The Future of Social Entrepreneurship

Last week I had the pleasure of moderating a conversation with Diana Wells, the president of Ashoka. We discussed how Ashoka has diffused the concept of social entrepreneurship through its network of fellows. Nearly 30 years since Ashoka started the dialogue, social entrepreneurship and innovation has reached a national consciousness. Last summer, the Obama administration [...]

Safaricom, Africa-tech and Google in Africa

One of the things that many Afro-optimists share is an excitement about the way that technology is providing new opportunities for the passion, energy, and talent that’s so apparent in young people across the continent.
Last week, Google announced (hattip Appfrica) that it was launching a blog dedicated entirely to its work in Africa, which has [...]

From ReadWriteWeb: “Software Company Ditches AdWords for…Kiva?”

In a stunningly intriguing idea, Portland, Oregon based Jama Software is ditching Google’s AdWords program, feeling that their return on investment simply wasn’t high enough. Instead, they’re donating the money they would have spent to Kiva.org, the direct peer2peer micro-lending nonprofit that allows individual users to fund global enterprises.
They believe that the buzz they generate [...]