The CEO of the African Venture Philanthropy Alliance speaks to Tim West about solving your own problems, how Africans turn “embarrassing” issues into entrepreneurial opportunities and how he came to realise his love and pride for Africa.
Good Stories podcast episode 6: With £1.3bn being pumped into one of Scotland's poorest areas, social enterprise The Granton Project is ensuring that local communities truly benefit. Our reporter David Lyons finds out more.
In our latest SE100 Social Business Coffee Break webinar, Homes for Good CEO Zoe Whyatt and NatWest Social and Community Capital bossVictoria Papworth share their experiences of taking on a top job and the lessons they’ve learned.
How do you decide between one social investment and another? Meet the hip implant entrepreneur who's developing an investment club to support social start-ups, in our latest series of interviews from the Opportunity Collaboration.
Hundreds of aspiring young leaders gathered in Liverpool for World Merit Day where two of the world's biggest issues were on the agenda – gender equality and climate change.
When a manufacturer moved nextdoor to Fordhall Farm it wasn't long before it went up for sale. Savvy local tenants, Ben and Charlotte Hollins didn't have the money to buy it themselves, so they raised £800,000 from investors across the UK.
Some of Timpson's top employees have done time. Sophie Hudson speaks to Dennis Phillips, welfare manager and ambassador for the Timpson Foundation and finds that Timpsons is growing a high performing team and shrinking re-offending at the same time.
As Pioneers Post podcasts from the RBS SE100 Insight Series arrive on Soundcloud and iTunes, Matt Black introduces five stellar listens from the wonderful world of podcasts.
