Social Business
Pope Francis Consults Yunus
[NEWS_IMAGE] (Photo Caption: Pope Francis discussing social business with Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus at the Vatican city state on July 12 during a break in the Seminar on “The Global Common Good: Towards a More Inclusive Economy". Cardinal Peter Kodwo Appiah Turkson (right), President of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, who is organizer of the seminar, is seen listening to the discussion. Pope Francis met participants and gave his views, also listened to th...
Grameen Telecom Trust to fund three social business projects
Grameen Telecom Trust is currently engaged in various social business projects to uplift the social conditions prevailing in Bangladesh. During the Social Business Day, held on the 28th of June 2014, three new projects were launched by Grameen Telecom Trust for a sum of total BDT 84 lacs. The announcement on the social business ventures came at a session of the Social Business Day discussion at Radisson Hotel in Dhaka. The first project is for supplying pure drinking water (NGF) for the peo...
Social Business Day 2014- Market Place
Many organizations took part in displaying their activities, products, services and solutions on the Market place at the 5th Social Business Day 2014 at Radisson Blu Water Garden Hotel in Dhaka. Grameen Telecom Trust (GTT) took part in the showcase, [NEWS_IMAGE] depicting products of its fashion brand “Poshra”, highlighting its social business initiatives and informing visitors of the holistic approach that the organization assumes in addressing social problems. Tw...
Full Transcript of Kerry Kennedy’s Speech at Social Business Day 2014.
[NEWS_IMAGE] Kerry KennedyRobert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human RightsJune 2014Social Business Day 2014 ConferenceGreat to be here.I want to thank all our International visitors and especially the many women and men from Bangladesh for joining us this morning.Thank you Dr. Yunus.Being here in Dhaka is a life-long dream come true. I remember as a ten-year-old hearing about the genocide in Bangladesh committed by Pakistani troops against the Bengali people. And the horror I f...
5th Social Business Day focuses on Turning Unemployment into Entrepreneurship
[NEWS_IMAGE]The 5th annual Social Business Day organized by Yunus Centre will be held on June 28, 2014 on the theme of “We Are Not Job-Seekers, We Are Job-Givers-- Turning Unemployment into Entrepreneurship” at Radisson Blu Water Garden Hotel, Dhaka.As before, the gathering is an opportunity to meet, connect, discuss and collaborate with the global social business community with the purpose of developing effective solutions to solve society's most pressing problems. The focus of this...
Investment Agreements with Six (6) new Nobin Udyoktas
[NEWS_IMAGE] On Monay, June 23rd 2014, Grameen Telecom Trust (GTT), signed investment agreements with Six (6) new Nobin Udyoktas(NU) (New Entrepreneurs). This was the eighth (8th) batch of Nobin Udyoktas signing investment agreements with GTT and this takes the total number of NU projects signed to eighty six (86). 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 No...
A Kennedy Comes To Dhaka
[NEWS_IMAGE] On June 28, 2014 the Yunus Centre welcomes Kerry Kennedy, President of the Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice & Human Rights who will be joining the opening of Social Business Day as Keynote Speaker.Kerry hails from the famous Kennedy family as the 7th born of the 11 children of the Former US Senator Robert F. Kennedy and Ethel S. Kennedy. Her father Bobby Kennedy was Attorney General in his brother President J F Kennedy's cabinet.The Kennedy family has a long history of supp...
CEO of Grameen America visits Grameen Telecom Trust
[NEWS_IMAGE] Ms. Andrea Jung, President and CEO of Grameen America visits Grameen Telecom Trust Ms. Andrea Jung, President and CEO of Grameen America today met with the Grameen Telecom Trust (GTT) team. She learned about GTT’s activities and also provided an update on Grameen America's operations in the USA. The meeting was presided by Honorable Managing Director of Grameen Telecom Trust, Ms. Parveen Mahmud. Grameen America is a leading micro-finance institute in the USA founded by...
Yunus at the 12th global conference of International Federation on Ageing: The word retirement should be "retired" – Yunus
[NEWS_IMAGE] Photo Caption: Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus lights the inaugural lamp at the 12th Global Conference of the International Federation on Ageing at Hyderabad from the 10th to 13th June 2014 with the Hon'ble Deputy Chief Minister of the just created state of Telangana, Dr. T. Rajaiah (on far right). From left are: Dr. K. R. Gangadharan, President, International Federation on Ageing, Mabingue Ngom, Director, Program Division, United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), Dr....
"We Are Not Job-Seekers, We Are Job-Givers" --- Turning Unemployment into Entrepreneurship
Grameen Bank started out with a tiny initiative in the village of Jobra in 1976. In 1983 it became a formal bank. Now in 2014 it has over 8.5 million borrowers. Right from the beginning we paid attention to two things: 1) borrowers build the habit of savings by putting money every week in a savings account. We encouraged them never to give up this habit. 2) Secondly, borrowers should send their children to school. We paid highest attention to the second generation in the families of ...
Investment Agreements with Sixteen (16) new Nobin Udyoktas
[NEWS_IMAGE] On Thursday, June 5th 2014, Grameen Telecom Trust (GTT), signed investment agreements with Sixteen (16) new Nobin Udyoktas(NU) (Young Entrepreneurs). This takes the total number of NU projects signed by GTT to eighty (80). 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 Nobin Udyokta Program is providing assistance to them through investments and othe...
Yunus meets Finance Minister of Canada
[NEWS_IMAGE] (Photo Caption: Nobel Laureate Professor Yunus with the Finance Minister of Canada, Joe Oliver after a meeting on 29 May where they discussed about the prospect of implementing social business in Canada and around the world. ) Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus received the prestigious Equitas Award for Human Rights on May 28 in Montreal Canada. The Chair of Equitas Board, Director in Residence at McGill University’s Desautels Faculty of Management, Melissa Sonberg, pre...
Investment Agreements with seventeen (17) new Nobin Udyoktas
On Monday, May 26th 2014, Grameen Telecom Trust (GTT), signed investment agreements with seventeen (17) new Nobin Udyoktas (NU) (New Entrepreneurs). This takes the total number of NU projects signed by GTT to sixty four (64). [NEWS_IMAGE] These aspiring entrepreneurs are all children of Grameen Bank familes who plan to start new businesses or scale up existing ones. Grameen Telecom Trust under its Nobin Udyokta Program is providing assistance to them through investments and other ancil...
Yunus and Kazakhstan President addresses Astana Economic Forum
[NEWS_IMAGE]Nobel Laureate Professor Yunus addressed on May 23 the plenary of the 7th Astana Economic forum and 2nd World Anti-Crisis Conference on 23 May in Astana, capital of Kazakhstan. The Astana Economic Forum brings together world leaders, academic experts and high-level business representatives to find solutions to the greatest economic and social challenges of our time.This plenary session was addressed by President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev, Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk Seri ...
Nobel Laureate Prof Yunus Inspires French Youth to Social Business
[NEWS_IMAGE]Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus addressed a convention of French youth, titled as SenseMorning organized by Danone Communities and youth organization MakeSense. French Minister of Youth and Sports were among the youth attending the convention. The goal of the meeting was to select 5 top Social Business start-ups that use technology to solve social issues selected by MakeSense's SenseCube incubator. The Social Business entrepreneurs pitched their ideas and plans in prese...