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President Jonathan's Drive to Work with Business on Education for all Nigerian Children
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GBC-Education Hosts Meetings in Washington, DC
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India Working Group expands collaborative efforts WITH USAID/INDIA AND ACCENTURE
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#Tech4Ed Twitter Town Hall + Global Education and Technology Forum a Success in Silicon Valley
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Global Business Coalition for Education
Latest News & Activities
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Building a Voice for Education
GBC-Education Chair, Sarah Brown, launched our Washington, DC meetings by providing an overview of some of the work GBC-Education has done in 2013 and introducing member companies to the new digital platform, A World at School. Through initiatives like A World at School, our aim is to work together to bring to the front education [...]
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GBC-Education Featured at White House Meeting
During the focused week of global education meetings in Washington, D.C., the White House hosted a meeting with ministerial teams from Nigeria, DRC and South Sudan. Dr. Rajiv Shah, USAID Administrator and White House Director of the National Economic Council and Assistant to the President for Economic Policy, Gene Sperling addressed the group and invited [...]
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Investment in Education: A Strategic Imperative for Business
In April, as a contribution to a series of events on global education, which took place in Washington D.C., the Global Business Coalition for Education, Accenture Development Partnerships and the Brookings Institution came together to co-host a meeting on business investment in education. The headline figures on education may be familiar, but they are [...]
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Discovery Communications & Gucci take part in Education Panel at MIP TV
GBC-Education founding members Discovery Communications and Gucci were part of a high-level panel addressing delegates at the gathering of 10,000 of the world’s leading television executives. With a focus on the role that television can play in getting 61 million out-of-school children an education, the presentation was moderated by Gordon Brown. He spelled out [...]
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Education Recognized on International Women’s Day
(Update) Watch the Women of the World program on International Activism featuring GBC-Education chair, Sarah Brown, Valerie Amos, Ziauddin Yousafzai and UN Special Envoy for Global Education, Gordon Brown. __________________________ Tomorrow marks the 102nd annual International Women’s Day. This year, there’s a particular focus on education and how educating girls can help solve so many of the [...]
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Accenture and USAID meet in Mumbai
On 5th March the Global Business Coalition for Education (GBC-Ed) co-hosted a meeting with USAID and member company, Accenture, in Mumbai, India to discuss the launch of USAID’s READ Alliance (Read, Engage, Achieve, Dream). This platform will bring together non-profits, private sector organizations, and civil society bodies dedicated to improving the literacy skills of India’s children. They aim to do so through sharing [...]
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The First Global Education and Technology forum, January 31st
In the developed world, technology has vastly improved the ability to better learn and share knowledge. Yet in the developing world, it has the power to dramatically increase school enrollments and improve the quality of education to the standard all children deserve but many do not receive. On Thursday, January 31st, GBC-Ed members will [...]