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Job Opportunity: Rwanda Investment Fund Seeks CEO
(Via Emeka Okafor and the International Private Enterprise Group) Equity Investment Firm in Rwanda seeks a CEO to oversee all of its investments. The position is based in Kigali, Rwanda. The firm is investing $25-50 million of equity into a portfolio of companies based in Rwanda. The CEO will...
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Piramal Prize: $25k for Healthcare Innovations
Anand Shah, CEO of the Piramal Foundation and a NextBillion reader, alerted me to the recently-announced $25,000//10 lakh rupees Piramal Prize for Innovations that Democratize Healthcare.? In his e-mail, he notes that prize was created ...to encourage and support bold entrepreneurial ideas...
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Guest Post: L-RAMP Innovation Awards 2007
Shatajit Basu, a college junior at IIT Madras and a core member of the India chapter of Asia-Pacific Student Entrepreneurship society (ASES), attended the L-RAMP Innovation Awards 2007 and sent us this guest post.By Shatajit BasuThe L-RAMP Innovation Awards is a joint initiative of premier...
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Not Every Microborrower is an Entrepreneur
(Photo: The Women of Akbarpura, by Flickr user lecercle, used under a Creative Commons license.) NextBillion readers often ask me why we don’t cover the microfinance industry more closely. After all, microfinance is a slam dunk BoP success story: a business strategy that helps...
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Job: SME Equity Finance Director, BiD Network Foundation
Position: SME Equity Finance Director Location: Amsterdam, with regular travel Organization: The BiD Network Foundation operates the world?s largest international business plan competition for SMEs in developing countries. It does this online worldwide through its 16,000 member...
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Will Greed Save Africa?
Some NextBillion readers may have noticed a rather provocatively titled piece that appeared recently as the cover article for BusinessWeek: “Can Greed Save Africa?” What a way to cut to the chase! The article probably makes most development and aid activists squirm. After all,...
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The Codensa Case: Electricity and Related Services for the BOP in Colombia
Codensa is a very successful utility company that serves 2.2 million customers in Colombia. It is controlled by Endesa, the largest electric utility company in Spain, which in 1997 took control of Codensa and Emgesa (this second company accounts for 21% of the generated electric capacity in...
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Job Posting: Membership & Administration Coordinator, Social Investment Forum
(via Just Means)Position: Membership & Administration Coordinator (Entry-level)Location: Washington, DCThe Social Investment Forum (SIF) is a national nonprofit organization for financial professionals and institutions that advances the concept, practice, and growth of socially and...
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