"The strength of our partnerships will define our success." @rickspence has a key takeaway about #proximity from this year's #SkollWF via @financialpost

Bright ideas don't always sell, and being headstrong won't help

Skoll World Forum entrepreneur says he erred by assuming his technology would sell itself. 'That's the Silicon Valley mindset' — but he was in Afric...

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Tech is inspiring and preparing Africa's next generation of entrepreneurs to bring life-improving innovations to sub-Saharan communities.💻

How Africa's Tech Generation Is Changing the Continent

Inspired by Silicon Valley, young entrepreneurs are bringing life-improving innovations to sub-Saharan communities.

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.@rickspence has some marching orders for #socent from #SkollWF about why #proximity matters: "You have to stay focused on relationships even when things are so hard and complex that you feel you’ll never get home for dinner again." via @financialpost

Bright ideas don't always sell, and being headstrong won't help

Skoll World Forum entrepreneur says he erred by assuming his technology would sell itself. 'That's the Silicon Valley mindset' — but he was in Afric...

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Consolata Agunga, a 55-year-old mother of three (and grandmother of three), is a community health worker in Kenya. She goes door-to-door in her village, keeping tabs on 673 people. Be inspired by her story from @NPRGoatsandSoda's @MarcSilver1 #SkollWF

Community Health Worker: 'It Is God Who Gives Me The Strength'

She goes door-to-door in her village in Kenya. She is paid next to nothing. It's a tough job. And she loves it.

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Do women bring special skills or sensibilities to the world of social entrepreneurship? Five of out six of this year's Skoll Awardees are women, and they all talked to @NPR about it at #SkollWF

Advice From 5 Women And A Guy Who Won $1.25 Million To Do Good

The winners of the 2018 Skoll Awards for Social Entrepreneurship share surprising lessons on life, leadership and gender in the workplace.

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Jimmy Carter told the #SkollWF audience that having more women in positions of power would bring about a more politically stable world. "There's no doubt in my mind that a woman is more inclined to peace than a man is." @CarterCenter

A Peaceful World Requires More Women Politicians, Says Former US President

Jimmy Carter, who served as president between 1977 and 1981, made comments at annual Skoll World Forum, a gathering of 1,200 social entrepreneurs

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Community health work in a country like Kenya is hard work. Why does someone like Consolata Agunga do it? "I have the zeal and the desire to serve. I have my people at heart." Inspiring story from @MarcSilver1 of @NPRGoatsandSoda at #SkollWF

Community Health Worker: 'It Is God Who Gives Me The Strength'

She goes door-to-door in her village in Kenya. She is paid next to nothing. It's a tough job. And she loves it.

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The newest #tech can help the world's poorest, but only if we start with the problem, and not the solution via @devex's @catherinecheney from #SkollWF

Tackling how new technologies can help the world's poorest

As emerging technologies from AI to blockchain to automation enter the world economy, experts at Skoll heard how development sector organizations can ...

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.@pahlkadot and @codeforamerica are playing the long game: "We don’t have one silver bullet that’s going to fix government...I’m okay developing capabilities and strengthening institutions over time.” via @brightthemag from #SkollWF

Why Do Social Entrepreneurs Skirt Around Fixing the Government? Because It’s Hard.

Unlike solutions that challenge problems from the outside, Code for America is getting inside “The System.”

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