by Lisa Kalenkiewicz | Sep 10, 2014 | Social Enterprise, Technology
In late August, brilliant minds and passionate hearts from around the globe gathered in Cebu, Philippines for the second annual “Geeks on a Beach” conference. engageSPARK founder and CEO, Ravi Agarwal, hosted a panel on social enterprises. Instead of the standard...
by Lisa Kalenkiewicz | Aug 7, 2014 | Social Enterprise, Technology
When I discuss my career goals with people and talk about the things I’m interested in – namely, technology and social justice – the typical response I get is: “So you want to work for an NGO/Non-Profit?” I am a huge fan of numerous non-profits (in fact, engageSPARK...
by Sunny Yang | Feb 27, 2014 | Social Enterprise
This week we highlight an interesting report and presentation from the GSMA about digital entrepreneurship in Kenya. This report provides a great overview of the state of the startup community and digital services industry in Kenya in 2014 with a special focus on...
by Sahiba Minhas | Nov 27, 2013 | ICT, Social Enterprise, Technology
The world is predicting the next financial crisis in the form of youth unemployment that threatens to destabilise economies. Youth unemployment is a cause of major concern as we witness increased violence in the Middle East and North Africa, high rates of income...
by Sahiba Minhas | Jul 17, 2013 | Social Enterprise, Technology, Women
Three female entrepreneurs in 2010 got together to develop a mobile solution that would provide market price transparency for Kenyan farmers. Jamilla Abass co-founded M-Farm – an m-Agriculture program – with Susan Oguya and Linda Kwamnoka. Exploitation of...
by engageSPARK | May 30, 2013 | Social Enterprise
Are you a newly-minted social entrepreneur? You have a great idea. You want to have social impact. You want to operate as a business, not a charity. You’ve reached the point where you need to incorporate but don’t know where to begin. You’ve done some...
