Young Entrepreneurs Look to Sway State’s Social Policy
Photo courtesy of The Moscow TimesHUB curator Andrew Grenfell handing out materials at a Moscow HUB pilot project launch. You want to change the world through business. You live in Moscow. You have an...
View ArticleCan Tech Entrepreneurship Be a Solution to Youth Unemployment in Egypt?
Following the Arab Spring, observers in Egypt have noticed that more and more young people are interested in entrepreneurship and self-employment. Tech entrepreneurship especially is gaining increasing...
View ArticlePowering Startups Beyond Silicon Valley
Nowadays, booking a flight is as simple as sending an email. But why is it so easy to plan your next flight when coordinating land transportation, an even more common mode of travel, is far more...
View ArticleEs ist Gründerzeit in der Schweiz
Das Semester ist bald zu Ende – und für manche Studenten auch ihr Studium. Wie sieht das Leben aus nach dem Abschluss aus? Weiter studieren? Arbeiten? Wie wäre es damit: ein Unternehmen gründen. Die...
View ArticleBeing a Social Entrepreneur in Lithuania Requires Sweat, Not Money
VILNIUS, Lithuania—People rush in and out of the grocery store. Smartphones in their hands and earphones in their ears, the uniformed crowd members are too buried in their busy worlds to notice a woman...
View ArticleStartups: Switzerland’s New Graduate Program
Swiss students have dispersed for the summer holidays. Among those graduating and entering the job market, a new trend is emerging. More and more young people are founding startups. Idyllically...
View ArticleEntrepreneurship Provides an Answer to Youth Unemployment in South Africa
Student ReporterJulius Sematla’s kiosk. LIMPOPO, South Africa — Meet 34-year-old Julius Sematla from Mentz village, Limpopo province. Five years ago, he was staying with his parents and jobless. Out of...
View ArticleWith Freedom Came Responsibility: Social Entrepreneurship in Rural Limpopo
LIMPOPO, South Africa — Rural South Africa, like its urban counterpart, has various social ills such as high poverty levels, a high number of orphaned children (mostly because of HIV/AIDS) and a poor...
View ArticleThe Dream to Make It Big! Limpopo-Based Redwood Band’s Story
Student ReporterRedwood Band perfoming at a local function in Limpopo LIMPOPO, South Africa — “The new South Africa has given me freedom to dream. Dreaming is so important, and I think back then [in...
View ArticleTraining Latin American Journalists to be Powerful Digital Storytellers
Across countries, work environments and job positions, the path of women working in technology seems to be a lonely one, but for Mariana Santos that turned into a key for change. “I have always been...
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