Policy in Perspective from The LBJ School of Public Affairs

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Open for Innovation: The Growth of Social Entrepreneurialism in Uganda

Post author By Paul Kuhne
Post date October 26, 2017
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Photo: Rachel Strohm (CC) This past summer, I had the good fortune to attend the LeoAfrica Economic Forum, a one-day conference dedicated to chronicling disruptive growth and development innovations in Africa. The event featured panelists and organizations from all segments of the innovation space in Africa and played host to a series of talks about […]

Tags Entrepreneurship, International Development, Kampala, Open Data, social entrepreneurship, Technology Policy, Uganda

Global Policy Studies & International Security

Empowering Innovators to Tackle the World’s Most Pressing Issues

Post author By Samer Yousif
Post date July 14, 2017
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Photo: Indi Samarjiva CC 2.0 2017 Crook Fellow Samer Yousif is interning this summer with Ashoka, a nonprofit that supports a worldwide network of social entrepreneurs in their mission to address development issues in their own localities. Here he updates us on his work evaluating the impact of these entrepreneurs’ initiatives: The capitalist structure has […]

Tags ashoka, Crook Fellow, Crook Fellowship, Global Policy Studies, impact investing, International Development, social entrepreneurship, social innovation, Summer Internship, Summer Internships