YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 3, 2012

In two years she has hired eight full-time employees, secured lucrative government contracts, and is able to support seven households besides her own in Amman. The bank lends to groups of women, with each receiving $50 to $100 to buy rickshaws for transporting wheat to market or to help them open Internet kiosks. Lidia Calzado, U.S.

Colombia 263

Colombia Kenya San Diego Ethiopia 263

Transformify

AUGUST 6, 2015

According to Nepali government officials, it will cost over $6.6bn and at least five years to reconstruct and rebuild the country. May Mark Zuckerberg’s free Internet project help more on the long run than the one –off donations? It will take years for the country to recover as its economy is heavily dependent on tourism.

Asia 40

Asia Internet Nepal Congo 40

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 5, 2018

I just returned from a week’s vacation in the mountains where I had almost no Internet access but was aware that Ronan Farrow had published a damning sexual misconduct article about Les Moonves, the Chairman & CEO of publicly traded company CBS Corporation. whether in government or private enterprise.

Pakistan 177

Pakistan Afghanistan Somalia Iran 177