by Abriel | Jun 4, 2018 | 2018, Partnership For The Goals, What Inspires You?
When Ms Janice Chiang was in a village near Mombasa, Kenya, for her summer internship, she was taken aback by how much her thinking differed from the locals’. A Kenyan university student in her team was tagged as a spy by the other village boys and, to stay...
by Abriel | May 24, 2018 | 2018, Partnership For The Goals
Entrepreneurship is hip in development circles. It’s the new buzz word and is increasingly portrayed as the solution to social and economic inequality. Academics and practitioners alike have argued that entrepreneurship can drive economic growth, reduce inequality,...
by Abriel | Oct 13, 2017 | 2017, Partnership For The Goals
Launched in Canada in 1990, Not Just Tourists facilitates the collection and delivery of surplus medical supplies to some of the poorest and most remote clinics in the world. This week, the organisation launched a new branch in Bristol, United Kingdom. This means that...
by Abriel | Jun 9, 2017 | 2017, Partnership For The Goals
This year Ecosperity, an annual conference held by Singapore investment firm Temasek, focused on getting the private sector to adopt the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Temasek’s chairman, Lim Boon Heng, made the case for sustainable business, pointing out that...
by Abriel | May 12, 2017 | 2017, Partnership For The Goals
In February 2014, 100 people – now known as the “Heavenly Hundred” – were shot dead by riot police during protests in Independence Square, Kiev. The “revolution of dignity” began as an outcry against the then-president Viktor Yanukovych’s rejection of a trade deal...
