steffi czerny and marcel reichart call on stage: princess begum inaara aga khan
she introduces muhammad yunus
muhammad yunus invented the microlending-banking
muhammad yunus is the only banker who has ever received a nobel peace prize
standing ovations for MY
MY: we began with one village
MY: in bangladesh we have over 8 million borrowers
MY: repayment rate 98%
MY: forget about jobs. seek to be a job giver.
MY: along the way, we saw the power of technology. it makes me very exciting.
MY setup a mobile phone network which is now the largest in the country
it all started by just giving mobile phone to poor women
they used not for themselves but to create a telephone business out of it
these telephone ladies will now become internet ladies
there is nothing called "impossible"
the power of technology can overcome everything
use the power of technology to address the problems of the world
we are moving into health care now
we challenged adidas to join the mission that nobody in the world should be without shoes
we created a business out of that, too
this is a health issues because a lot of diseases come into the body through the foot
why can't diagnostic tools be as easy to use as digital cameras?
in the social business you have to create a working concept for five people and then just scale it up
could you use an ipod to eliminate illiteracy in the world?
the big question: what do we want to do with this technology?
this is it from MY
a strong statement for social business at the end of dld
donovan will play out dld10