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class="collection__container"> <h2 class="collection__kicker people-list__kicker">2018</h2> <h2 class="collection__title people-list__title">Most recent awardees</h2> <div class="tout-list-grid"> <article class="tout tout--card tout--latest-awardee"> <a class="tout__link-wrap" href="/web/20181021002023/https://www.schwabfound.org/awardees/bruktawit-tigabu"> <div class="tout__image-wrap"> <figure class="tout__image"> <img class="tout__image-img" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20181021002023im_/https://assets.weforum.org/schwab_foundation/awardee/image/square_eFN3N0-ny8gXzc1n-je-jF-kJ0pdmK5rvfWbh6N5P58.jpg"/> </figure> </div> <section class="tout__details"> <h3 class="tout__title">Bruktawit Tigabu</h3> <div class="tout__organisation">Whiz Kids Workshop PLC</div> <ul class="pill-list"> <li class="pill">Education, Gender and Work</li> <li class="pill">Education and Skills</li> <li class="pill">Africa</li> </ul> </section></a></article> <article class="tout tout--card 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<section class="tout__details"> <div class="tout__body"><p>We are grateful to the Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship for providing an incredible platform for like minds to share ideas and come together to generate broader international impact. Our Artisan Loans microcredit programme is a direct result of conversations held in Davos with fellow Social Entrepreneurs. Thank you to the Schwab Foundation and the World Economic Forum for providing the space for magic to happen.</p></div> <cite class="tout__caption">Roberto Milk, Novica, USA</cite> </section></article> </div> </section> <div class="collection l-wrap"> <h2 class="collection__title">Resources</h2> <div class="tout-list-grid"> <article class="tout tout--card tout--article"> <a class="tout__link-wrap" target="_blank" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20181021002023/https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2018/09/how-a-giraffe-puppet-can-change-the-world/"> <figure class="tout__image"> <img class="tout__image-img" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20181021002023im_/https://assets.weforum.org/article/image/medium_VKBFj2MkxkMhLe_o9EniuegcfBT_Supg8rVuXgm3UuE.JPG"/> </figure> <section class="tout__details"> <div class="tout__kicker">Article</div> <h3 class="tout__title">The giraffe puppet changing the world</h3> <time datetime="2018-09-27T08:34:00Z" class="tout__date">27 Sep 2018</time> </section></a></article><article class="tout tout--card tout--article"> <a class="tout__link-wrap" target="_blank" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20181021002023/https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2018/09/what-trying-to-build-a-fair-smartphone-teaches-us-about-ethical-technology/"> <figure class="tout__image"> <img class="tout__image-img" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20181021002023im_/https://assets.weforum.org/article/image/medium_UAU6oLIDW3V7pJFX7vL0DSbrsL7IbE0bZQlTXxGJBZU.jpg"/> </figure> <section class="tout__details"> <div class="tout__kicker">Article</div> <h3 class="tout__title">What trying to build a fair smartphone teaches us about ethical technology</h3> <time datetime="2018-09-24T15:42:00Z" class="tout__date">24 Sep 2018</time> </section></a></article> <article class="tout tout--card tout--report"> <a class="tout__link-wrap" target="_blank" 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