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13 October 2015
By JIM THALLER
Standing at the checkout line at Whole Foods Market while finishing up my weekly family grocery shopping...
30 November 2015
Thirty entrepreneurs from emerging markets traveled to Helsinki, Finland, to participate in the Slush Global Impact Accelerator,...
20 December 2016
Last month, we returned to Slush, a global start-up conference in Finland. During a dinner discussion, a colleague from Boston...
5 January 2017
From Berlin to Cairo, from Medellín to New York City, new start-ups are flourishing in the heart of the city instead of occupying...
18 January 2017
At the recent GEN Startup Nations conference in Ireland, Bagrat Yengibaryan was among seven finalists for a National Policy...
18 January 2017
Research shows that science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) are still male-dominated fields. According to the U....
16 March 2017
A market in Ramallah, West Bank. © Arne Hoel/The World Bank
Snapchat made its historic initial public offering this month...
22 March 2017
Entrepreneurs at mLab East Africa, Nairobi, Kenya. Supported by the World Bank Group’s infoDev program, this business incubation...
10 April 2017
Last month, Impact Hub Bamako celebrated its first birthday. The first of its kind in Mali, Impact Hub Bamako is part of a global...
9 May 2017
Olou Koucoi founded Focus Energy, a company that brings light, news, and entertainment to people living off-grid in his country,...