5 pvt mobile phone operators invest Tk 56,220cr till 2012

PR Newswire WASHINGTON, May 6, 2013 WASHINGTON, May 6, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Grameen Foundation has been selected as a 2013 IDG Computerworld Honors Program Laureate for its innovations in mobile health (mHealth). The annual award program ...

Mobile phones are creating opportunities for women in emerging markets to advance in business and society, even as they trail men in adoption of the devices, a panel of technology and philanthropy executives said. Information available on handsets ...

In 2006 a company called Solae began selling soy protein powder in the slums of Mumbai. Solae, a subsidiary of DuPont, saw an opportunity to gain a toehold in the Indian consumer market while addressing malnutritiona classic case of doing well by ...

A recent report by the United Nations states that out of the world's seven billion people, six billion have a mobile phone, but only 4.5 billion have a modern toilet. In India, there are almost 900 million cell phone users, but nearly 70 percent of ...

In 2006 Muhammad Yunus received the Nobel Peace Prize for his achievement with Grameen Bank. It gives microcredits to people too poor to qualify for traditional bank loans and the bank made a signficant profit with this business model. If the ...

The World Cocoa Foundation (WCF) has received a grant from Feed the Future Partnering for Innovation, funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development. Through the grant, WCF will pilot CocoaLink+ ("CocoaLink Plus"), an innovative information ...

Devendra Shah was at his dairy plant in early 2007 when he was informed that an executive from Danone India wanted to speak with him. Intrigued at what a competitor could possibly want, Shah — chairman of the Rs 880-crore Parag Milk Foods — ...

A quarter after its Airtel Bangladesh business broke even at an EBITDA level, Bharti Airtel has announced that it will acquire the remaining 30% stake in the venture from Warid Telecom. Airtel had entered the Bangladesh market in January 2010 with ...

In interview with DW, former Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus says that social business organizations need to take on a more important role in international development aid work. Prof. Yunus, in a letter to the members of the Grameen Bank on ...