Social Business
Yunus Addresses Celebration in British Parliament
[NEWS_IMAGE] Nobel laureate Professor Yunus addressed as chief guest at the celebration of fourth anniversary of social enterprise UK held at the British parliament building to celebrate the occasion of Social Enterprise Day on November 20. Yunus congratulated the Houses of Parliament for their support for social enterprises.The celebration was jointly hosted by Speaker of the House of Commons, Rt Hon John Bercow MP, and Speaker of the House of Lords, Baroness D’Souza. Professor Yunus was ...
Five New Social Business Projects Approved for Investment at the 37th SB Design Lab
[NEWS_IMAGE]The 37th Social Business Design Lab took place on 15 November 2014 at the Grameen Bank Bhaban. Hundred and fifty participants and observers from national and international organizations including Dr. Cecep Effendi Director General of Centre on Integrated Rural Development for Asia and the Pacific (CIRDAP), a team of American cultural ambassadors, GIZ from Germany, representatives from Centre for Rehabilitation for the Paralyzed (CRP), Queen’s University, Canada, JICA from Japan...
Professor Yunus launches Social Business Week in Tirana
[NEWS_IMAGE]The social business week in Albania, from 3-8 November in Tirana, was launched by Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus and HE Prime Minister of Albania Mr. Edi Rama. Two Senior Ministers and two Deputy Ministers were also present during the social business conference which had a number of activities planned for the week including a series of activities such as boot camps, workshops, a conference and social business field trips. Prime Minister of Alba...
Investment Agreements with Three (3) Nobin Udyokta
On Sunday, 9th November 2014, Grameen Telecom Trust (GTT), signed investment agreements with three Nobin Udyoktas. This was the twenty second (22nd) batch of Nobin Udyoktas’ signing investment agreements with GTT and this takes the total number of NU projects signed to One Hundred and Thirty One (131). Grameen Telecom Trust under its Nobin Udyokta program is providing assistance to the new entrepreneurs through investments and other ancillary services. ...
North France Becomes Social Business Region
[NEWS_IMAGE] Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus addressed 1,200 participants at the World Forum Lille, capital of North France, about social business as a powerful tool for social change. He discussed about his experience in initiating social businesses to tackle the multi -dimensional problems facing the poor people in Bangladesh. The Forum adopted social business as the theme, following the work of Professor Yunus.During the Forum, the President of the World Forum Lille and former Agricul...
MoU with SDRS-SDRS Solar Project
[NEWS_IMAGE] Grameen Telecom Trust (GTT) is currently engaged in various social business projects to uplift prevailing socio-economic conditions. On Monday 27th October, 2014, at the 34th Yunus Centre Social Business Design Lab, held at the Grameen Bank Auditorium, GTT signed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Social Development Rural Society (SDRS). The ceremony was presided over by Chairman of Grameen Telecom Trust, Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus. Ms. Parveen Mahmud (Managi...
Investment Agreements with One (1) Nobin Udyokta
On Monday, 27th October 2014, Grameen Telecom Trust (GTT), signed investment agreements with Ms. Nasima Akter, a Nobin Udyokta (New Entrepreneurs) from Jessore. This was the twentieth (20th) batch of Nobin Udyoktas’ signing investment agreements with GTT and this takes the total number of NU projects signed to One Hundred and Twenty Four (124). Nasima Akter is an aspiring entrepreneur and the name of her proposed business is “Jessore Palli Mela”. Grameen Telecom Trust unde...
Investment Agreements with Two (2) Nobin Udyoktas
On Sunday, 19th October 2014, Grameen Telecom Trust (GTT), signed investment agreements with two (2) Nobin Udyoktas(NU) (New Entrepreneurs). This was the nineteenth (19th) batch of Nobin Udyoktas signing investment agreements with GTT and this takes the total number of NU projects signed to One Hundred and Twenty Three (123). These aspiring entrepreneurs are all children of Grameen Bank families who plan to start new businesses or scale up existing ones. Grameen Telecom Trust under its Nobi...
New investments approved at the 34th Social Business Design Lab
Yunus Centre Press Release [NEWS_IMAGE] The 34th Social Business Design Lab took place on 27 October 2014 at the Grameen Bank Bhaban. Hundred and four participants and observers from national and international organizations including Larry Reed CEO of the Microcredit Summit Campaign, Washington DC, a high level team from Medtronics, USA, JICA from Japan, Coders Trust, Denmark and the FAO attended the event. There were also students from Malaysia, Japan, China, Denmark and India at the event.The...
Yunus Launches Mary Robinson Centre in Ireland
[NEWS_IMAGE] Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus was invited by former President of Ireland and former High Commissioner for Human Rights to inaugurate the Mary Robinson centre and deliver the inaugural human rights lecture of the Centre on October 17, 2014, in her home town of Ballina, County Mayo, 234 kilometer west of Dublin. President Robinson and Professor Yunus drove together to Ballina and visited the home where President Robinson was born, and grew up as a child. This home...
Yunus meets German President
[NEWS_IMAGE] Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus was in Berlin to speak at the 50th anniversary of Robert Bosch Foundation, one of the leading foundations of Germany, on October 16. German President Joachim Gauck, a former East German civil society activist, was the chief guest and key note speaker on the occasion. The theme of the 5th anniversary celebration was Shaping the Future: The Role of Civil Society. Dr Gerd Mueller, &nb...
Bangladesh Youth Delegation Leaves for Dublin Summit
[NEWS_IMAGE]A team of ten bright young Bangladeshis are travelling with Professor Muhammad Yunus to attend the One Young World Summit in Dublin, Ireland from 15-19 October 2014. The One Young World, founded in 2009 by David Jones and Kate Robertson, is a UK-based non-profit organization that gathers together the brightest young people from around the world, empowering them to make lasting connections to create positive change. One Young Summit invited Professor Muhammad Y...
Yunus Social Business Centre at University of New South Wales
[NEWS_IMAGE]Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus visited Australia between October 8, 2014 to October 11, 2014. Professor Yunus was invited as the Chief Guest at the 10th Annual Conference of the Bangladeshi Architects in Australia. This year’s conference theme was to ascertain ways of having a more socially responsible role for architects. The conference was held on October 9, 2014 at the Syndey Opera House. Speakers in the event included, honorable senator Concetta Fierravanti-Wells, ...
Women at the center of economic activity
In the last 60 years or so, we have seen capitalism reach its peak. We have seen the socialist economies fall away and move rapidly toward capitalism. This has undoubtedly brought unprecedented wealth and prosperity in many parts of the world and to many people. At the same time, millions if not billions, have been left behind. We have seen the deep financial crises grip world economy since 2008 and we have seen huge numbers of people becoming unemployed even in the so-called prosperous...
Women at the center of our economic activity
[NEWS_IMAGE] In the past 60 years or so, we have seen capitalism reach its peak. We have seen the socialist economies fall away and move rapidly toward capitalism. This has undoubtedly brought unprecedented wealth and prosperity in many parts of the world and to many people. At the same time, millions — if not billions — have been left behind. We have seen the deep financial crises grip the world economy since 2008, and we have seen huge numbers of people becoming unemp...