The buzz at Pivot25, a conference for mobile-phone software developers and investors held this June, is all about the future of money. Ben Lyon, the 24-year-old business-development VP of Kopo Kopo, wants $250,000 to produce his app for shops to process payments made by text message.
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Getting Rich Doing Good
As Ben Franklin noted, an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure — and that’s true not only for health care but also for a host of social problems, including crime, homelessness and teen pregnancy. But governments aren’t particularly good at funding preventive services.
Social Investing: Getting Rich Doing Good
As Ben Franklin noted, an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure — and that’s true not only for health care but also a host of social problems, including crime, homelessness and teen pregnancy. But governments aren’t particularly good at funding preventive services
Libya: Gaddafi’s Last Stand
Leave it to Libya’s Muammar Gaddafi to show the world how a tyrant goes down: with bluster, belligerence and blood.