Social Business
Yunus Gives out degrees in the first convocation ceremony of Albukhary International University (AIU) in Malaysia
Yunus Centre Press Release ( 28 march, 2022 )Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus gave out degrees in the first convocation ceremony of the Albukhary International University (AIU) in Malaysia. Yunus is the first Chancellor of Albukhari International University located in Alor Setar in the state of Kedah in Malaysia. The convocation ceremony took place in the elegant convocation hall of the university on March 26 in the presence of the founder of the university, local dignitaries, ambassadors...
Yunus Social Business Centre at Sunway Report-2020-2021
The Yunus Social Business Centre at Sunway Education Group annual activity report for the session- 2020-2021....
YSBC Web Lecture Series - Lecture#29: Grameen Trust’s Experience of International Replication of Grameen Microcredit and Nobin Programmes
Join us for the 29th session of our YSBC Web Lecture Series on “Grameen Trust’s Experience of International Replication of Grameen Microcredit and Nobin Programmes” with Speaker, Abdul Hai Khan, Managing Director, Grameen Trust, and Moderator Raymond Serios, Strategic Projects Department, Negros Women for Tomorrow, Foundation Inc, Philippines. This engaging session will take place on 20 December 2021 at 8:00 pm Dhaka (UTC +6); 10:00 pm Manila (UTC+8) correspondingly and feature...
Yunus Receives Champion of Global Change Award From United Nations Foundation
Yunus Centre Press Release ( 14 December 2021 )The United Nations Foundation gave this year’s Champion of Global Change Award to two winners, Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus and Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Director-General of the World Trade Organization. on December 9, 2021. The Award recognizes the extraordinary contributions of individuals and organizations striving to further the work of the UN and advance its goal of a more peaceful, just, and sustainable world for eve...
Congratulations to Grameen Caledonian College of Nursing - GCCN
Congratulations!! to all 3rd year BSc in Nursing students of the Grameen Caledonian College of Nursing (GCCN) who did brilliantly in recent nationwide final examinations held under Dhaka University. GCCN students secured 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 5th, 6th, 7th, 9th and 10th positions respectively in 3rd year BSc in Nursing final exam out of 30 colleges and 1,371 students.Hearty congratulations to the GCCN students, Principal Niru Shamsun Nahar, faculty, management and the board for these brillia...
Thnak You for Joining GSBS2021
After 16 sessions, 14 workshops, 14 country forums and the 3ZERO Club Convention, The Global Social Business Summit 2021 came to an end. We would like to thank you all for attending the summit. We hope to see you all next year! ...
Day 1 of the 10th Social Business Academia Conference!
We have wrapped up Day 1 of the 10th Social Business Academia Conference!Thank you everyone for attending. We will be back tomorrow, November 5, 2021, at 12:00 PM (GMT+6), with a lineup of more insightful Discussion Sessions and Paper Presentations.Register at https://tinyurl.com/SBAC2021RegistattionTo view the agenda of SBAC2021 please visit : https://socialbusinesspedia.com/.../pages/program-schedules#SocialBusiness #WorldofThreeZeros #NoGoingBack #SBResearch #YSBC #SBAcademia...
Register Now: Global Social Business Summit 2021
We are delighted to announce that the Global Social Business Summit 2021 is being held from November 6-November 10, 2021. This year, the Summit is co-organized by the Yunus Centre, the Grameen Creative Lab, and Mount Kenya University. The theme of the Summit is "Planting the seeds towards a New Economy: Time is Now." The Summit is a hybrid event with physical programmes in Nairobi, Kenya, and virtual programmes, both available on a virtual platform. This event will affirm its goal of promot...
YSBC Web Lecture Series - Lecture#26: Enabling the next generation of Social Business Entrepreneurs.
The 26th session of our YSBC Web Lecture Series on “Enabling the next generation of Social Business Entrepreneurs.” with Speaker, Shazeeb M Khairul Islam, Founder & Managing Director, YY Ventures, and Bastian Mueller, Senior Expert Impact Finance, Siemens Stiftung (Foundation). This engaging session will take place on 18 October 2021 at 7:00 pm Dhaka (UTC +6); 3:00 pm Berlin (UTC+2) correspondingly and feature Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus.To join us, please register at...
More than 140 former heads of state and Nobel laureates call on candidates for German chancellor to waive intellectual property rules for COVID vaccines
Yunsu Centre Press Release15th of September 2021 More than 140 former heads of state and government and Nobel laureates today called on the candidates to be the next German chancellor Annalena Baerbock, Olaf Scholz, and Armin Laschet to declare themselves in favour of waiving intellectual property rules for COVID 19 vaccines and transferring vaccine technologies, and “to make these the policies of any future coalition government”. The signatories underlined that ending Germ...
YSBC Web Lecture Series - Lecture#23: From Beijing to the United Nations: China’s Youth Engagement in Social Business
#SaveTheDate Join us for the 23rd session of our YSBC Web Lecture Series on “From Beijing to the United Nations: China’s Youth Engagement in Social Business” with Speaker, Alex Wang – Secretary-General, Youthink Center & Executive Director of Global Committee on Social Business for Sustainable Development Goals, and Moderator Dominique V. Dauster, Managing Director, Yunus + You- The YY Foundation. This engaging session will take place on 6 September 2021 at...
Grameen America: Microfinancing Having a Macroeconomic Impact - An Interview with Andrea Jung
Source: https://sir.advancedleadership.harvard.edu/news/grameen-america-microfinancing-having-macroeconomic-impact-interview-andrea-jung July 20, 2021 By John Esler and Deepa Krishnamurthy Andrea Jung is the President and CEO of Grameen America. She is the former Chairman and CEO of Avon Products, Inc., where she served as CEO from 1999 to 2012, and as Chairman from 2001 through 2012. Throughout her career, Ms. Jung ranked consistently among the top leaders on lists including For...
Leveraging Digital Healthcare for the Underprivileged
Yunus Centre Press Release ( 11 August 2021) Leveraging Digital Healthcare for the Underprivileged150,000 underprivileged people from RMG factories and slums have received medical services from Digital Hospital, a social brand of Digital Healthcare Solutions (DH) Digital Healthcare Solutions has partnered with USAID’s MaMoni Maternal and Newborn Care Strengthening Project: Emergency Response to COVID-19 Pandemic implemented by Save the Children in association with factories under...
A temporary waiver of the Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) Agreement for the COVID-19 vaccine is essential to meet the number of doses of vaccinations required to achieve global herd immunity.
Yunus Centre Press Release ( 09/08/2021)An article written by Parsa Erfani, Agnes Binagwaho, Mohamed Juldeh Jalloh, Muhammad Yunus, Paul Farmer, and Vanessa Kerry has been published in the British Medical Journal, on 3rd August 2021 titled " Intellectual property waiver for covid-19 vaccines will advance global health equity" which focuses on the importance of a temporary IP waiver to reach global needs. The article states the current vaccination figures show that the percentages of ...
Applications for YY Goshthi Fall 2021 Cohort are open now!
CALL FOR SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURS!Applications for YY Goshthi Fall 2021 Cohort are open now! As the prime Social Business incubator in Bangladesh, YY Goshthi’s goal is to support young social entrepreneurs while they transform their communities by building Social Businesses. Apply to the YY Goshthi Incubation Program by YY Ventures, Powered by Rijksdienst voor Ondernemend Nederland - RVO, and commit your consciousness to be advocates of social change. Learn more and apply now at&n...