Social Business

Daniele Kihlgren
Social Business

Restoring the beautiful country

Italian entrepreneur Daniele Kihlgren is on a mission to save Italy’s medieval ghost towns with authentic restorations  It is no secret that Italy is a ...
Growing Leaders Foundation
Social Business

Fostering future leaders

Meet the dynamo with five degrees who has transformed the lives of thousands with her leadership training — and she’s only 38 Sallyann Della Casa ...
Analjit SIngh Franschhoek
Social Business

Lionheart

Indian billionaire Analjit Singh’s investments in South Africa’s Franschhoek wine region are a marriage of his business philosophy and love of the good life A ...
NOW Money
Social Business

Banking on the unbanked

Social start-up NOW Money is getting millions of low-income migrant workers into the banking system from the periphery British entrepreneurs Ian Dillon and Katharine Budd ...
Sheila Vance
Social Business

Addiction in the frame

The glasses designer to the stars, Sheila Vance, tells how she turned a personal tragedy into a mission to help drug addicts She is renowned for ...
Social Business

A bold vision

Dr Andrew Bastawrous is working towards eradicating preventable blindness in some of the world’s poorest places – using his smartphone. Until age 12, Ted Talk ...
Social Business

After Aleppo’s fall

GC spoke to Karam Foundation co-founder Lina Sergie Attar who is equipping Syrians with the tools required to excel professionally and rebuild their country. Watching as ...
Alexander-Betts
Social Business

Are refugees good for the economy?

Oxford professor Alexander Betts presents a radical idea wherein he shows how refugees can result in an economic boon for host countries. In 2015, when ...
Social Business

Inside the Middle East’s first self-defence studio for women

It’s founder, Lina Khalifeh, has already received a shout-out from President Barrack Obama and Emma Watson. “The government has not been supportive at all, and ...
Social Business

23-Year-Old Audrey Cheng Has Set Up A Computer Coding School In Africa

The Moringa School in Kenya has already produced 110 graduates with a 95 per cent employment rate. At age 11, the inveterately precocious Audrey Cheng ...
Social Business

She's helping refugees to become tech entrepreneurs

Joséphine Goube is the COO at London-based Techfugees, a startup that's teaching refugees everything from 3D printing to app development.  The West seems full of at-white-slurping startup ...
Social Business

Charles Blaschke will reduce your building's utility bill – for free

The Dubai-based MD of Taka Solutions is willing to retrofit structures with devices and technology that will cut utility bills by at least a third ...
Social Business

Bringing Saudi women back into the workplace

Khalid Alkhudair, a Saudi entrepreneur, has become an unlikely champion of women’s causes — but he says change begins at home. When Khalid Alkhudair was launching ...
Social Business

Taking a stand against cyber bullying of women in Pakistan

Pakistani lawyer Nighat Dad holds workshops to teach women from her country how to fight against online harassment – Malala Yousafzai attended one too. Long ...
Social Business

A Royal Sport

Polo is thriving in the Middle East, with luxury brands eager to associate themselves with the game When businessmen and friends Ali Albwardy and Humaid ...