By Rebekah Davis At home, interactions with strangers are usually short and uninspiring. “How’s your day” “Good thanks, you?” However, here in Zanzibar, locals seek out English-speaking tourists and make small talk simply to improve their English skills. “I used to not be able to respond when someone asked how Read more…
By Charlotte Fall In India, 20% of the population, or 240 million people, live without access to electricity and nearly 220 million of those citizens live in rural areas. Mlinda is a powerful social enterprise working to reduce this number by supplying rural communities with alternative solar energy sources, in Read more…
By Kate Secrest Most financial institutions today focus only on serving “prime” borrowers, those with verifiable incomes or sufficient collateral to back them. However, there are many people in society without the means to provide such securities. Unfortunately, these individuals are often the ones for whom a loan may prove Read more…
By Arhan Parikh I Got Garbage is an initiative started by social entrepreneurs in India back in 2013 to increase the efficiency of waste and garbage collection. Through the use of modern technology, they aim to provide some honor to the lives of garbage collectors and eliminate the use of Read more…
By Charlotte Fall On November 5th Professor Raymond Horton, the founder of the Tamer Center for Social Enterprise at Columbia University joined SEI to speak to our students and faculty. He shared his insights on social enterprise, entrepreneurship, international development, nonprofit and public management, and corporate social responsibility. He also shared Read more…
By Kenny Mei Entrepreneurs are great at coming up with creative and innovative ways to solve all kind of problems, big or small. But sometimes getting the word out about new products can be difficult. This is where Indiegogo comes into play, it provides entrepreneurs a platform to launch new Read more…