 20, 2011
On my way to work last week, I heard a BBC report claiming that Africa is the most optimistic continent in the world.  A recent global opinion pool had apparently been conducted, and, when a wide swath of the population was asked about their own and their country’s...
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Young, Female, and Global: Social Entrepreneurship in East Africa
Thu, December 15, 2011
A couple months ago, Ashoka East Africa hosted an Open House to celebrate our recent move to a new office.  We put together an invite and sent it to all our local contacts.  When our Friday afternoon soiree was in full swing, I took a look around the room of...
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Harish Hande among Rajyotsava award winners
October 31, 2011
http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/article2583695.ece
The Hindu

Going by its assurance of restricting the number of Rajyotsava Awards to 50, the State Government on Sunday announced just as many names for the awards for the year 2011.

However, it did not adhere to its other parameter of giving the awards to only those aged...

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Ashoka and TÜV Rheinland to develop India’s first certification for affordable housing sector
October 17, 2011

Bangalore, October 13, 2011: Ashoka Innovators for the Public, India and TÜV Rheinland India today announced that they would together develop a certification standard for the affordable housing sector. This would be the first of its kind...

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Ashoka Announces Selection of Ashoka Fellows
September 15, 2011

Tarique Mohammed Qureshi and Anup Nair join the strong global community of Ashoka Fellows.

 

Bangalore, September 12, 2011: Ashoka Innovators for the Public today announced that it has selected two social entrepreneurs in...

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Laura White on the Disruption Needed in Higher Education: Empathy
Submitted by Ashoka ChangeInSight on Wed, January 11, 2012
Submitted by: John Converse Townsend on 01/11/12 Editor's note: This post was written by Amy Holiday, senior at Tulane University and member of the Ashoka U Live Team This is the first of a series of posts featuring Exchange ...
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Enabling Me to Walk Away from Corruption
Submitted by Ashoka ChangeInSight on Wed, January 11, 2012
Submitted by: Ashoka 30th Birthday on 01/11/12 This story was submitted to the Ashoka 30th Birthday Card by 'Gbenga Sesan, founder of Paradigm Initiative Nigeria, and an Ashoka Fellow from Nigeria since 2008.  Nigeria has a reputation...
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Last chance to join Ashoka U Exchange
Submitted by Ashoka ChangeInSight on Tue, January 10, 2012
Submitted by: John Converse Townsend on 01/10/12   This is your last chance to apply for the Ashoka U Exchange! The annual global gathering, hosted by Ashoka U and Arizona State University, will bring together cutting-edge...
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