Mills Scofield

AUGUST 27, 2012

MedInternational was started in 2011 to raise the standard of healthcare in resource-poor regions of the world by sharing and maintaining appropriate hospital technology in these areas, initially Zanzibar, Tanzania. See what two not yet 20 year olds were able to do and sustain. by Chia Han Sheng on Sunday, August 19, 2012.

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Incentives Marketing Microfinance Entrepreneur 171

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 22, 2013

If you believe the hype, technology is going to help us end global poverty. Berkeley researcher Kentaro Toyama has a blog dedicated to calling out naïve or inappropriate uses of information and communication technologies (ICT). To do that, it's vital that technology be suitable and relevant to the lives of its users.

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Technology Microfinance Banking Document 22

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 22, 2013

If you believe the hype, technology is going to help us end global poverty. Berkeley researcher Kentaro Toyama has a blog dedicated to calling out naïve or inappropriate uses of information and communication technologies (ICT). To do that, it's vital that technology be suitable and relevant to the lives of its users.

Technology 8

Technology Microfinance Banking Document 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 2, 2010

Across most developing countries, there is a model for job training where youth are assisted to acquire basic skills. Upon graduation, the governments, nonprofits, or (more recently) microfinance companies give them loans to buy tools and opens shops. Ndubuisi Ekekwe is a founder of the non-profit African Institution of Technology.

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Seminar Microfinance How To Education 14

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 21, 2014

A large part of NAF’s effort with farmers is to help break their initial emotional barriers to new technologies. The success of these measures has had a demonstrative impact on the farmers’ willingness to adopt and internalize new technologies. This has provided the platform to launch into other initiatives.

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Innovation Microfinance Parcell Technology 12

Harvard Business Review

MAY 2, 2014

And Bill Gates announced he was shifting his priorities from software development to social impact by moving full time to his foundation. That year, two global headlines raised the profile of social enterprise: Mohammed Yunus and the Grameen Bank won the Nobel Peace prize. In the broader U.S. Lead collaborations, not just organizations.

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Entrepreneur Microfinance NGO Mission Statement 15

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 7, 2016

Where a solar light can simply be turned on to show its value, a stove demo requires 30 minutes of time and extensive training about the technology. Experiment #5: Microfinance Institutions. Prem, a BioLite Burner on our West India team, gives a HomeStove demonstration to a group of customers at a microfinance branch in Rajasthan.

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Marketing Microfinance Retail Development 8