Social Business
Sixteen New Social Businesses Launched At Design Lab
[NEWS_IMAGE] The 12th Social Business Design Lab took place on 15 February 2014 at Grameen Bank Auditorium. Over 200 participants from different organizations attended. Fifteen member delegations of student from Peking University Business School, four faculty members of Malaysian University UKM, one representative from Monash University of Australia attended, among others.The Design Lab was chaired by Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus. He began by welcoming the guests including those part...
Investment Agreements with 19 Nobin Udyoktas
[NEWS_IMAGE] On Sunday, February 16, 2014, the Managing Director of Grameen Telecom Trust, Ms. Parveen Mahmud FCA signed investment agreements with 19 Nobin Udyoktas (New Entrepreneurs). These aspiring entrepreneurs are all children of Grameen Bank borrowers 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 ancillary services. The aim is to establish the youth as ent...
“Young Explorers Meeting†at Gaibandha
[NEWS_IMAGE] As a part of the Social Business Village program, the social business team of Grameen Telecom Trust (GTT) conducted two ‘Young Explorers Meeting’ with young students of Gaibandha. GTT strives to grow awareness among the youth in villages on the concept of Social Business. The youth are exposed to different aspects of social business, the ways in which the youth can engage themselves with the concept and use it as tool for solving different social problems. The firs...
Third Screening Workshop of Nobin Udyokta at Gaibandha
[NEWS_IMAGE] The next phase of the Nobbin Udyokta Screening Exercise took the Social Business team of Grameen Telecom Trust to the northern district of Gaibandha. The day long screening exercise was held on Monday, 27th January 2014 at SKS Training Centre at the Bhorotkhali village of Saghata Upazilla, Gaibandha. The day long exercise included briefing, discussion and break away sessions. Almost 110 children of Grameen Bank borrowers from all over the district participated at the workshop. T...
Yunus at Davos
[NEWS_IMAGE] Nobel Peace Laureate Muhammad Yunus attended the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos from 22-25 January 2014.At WEF, he participated along with Sir Richard Branson and Bill Gates on the Future of Capitalism. The discussion took place on 23 January and was moderated by former British PM Tony Blair. In his remarks Professor Yunus said that there is a need to bring human identity back to the business, defining business should be something that “will not do harm to people, w...
gSlate Bangla app launched for toddlers
gSlate Bangla, an app for toddlers to learn Bengali has recently been launched in Google Play Store. The app has been developed by Grameen Intel Social Business Ltd. This is a free beta version available at Google Play Store for Android supported smartphone or tablets. [NEWS_IMAGE] Sajedul Pavel Hoq Chief Operating Officer of Grameen Intel Social Business said, “Enhancing early language development skill gives kids an important edge in their overall education and enables them to...
Greetings for Queen Sofia
[NEWS_IMAGE] HM Queen Sofia is one of the most impressive human beings I ever met. She is an amazing person with deep human qualities. She is keenly interested in the people. particularly the women, who are by-passed by our societies. Her feelings for them are genuine and uncompromising. She goes out to be on their side whenever she gets an opportunity. She shows her keen interest in all the details of their lives. She readily gets engaged with their lives. Sh...
Agreement signing of Two Nobin Uddogta Projects.
[NEWS_IMAGE] “I should never seek a job in my life; my mission in life is to create jobs. I am not a job seeker, I am a job giver.” - Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus. Keeping the philosophy of Professor Yunus, Grameen Telecom Trust launched its Nobin Uddogta Program on November 18, 2013 at the 14th Board Meeting. Nobin Uddogtas’ (Young Entrepreneurs) are children of Grameen Bank Borrowers who are being encouraged to start their own businesses and creating ...
9th Social Business Design Lab held at Yunus Centre
[NEWS_IMAGE] The 9th Social Business Design Lab took place on 16 November 2013 at Yunus Centre. About 112 participants from different organizations including representatives from national and international NGOs, business leaders, academics and specialists attended the event. Women activists, representatives from several local NGOs, distinguished academicians, students from home and abroad are some of the participants among the others.The Social Business Design Lab was chaired by Nobel Laureate P...
Malaysian PM Announced USD 6.5 Million Fund For Social Business In The Southeast Asian Country
[NEWS_IMAGE] Dato' Sri Haji Mohammad Najib Abdul Razak, Prime Minister of Malaysia, addressed the closing session of the second day of the Global Social Business Summit in KL on Friday. In his address at the Summit, he said that social business, developed by Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus, was a very effective model to tackle social problems and iniquities of Malaysia. He announced a 20-million ringgit or US$ 6.5 million fund for promoting social businesses in the Southeast Asian ...
Global Social Business Summit 2013 began in Malaysia yesterday
[NEWS_IMAGE] The Global Social Business Summit 2013 opened today at the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre in KL, Malaysia.This is first time that the Summit has been organised in Asia, and is being attended by 600 delegates from all over the world. The program began with an electrifying performance by the musical troupe Malaysia Percussion which set a high note to the opening ceremony. Hans Reitz, the Director of Global Social Business Summit and Nurfarini Daing, CEO of You...
Change all, from individuals to countries
Change all, from individuals to countries5th Social Business Summit kicks off in Kuala LumpurMd Fazlur Rahman, from Kuala Lumpur [NEWS_IMAGE] The fifth Global Social Business Summit began in Malaysia yesterday with a more focused goal of changing individuals, communities, villages, cities and countries to solve some of the most pressing social ills using the new economic theory.Around 600 participants comprising development activists, politicians, policymakers, corporate leaders, business celebr...
Yunus Address 13th Summit of Noble Peace Prize Laureates
The 13th Annual Summit of Nobel Peace Prize Laureates that opened on 21 October 2013, is held for the first time in Eastern Europe. "Stand in Solidarity for Peace - Time to Act" is the official motto of the 13th World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates. The Summit is taking place exactly 30 years after Lech Walesa, former Trade Union leader received Nobel Peace Prize for the successful leading of workers at strike in the Gdansk Shipyard, which led to historical downturn of the communist regime by ...
Yunus Urges To Eradicate Poverty By 2030
On 2 October 2013, the world's large youth summit “One Young World Summit 2013” kicked off with an elaborate opening ceremony at Soccer City in Johannesburg, South Africa, while talks will begin and continue into the weekend at the Sandton Convention Centre. The One Young World Summit 2013 will tackle, as before, social issues such as education, youth unemployment and role of global business. The summit being held from 2-5 October is being attended by 1,300 youth young l...
8th Social Business Design Lab at Yunus Centre
The 8th Social Business Design Lab took place on 14 September 2013 at Yunus Centre. About 250 participants from different organizations including representatives from numerous national and international NGOs, business leaders, academics and specialists attended the event. Among them Mr. Kazi Zahedul Hasan, Founder and Managing Director Kazi Farms Group, Professor Dr Shafique Ahmed Siddique, Chairman, Board of Trustees of Bangladesh University of Business and Technology (BUBT); Dr Muhammad Abdus ...