Can American entrepreneurial know-how save lives in Africa? NOW travels to Kenya to investigate an enterprising idea: franchising not burger and donut shops, but health services and drugs in rural ...
Can American entrepreneurial know-how save lives in Africa? NOW travels to Kenya to investigate an enterprising idea: franchising not burger and donut shops, but health services and drugs in rural Africa. American businessmen are teaming with African entrepreneurs to spread for-profit clinics around the country in the hopes of providing quality, affordable medical care to even Kenya's poorest people.
But can they overcome obstacles like extreme poverty, corruption, cheaper fraudulent services, and long distances to establish a sustained solution to a chronic problem? For the full show, tune in Friday, May 25 at 8:30 pm (check local listings), and discover more innovative ideas at http://www.pbs.org/now/enterprisingideas
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As Global Entrepreneurship Week approaches, young people in more than 70 countries will be exploring whether they believe entrepreneurship is the way that they can tackle the problems of the world. They should find this story to be an inspiration.
If you're not watching NOW and Bill Moyers' Journal, you cannot consider yourself a well-informed citizen. Spend 90 minutes a week to learn--then become proactive. The world will be better for your contribution, no matter how small it may seem.
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