Social Business
"Inventor of Microcredit enters the Seine" Journal de Dimanche
Yunus Centre Press Release (October 13, 2016)Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus the invited by Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo to be the chief guest at the launching ceremony held on october 10 of Les Canaux as the "Social Business House" a magnificent building dedicated by the City of Paris to promote social business in Paris. Members of the community, representatives of leading businesses, local mayors of the city and the press attended the ceremony.The historical building built in 1882 has serv...
109th In-house Social Business Executive Design Lab of GTT (370th as per Yunus Centre)
The 109th In-House Design Lab of Grameen Telecom Trust (GTT) was held on 10 October 2016 at its Social Business Learning Centre. A total of twenty-two (22) Nobin Udyokta-NU (New Entrepreneur) presented their business proposals; of them three (3) are females and the rest are males. The highlight of the Design Lab was the business proposal of Detergent Powder manufacturing at local level which is competing with the multinational detergent manufacturing companies. The event was chaired by Ms. Janna...
107th and 108th In-House Design Lab-Field Level (356th and 366th as per Yunus Centre)
On Thursday, 6 October 2016, Forty-Eight (48) Nobin Udyoktas-NUs (New Entrepreneurs) presented their business proposals at the 107th In-house Design Lab of Grameen Telecom Trust (GTT) which was held at the ESDO Head Office in Thakurgaon. All the proposals were approved by the chair of the event, Mr. K.M. Saleheen (Manager, SB Coordinator, Grameen Telecom Trust). Simultaneously the 108th In-house Design Lab was held at the Jessore Sadar Unit Office in Jessore. Thirty-Six (36) NUs presented their ...
Grameen Telecom Trust Celebrates 3000+ Nobin Udyokta
Grameen Telecom Trust (GTT) greets all its well-wishers and supporters on the occasion of crossing the number of 3, 000 (Three Thousand) Nobin Udyokta-NU (New Entrepreneur); another milestone reached with the vision of creating jobs rather than seeking jobs. On 06 October, 2016 GTT achieved this height of accomplishment at the 106th In-house Social Business Executive Design Lab, where the total number of NUs reached to Three Thousand and Fourteen (3014). The event was held at the Social Business...
20th Anniversary Celebration of Nobel Peace Prize in East Timor
Yunus Centre Press Release (08 O(ctober, 2016)Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus is in Dili Timor Leste as a Special Guest at an international conference organized by the Government of Timor Leste on "Citizenship, Peace and Well-Being" on the occasion of the 20th Anniversary of the Nobel Peace Prize award to Jose Ramos Horta and Bishop Carlos Ximenes Belo in 1996.On October 7 morning, the conference was inaugurated by HE President Taur Matan Ruak Professor Yunus was presen...
Yunus Social Business funds 2 new businesses through KIVA
2 new social business join the Yunus Social Business portfolio - Crowdfunding goals reached in just 3 days on Kiva! Yunus Social Business recently finalized partnerships with three new social businesses in Brazil, each committed to providing essential products and services to marginalized, underserved communities. Crowdfunding for loans totalling USD$50,000 was reached in a record 3 days on Kiva, the world's number one online platform for lending to good causes. “We wer...
Yunus meets Canada Finance Minister, addresses social business meetings in Ottawa and Toronto
Yunus Centre Press Release (02 October, 2016)Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus had an hour long meeting with the Canadian Finance Minister Bill Morneau who visited him at his hotel on last Friday. They discussed about development strategies including the role of social business. Professor Yunus suggested that some part of development aid could be exclusively devoted to financing social business initiatives ie sustainable enterprises that address social needs while unleashing the creative e...
Prime Minister Trudeau and Yunus address One Young World Global Summit in Ottawa
Yunus Centre Press Release: (29 September, 2016) Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus delivered a keynote address at the One Young World Summit in Ottawa on the evening of 28 September on the grounds of Parliament Hill. Professor Yunus speech followed that of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan at the grand opening of the Summit which brings together 1,300 young leaders from more than 196 countries. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau earlier met with the...
Professor Yunus honored with Concordia Leadership Award
Yunus Centre Presss Release (22 September 2016)Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus On Tuesday, September 20, 2016 awarded Concordia Leadership Award 2016 on the second day of two day leadership summit in New York. The award ceremony was held during the dinner to celebrate the 2016 Summit held at Cipriani in New York City. José Manuel Durão Barroso, former President of the European Commission and former Prime Minister of Portugal handed over the prize to Professor Yunus.Th...
Yunus meets UN Secretary General at UN SDG Advocates’ Meeting at UN HQ
Yunus Centre Press Release (25 September, 2016)Nobel Laureate Professor Yunus along with fellow Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) advocates held meeting with UN Secretary General at the chair for the last time before he steps out of UN, at UN head quarter on September 23, 2016. Launched on 21 January 2016 on the occasion of the World Economic Forum in Davos, the SDG Advocates consist of 17 eminent persons assisting the UN Secretary-General in the campaign to achieve the Sustainabl...
mrittikÄ: Software that’s changing the way we farm - The Daily Star
In Bangladesh, soil fertility has always been an important issue. This holds true now more than ever, with farmers around the country using fertilisers or chemicals that are potentially harmful for the soil. To counter this, Grameen Intel Social Business Ltd (GISBL) introduced mrittikÄ, a soil test based fertiliser recommendation software three years back. In Khulna and Jessore they have been implementing the project with Solidaridad Network Asia. The project has been implemented so far in 40...
WHO Special Global Health Commission Report Submitted to UN Secretary General at UN Headquarters: Yunus's Social Business Highlighted
Yunus Centre Press Release (21 September, 2016) President Hollande of France and President Zuma of South Africa, Co-Chairs of High Level WHO Commission on Health Employment and Economic Growth presented its final report to the UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon at the UN Head Quarters on September 20. Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus is a member of this High Level WHO Commission appointed by the UN Secretary General. On March 2 of this year, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon an...
Yunus Social Business for Community Development Unit established at Centre of Social Innovation, Universiti Teknologi Petronas, Malaysia
A Yunus Social Business for Community Development (YSBCD) Unit was officiated at Centre of Social Innovation (CoSI), Universiti Teknologi Petronas (UTP), Malaysia. Nobel Peace Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus visited Universiti Teknologi Petronas (UTP) on 4th September 2016 to officiate Yunus Social Business for Community Development Units (YSBCDU) in the Centre of Social Innovation (CoSI), UTP. Six delegates followed Professor Yunus in the event: Mrs. Nazneen Sultana, Managing Director of G...
1st International Social Business Symposium 2016
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