Articles by Ana Escalante
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Monday
October 1
2007NESsT Celebrates its 10th Anniversary
Last week, I attended the NESsT 10th anniversary party at Pangea Artisan Market & Cafe in the International Finance Corporation (IFC) building (2121 Pennsylvania Ave, NW, Washington DC). The store has an interactive education component, with computers that provide information about the...
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Friday
September 28
2007The Tech Museum Awards Laureautes Announced
Technology Benefiting Humanity and the Tech Museum Awards winners were announced earlier this month. These awards recognize and support solutions that benefit humanity and address some of the most critical issues facing our planet and its people. The Laureates are announced each year and they...
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Friday
September 28
2007Disruptive Innovations Contest Winners
Here on NextBillion, we have followed the Disruptive Innovations contest from Ashoka very closely, hoping that a new ?disruptive innovation? will provide a good idea or innovation for the BOP. The winners were announced earlier this month and truthfully, I am very disappointed. There were...
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Friday
September 28
2007BoP Job Opportunity with the Omidyar Network
The Omidyar? Network supports the conditions that enable individuals to tap their own potential to make life better for themselves and others. Since 2004, Omidyar Network has funded nonprofit and for-profit efforts in a number of areas, including microfinance, participatory media, open...
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Wednesday
September 26
2007Mobile Banking Conference at Chemonics International
Last week I attended to a conference at Chemonics International by John Owens on mobile banking (m-banking). Almost every writer on NextBillion has written blog posts about this new approach to banking. According to John Owens -chief of party for MABS from Chemonics International- m-banking is...
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Monday
September 24
2007Interview With David Bornstein and Other Thoughts
"In the face of this new reality, an increasing number of forward-looking nonprofits are beginning to appreciate the increased revenue, focus and effectiveness that can come from adopting “for profit” business approaches. Increasingly, they are reinventing themselves as social...
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Friday
September 21
2007Jobs/Careers: Penn State Tenure Track Faculty Positions
Two faculty positions are open at Penn State - Delaware County University for Management Faculty.? The Assistant Professor candidates (one in Management, one in Marketing) will have the proper academic backgrounds, but Professor Raed Elaydi tells NextBillion that an interest in BoP research...
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Wednesday
September 19
2007The Oxford University 21st Century Challenge Competition 2007
The Oxford University 21st Century Challenge Competition is a new international entrepreneurship competition, jointly organized by the Oxford Science Enterprise Centre (OxSEC) and the James Martin Institute for Science and Civilisation (JMI) at the Said Business School, Oxford. This new...
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