Social Business
Grameen Trust (GT) has crossed 8,000 New Entrepreneurs(NEs)
Grameen Trust (GT) reached 8,020 New Entrepreneurs in its 411st Executive Design Lab (EDL) held on December 17, 2018 at Faridpur Sadar Unit under Faridpur Anchal. The Design Lab was chaired by Mr. Shamsul Arefin, Anchal Prodhan, Faridpur Anchal. A total of fourteen proposals were presented by the potential new entrepreneurs and all the proposals were unanimously approved during the Lab. Till December 17, 2018, GT has approved 8,020 Nobin projects with the equity investmen...
Bethlehem University set to launch the first Yunus Social Business Centre in Palestine
Timings: Dec 14, Friday 9:30-12:30 (GMT+2)Location: Furno Hall, Millennium Building, Bethlehem UniversityFacebook LIVE Link: https://www.facebook.com/ BethlehemU/videos/ 194256638185579/Following the official signing of the MOU agreements between Yunus Centre and Bethlehem University for establising a Yunus Social Business Centre in 2017, Bethlehem University and VIS - Volontariato Internazionale per lo Sviluppo are now all set for its official inauguration. The event wil...
Yunus Discusses Tokyo Olympic And Addresses Olympic Youth in Japan
Yunus Centre Press Release (06 December, 2018)Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus visited Japan from December 1 to 4 to attend various preparatory meetings of Tokyo Olympic 2020 and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Youth Summit. The Summit held on Sunday, December 2, was organized by the IOC and attended by 42 young people from 40 countries. It was part of the young leadership program of the IOC (“Young Change Makers +“ program). It was addr...
Yunus Addresses The Olympic 2024 Strategic Committee in Paris
Yunus Centre Press Release (November 25, 2018)Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus was in Paris, and Lille, France from December 19-21 to be a part of the YY ( Yunus and You) Campus tour in response to their interest in getting the updates on social businesses to redesign the economic framework.In Paris Professor Yunus went to Les Canaux, where the meeting of the Olympic 2024 Strategic Committee, which is charged with ensuring the social business content of the Paris 2024 Olympics, ...
GSBS ends in Germany with call for spreading happiness thru' transformation
Wolfsburg (Germany), Nov 9 (UNB) - The 9th Global Social Business Summit (GSBS) ended here on Friday seeking genuine efforts to address key global challenges and build a future that will spread happiness around the world through desired transformation.Experts from the private sector, civil society, governments and academia - around 800 participants from 55 countries - shared their ideas on how together a new civilization can be built giving everybody a better life and better future.They focused ...
KHAZANAH ASIA SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAMME 2019
YayasanKhazanah, in collaboration with Yunus Centre is offering the Khazanah Asia Scholarship to deserving candidates from Bangladesh to pursue their postgraduate education at selected leading universities in Malaysia.YayasanKhazanah is a foundation established by KhazanahNasionalBerhad (KhazanahNasional) - the investment-holding arm of the Government of Malaysia. In line with Khazanah's commitment to selecting and grooming exceptional Malaysian citizens to take on high-level positions at ...
Yunus urges youth at One Young World to imagine the World they want and build it.
Yunus Press Release (23 October, 2018)Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus addressed an audience of 1800 young delegates from 193 countries at the Opening Ceremony of the One Young World at the Peace Palace at The Hague on October 17. He urged assembled audience especially the young people to imagine the world they would like to build and start working now to create that world as each young person has all the creativity and technology in their hands to achieve that.He said ‘Start tackli...
Yunus inaugurates Two New Yunus Centers in two Mexican Universities; and Receives an honorary degree from Autonomous University of Baja California of Mexico
Yunus Centre Rress Release (October 15, 2018)The Autonomous University of Baja California (UABC) in Tijuana, Mexico launched the Yunus Social Business Center on 11th October, 2018 in the presence of Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus. The university also awarded the Nobel Laureate an honorary degree in special convention ceremony. UABC is one of the 43 state universities throughout Mexico as part of the country's state university system. The ceremony had a large audience bringing...
Yunus Signs Agreement with International Olympic Committee for Collaboration to Support Athletes Becoming Entrepreneurs
Yunus Centre Press Release (October 11, 2018)Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus was invited by International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach to attend the Youth Olympic Games held in Buenos Aires, Argentina. On the inaugural day of the Youth Olympics, Yunus was interviewed in the presence of the members of the international and national members of Olympic Committees.At the Olympism in Action Forum, an agreement was ceremoniously signed at the main...
Yunus Addresses German Unification Day 2018 Celebration at Brandenburg Gate
Yunus Centre Press Release (October 08, 2018)On October 3rd the Germans celebrate a very important event in the history of Germany and a very significant event in the history of the world. On this day German people have shown that a revolution doesn't always need to be a stage for violence. It can be achieved through peace as well. Honoring this memorable day Professor Yunus was invited to speak at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin which was covered by a photo installation made by the interna...
Yunus Awarded University Fellowship and launches the 63rd Yunus Social Business Centre (YSBC) at University of Venice
Yunus Centre Press Release (October 07, 2018)University of Venice Ca' Foscari, located in Venice, Italy, is one of the oldest university in the world. To continue the cycle of “Nobel Prizes in the Chair Project” at Ca 'Foscari that, on the occasion of the celebrations of the 150th anniversary of the foundation of the University, the university brings guests of excellence to offer exceptional opportunities for students and teachers to meet. As a part of which Nobel Peace Prize winner ...
FAO chief and Yunus stress links between tackling violence and hunger
Yunus Centre Press Release (October 06, 2018)Tackling violence and hunger are interconnected, the head of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, Jose Graziano da Silva and Nobel peace prize winner Muhammad Yunus said on Tuesday october 2, 2018 - the UN International Day of Non-Violence, FAO said in a statement."Violence and conflict are the main cause of hunger nowadays in the world," said Graziano da Silva during a meeting in Rome with Yunus in FAO's Alliance of Nobel Laure...
Yunus Addresses Soka Gakkai International Conference in Milan
Yunus Centre Press Release (October 03, 2018)Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus addressed Soka Gakkai International conference as Chief guest, held in Milan , Italy, on October 1. He was honored with the “Nuovo Rinascimento” Award or the New Renaissance Award on by the Italian Buddhist School Soka Gakkai. He has been awarded this prize for his efforts to testifying the humanistic philosophy through social business and micro-credit. Professor Yunus, who is...
Exclusive Women Screening Camp and Design Lab at Shahrail, Manikganj
Grameen Trust (GT) organized a 'Screening Camp' at Shahrail Union Parishad Hall room under Manikganj Anchal on September 27, 2018. A total of hundred sixty potential new entrepreneurs(NEs) who participated at this screening camp are women. The event was chaired by Mr. Abdul Hai Khan, Managing Director of Grameen Trust. Mr. Mir Hossain Chowdhury, Deputy General Manager of Grameen Trust, S.M. Shahidul Haque, Anchal Prodhan, Ms. Shamminaz Sobhan, Executive of Grameen Trust and Mr. M...
Grameen America Exceeds $1 Billion in Microloans to Low-Income Women in 13 US Cities
Yunus Centre Press Release (October 01, 2018)Grameen America, the fastest-growing micro-finance organization in the United States, has distributed a historic $1 billion in microloans to more than 100,000 low-income women entrepreneurs in the country since its inception 10 years ago. The organization now has 20 branches in 13 American cities and plans to open a branch in Houston next month, expand to other cities, and deepen its footprint. Over the next decade, the organization aims to touc...