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Bacolod-based social enterprise Bagosphere won the top prize of 100,000 Australian dollars (Php3.9 million) last April 19 in Frontier Innovators, a search for innovative businesses in the Asia-Pacific by the Australian government’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Bagosphere...

“People give to people, not necessarily to causes, especially in the beginning. So it’s about making a personal connection, then understanding, and communicating.” — BagoSphere CEO Zhihan Lee Lee explains that BagoSphere has a “hybrid for-profit and nonprofit model” — meaning they...

Bacolod-based social enterprise BagoSphere has bagged the top prize at Frontier Innovators, an initiative of Australia’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. BagoSphere, which provides programs that prepare disadvantaged youth for a better future, has just won AU$100,000 or P3.9...

Über den eigenen Bildungsweg sowie Ängste und Träume aus der Jugend zu reden gehört eigentlich nicht zum Tagesgeschäft von Bundesministern und Managern. Für die neue Online-Plattform „Erste an der Uni“ von Ashoka Fellow Katja Urbatsch tun aber u.a. Vizekanzler Sigmar Gabriel sowie Airbus-Chef Thomas...

For many, attending college was always part of "The Plan" after high school—a few years of polish (and partying) before earning a degree and finding meaningful employment. But that's not often the case for one segment of the U.S. population: first-generation college goers like Ashoka Fellow...

This is the second post in a series where we share the conversations between higher education leaders that came together during Everyone a Changemaker Week. They discussed the role of social innovation as a significant lever for the relevancy of higher education in a time when many claim that...

A country’s young people are its most important asset. They are the future of a nation; providing them access to a quality education should be a top priority. Of course, there are many obstacles — you don’t have to be an expert to know that there are problems in education to be solved in all...

As a student in Colombia, Felipe Vergara observed that human capital—the sum total of skills, abilities, and knowledge available in a society—drives economic growth, development, and individual potential. He saw that each year, in the developing world, millions of promising students end their...

Mike a serial social entrepreneur, Ashoka Fellow, and Harvard MBA who has previously created successful internet-based companies in telecoms and finance as well as online education, has had the challenges of accessing education imprinted on him from an early age. The first of his family to attend...