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Innovations that Improve Lives

  • Tata is providing 10,000 farmers with online agricultural information and advicel. Credit: Tata
  • With Vodafone's M-PESA Money Transfer Platform, Kenyans can transfer money to friends or relatives quickly at little cost. Photo Credit: Textually.org Diageo
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  • Thomson Reuters Coca-Cola, Micro Distribution Center (Photo Credit: Namvula Rennie, Business Action for Africa) Ericsson is working to expand mobile coverage to base of the pyramid markets throughout Africa. Photo Credit: Ericsson
  • Chief and cocoa, Cadbury Small business owners in Pakistan receive training in financial literacy and business basics through Standard Chartered's SME Training Programme. Photo Credit: Standard Chartered
  • At WaterHealth International water stations, community members benefit from access to water that is safe to drink. Photo Credit: Business Outlook thumbnail-video Professor-Paul-Collier
  • Cocoa communities can now build needed infrastructure such as wells with the extra income earned from Fair Trade Cocoa. Credit: The Cadbury Cocoa Partnership
  • Microsoft PTF
  • Coca-Cola's Micro Distribution Center model helps local entrepeneurs better serve customers in base of the pyramid markets. Photo Credit: Namvula Rennie for Business Action for Africa MAP International is committed to providing two million people in Uganda with access to banking services. Credit: MAP International
  • sab-miller Cynthia Carroll
  • MAP International
  • In Africa, SABMiller helps farmers improve sorghum yields. Credit: SABMiller
  • A nurse checks on her patient in a LifeSpring maternity ward. Credit: LifeSpring
  • The Cadbury Cocoa Partnership is providing 10,000 farmers and their families with the tools and resources for a better life. Credit: Cadbury Cocoa Partnership

The Business Call to Action challenges companies to develop innovative business models that achieve commercial success and development outcomes.

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May 3, 2013

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