Articles
Astia is transforming the way we fund businesses
6 min read
Cisco has invested in early-phase funding to help Astia develop a tech-enabled platform to source and screen companies applying to Astia for investment, and work to remove bias from the investment process.
Choose to challenge: How investing in women strengthens families and communities
6 min read
This year's theme for International Women's Day is "choose to challenge," which encourages every one of us to call out gender bias and inequality.
Technology: The pathway to financial inclusion
4 min read
Learn more from Grace Wong, the Founder of Liven, Australia's biggest loyalty-based payment network which focuses on financial inclusion.
Using AI for good: Identifying and locating survivors of human trafficking
4 min read
This blog post comes from Emily Kennedy, co-founder of Marinus Analytics, a startup that identifies victims of sex trafficking based on online movements.
Sidestepping the status quo: My entrepreneurial journey
3 min read
This blog post comes from Sarah Mak, the co-founder and CEO at Folktale, a SaaS platform for organizations to listen-at-scale through crowd-sourced videos.
One entrepreneur’s search for a BrightSign leads to a life-changing invention
4 min read
This blog post comes from Hadeel Ayoub, the Founder and CEO of BrightSign and the inventor of a smart glove that assists people with hearing impairments.
People Behind CSR at Cisco: How it’s made matters
6 min read
Maria Gorsuch-Kennedy leads the Supply Chain Social and Environmental Responsibility team at Cisco. She shares more about supply chain sustainability.
Solving the mental healthcare access problem with Modern Health
4 min read
This year, we’ve faced simultaneous crises impacting our daily lives—COVID-19 pandemic, unemployment, racial injustices, natural disasters, and divisive politics. All of which have taken their toll on the mental health of many. But mental healthcare is still surprisingly hard to access.
Pushing boundaries: AI and solar mobile chillers keep it fresh and cool
5 min read
Savanna Circuit Tech pinpointed an area of inequality and lost profit, and created a solution that allows field agents and women dairy producers to easily collect payments for delivered milk and access the credit facility, based on our AI-enabled credit scoring feature.