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12 March 2018
In Breadnut Hill, St. Ann, Jamaica, near the famous Dunn’s River Falls, the eco-farm and lodge Durga’s Den sits right in front of...
7 March 2018
Since its launch in 2015, Sendy has quickly grown into one of Africa’s top start-ups to watch and garnered attention from several...
14 March 2018
Few green technology entrepreneurs are more passionate than Scheed Cole of Jamaica. His recycling and construction business has...
2 February 2018
In Tanzania, over 40 million subscribers have a cell phone, but only 4 million adults have health insurance. This is especially...
10 November 2017
With Slush, the world’s leading start-up and technology event, coming up Nov. 30-Dec. 1 in Helsinki, Finland, two entrepreneurs...
27 October 2017
An environmental scientist turned entrepreneur, Ujjwal Chapagain has built a thriving business which promotes healthy eating and...
5 October 2017
Prakash Maharjan’s family had been selling ice cream for over four decades, but unhappy with doing “business as usual,” he had...
6 September 2017
Companies like Hershey’s – one of the world’s largest chocolate producers – face several challenges when working with smallholder...
24 August 2017
Farming is a tough business. Growing up on a rural Kenyan farm, Samuel Rigu saw firsthand how the acidity of the expensive,...
16 August 2017
On a windy rooftop in Casablanca, Morocco, Karim El Alami smiles as he looks out over the city. For years, Karim has dreamt of...