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Created By: Yunus Centre 4th August, 2019

In 1976, when I began the Grameen Bank project, I was merely trying to help a handful of people in Jobra, a small village next to Chittagong University where I was teaching. I had found that the poor men and women there remained slaves to the local money-lenders for tiny amounts of money to support their income generating activities. It was then that I decided to lend 42 people an amount $27 dollars of my own money to free themselves from the loan sharks. I was astounded to find that not on...

City of Ningbo Celebrates Social Business Week in China

Created By: Yunus Centre 1st August, 2019

City of Ningbo Celebrates Social Business Week in China

Yunus Centre Press Release (01 August, 2019)As a part of Social Business Week of China Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus arrived Ningbo a port city in the eastern coast of China.  On 31 July, his day began with meeting the students of Huamao English School, a leading private school in the city. Yunus addressed the students and invited them to imagine the world they would like to live in. This is the time to create that world in their minds so that they can work to make it a reality. &...

Yunus in China: Emphasizes Financial Inclusion Must Exclude All Predatory Financing like Loan Sharking

Created By: Yunus Centre 31st July, 2019

Yunus in China: Emphasizes Financial Inclusion Must Exclude All Predatory Financing like Loan Sharking

Press ReleaseNobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus is in China from July 27 to August 1st 2019. On his second leg of the trip, the Caixin Media Group organized a breakfast meeting by where the Nobel Laureate addressed the topic of financial inclusion. Around 70 CEOs and founders of financial institutions, university professors, high officials from the Central Bank and NGO leaders attended the event.Professor Muhammad Yunus emphasized that all financial services to the poor do not constitute fi...

Yunus Opens Grameen China Branch in Shenzhen, China

Created By: Yunus Centre 29th July, 2019

Yunus Opens Grameen China Branch in Shenzhen,  China

Yunus Centre Press Release (29 July, 2019)Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus inaugurated the opening ceremony of Grameen China’s branch in the Futian district in Shenzhen, China on July 27, 2019. Yunus is visiting Shenzhen as a part of the Social  Business Week in China.Loans were disbursed to 8 members of Grameen groups to finance income generating activities that included creating employment in the local community. This is the third branch under the collaboration between China ...

Universities Are Responsible For Both Creating and Discarding Knowledge

Created By: Yunus Centre 14th July, 2019

Universities Are Responsible For Both Creating and Discarding Knowledge

Yunus Centre Press Release (14 July, 2019)Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus was in Spain during the first week of July 2019. He was given an honorary doctorate (Doctor Honoris Causa) at the University of Cantabria, Santander, Spain in an elaborate special convocation ceremony on Saturday, 6th July 2019, held at the beautiful Summer Palace of the King of Spain which was converted  into Cantabria University in 1936.In his acceptance speech Yunus drew the attention of the audience made o...

YUNUS AWARDED 2019 GLOBAL WOMEN'S LEADERSHIP AWARD IN BASEL SWITZERLAND

Created By: Yunus Centre 9th July, 2019

YUNUS AWARDED 2019 GLOBAL WOMEN'S LEADERSHIP AWARD IN BASEL SWITZERLAND

Yunus Centre Press Release (09 July, 2019)Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus presented with the 2019 Global Women’s Leadership Award at The Global Summit of Women in Basel, SwitzerlandProfessor Yunus received the Award on 5th July for his internationally recognized work in poverty alleviation and economic empowerment of women globally through his pioneering work of microfinance and social business.  Millions of poor women around the world found their inner capacity to take up ent...

The Taiwan Delegation Attend to 9th Social Business Day

Created By: Yunus Centre 9th July, 2019

The Taiwan Delegation Attend to 9th Social Business Day

On 27-30 June, Foundation for Yunus Social Business Taiwan (FYSBT) set up a group to participate the 9th Social Business Day (SBD). The former premier of Taiwan, Mr. Mao, as the honor leader to leading the Taiwan Group to attend. More than 1,500 people attended the 9th SBD. Them explore topics such as food, education, human resources, and youth innovation etc., and provide social problem-solving experience.In Taiwan, The FYSBY have recommended 10 universities to establish Yunus Social Business C...

Yunus Addresses Russian Central Bank’s International Financial Congress in St Petersburg

Created By: Yunus Centre 8th July, 2019

Yunus Addresses Russian Central Bank’s International Financial Congress in St Petersburg

Yunus Centre Press Release (08 July, 2019)New Law Needed to create Bank for the Poor  — He Argued in the Congress.St. Petersburg, July 5Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus visited Russia recently at the invitation of the Governor of the Central Bank of Russia to be a keynote speaker at the International Finance Conference held in the historical city of St. Petersburg. Prior to the Conference Professor Yunus invited to tape two  dialogues, one between him and the First Deputy ...

77th and 78th YSBCs established in Spain at University of Murcia and University of Cantabria

Created By: Yunus Centre 7th July, 2019

 77th and 78th YSBCs established in Spain at University of Murcia and University of Cantabria

University of Murcia and University of Cantabria, both located in Spain joined the Yunus Social Business Centre (YSBC) Network through a signing with Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus on the 6th of July in Santander, Spain. They will be the 77th and 78th YSBCs and bring the total number of YSBCs in Spain to 3.University of Cantabria is a public university located in Santander, Capital of the Cantabria region in Spain.The University of Murcia is the largest university in the region of Murci...

Sixth International Social Business Day Celebrated in Russia.

Created By: Yunus Centre 6th July, 2019

Sixth International Social Business Day Celebrated in Russia.

Yunus Centre Press Release (06 July, 2019)Moscow, 1-2 July 2019.Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus was invited by the Governor of the Central Bank of Russia to address the 28th International Finance Conference in St Petersburg. On his way to St Petersburg an elaborate programme was organized for him in Moscow by Microfinance Association of Russia and Our Future Foundation. The focus of the programme was addressing the International Social Business Day celebration. This included a press conf...

9th Social Business Day 2019 : “Making Money is Happiness, Making Other People Happy is Super Happiness” Successfully Concludes

Created By: Yunus Centre 29th June, 2019

9th Social Business Day 2019 : “Making Money is Happiness, Making Other People Happy is Super Happiness” Successfully Concludes

Yunus Centre Press Release (29 June, 2019) Today was the 2nd day of the 9th Social Business Day, hosted by Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus at the Centara Grand & Bangkok Convention Centre, Central World in Bangkok, Thailand. This was the biggest and most diverse social business day yet. Following up with yesterday’s exciting announcements and plenary sessions, today’s schedule was jam packed with further game changing broadcasts.The first half of the day was marked b...

9th Social Business Day 2019 : “Making Money is Happiness, Making Other People Happy is Super Happiness”

Created By: Yunus Centre 28th June, 2019

9th Social Business Day 2019 : “Making Money is Happiness, Making Other People Happy is Super Happiness”

Yunus Centre Press Release (28 June, 2019)Day one of the 9th Social Business Day, hosted by Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus has officially begun at the Centara Grand & Bangkok Convention Centre, Central World in Bangkok, Thailand. It is jointly being organized by Yunus Centre, Bangladesh, Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) and Kasetsart University, Thailand. The inaugural day was quite an eventful one with speakers, change makers and delegates from diverse backgrounds and experience...

9th Social Business Day Event will be Held in Bangkok

Created By: Yunus Centre 27th June, 2019

9th Social Business Day Event will be Held in Bangkok

Yunsu Centre Press Release( 27 June, 2019)Delegates are coming from 58 countries27 June, BankokThe 9th Social Business Day, hosted by Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus, will be held on June 28-29, 2019 at the CentaraGrand & Bangkok Convention Centre, Central World in Bangkok, Thailand. It is jointly being organized by Yunus Centre, Dhaka, Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) and Kasetsart University, Thailand.This year, theme of the event will be  “ Making Money is Happiness,...

Yunus Gives Public Lecture at Autonomous University of Mexico

Created By: Yunus Centre 23rd June, 2019

Yunus Gives Public Lecture at Autonomous University of Mexico

Yunus Centre Press Release (23 June, 2019)Mexico, June 17, 2019While visiting Mexico at the invitation of the President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador. of Mexico during June 15 to 18, Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus delivered a public lecture on 17 June at the National Autonomous University of Mexico, the oldest Mexican public university. The University prides itself that 70% of the Presidents, including the present President, and cabinet ministers, leading business leaders came out of the ...

From our friends in the Social Business World:

Created By: Yunus Centre 23rd June, 2019

From our friends in the Social Business World:

“Yunel is a German company focused on making happiness work with principles that stem from Professor Muhammad Yunus and Nelson Mandela’s seminal works. By harnessing the power of Positive Psychology and blending it with business strategy, the discovery of what makes life most worth living is unleashed.Staffed by a dedicated team of eight progressive consultants, Yunel designs extraordinary life maps, sketches inspirational vision posters, and pens biographies that encapsulate promisi...

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