Posts Tagged "Kenya"

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Fighting corruption with a return on investment

Posted Dec 7, 2010 in BOP, bottom of the pyramid, Education, kenya, Sanitary Pads, social enterprise, zanaafrica by Megan - 1 Comment

The Standard Newspaper this Saturday prominently featured the results of graft and mis-management of public funds on its front page: a whopping annual cost of KES 270 billion ($3.375 billion USD). This, it notes, could pay for free primary and [...]

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Seeing Red

Posted Dec 6, 2010 in Empowerment, Sanitary Pads by Megan - 0 Comments

Immediately after Thanksgiving, Americans participate in a bizarre ritual of pulling things off shelves and standing in long lines. “Black Friday,” as it is called, tries to lull us all into a belief that Christmas is all about giving stuff, [...]