Articles by Francisco Noguera
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Monday
September 19
2011Chronicles of Grassroots Creativity and Innovation: Four Questions for Makeshift?s Steve Daniels
I recently had a chance to catch up with Steve Daniels, founder of the Better World by Design Conference and author of the fascinating Making Do. I’m sure you’ll find Makeshift, is a quarterly magazine and multimedia website about grassroots creativity and invention around the world, as intriguing as I did.
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Friday
June 24
2011Friday Roundup 6/24/11: Pivot25 and East Africa’s “Venturesome” Consumers
I’m in Kenya at the moment, a place where you’ll find plenty of "venturesome consumers". M-PESA is to Kenyans what Dropbox is to Americans. Last week saw the first Pivot25, an app developer conference and competition that showcased solutions for many of the challenges faced by Kenyans and East Africans.
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Guest Articles
Wednesday
June 22
2011Agora’s Impact Investor Conference: Accelerating the Central American Deal Flow
Agora Partnerships is taking investment-readiness preparation to a new level. In July, they will host the first Impact Investor Conference in Granada, featuring nine early stage enterprises that went through a competitive selection process to reach the Agora Accelerator Program.
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Friday
May 13
2011Friday Roundup – 5/13/11: Persisting Challenges around Agricultural Finance
Wrapping up a week with several agriculture-related announcements, events and opportunities.
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Friday
April 29
2011Friday Roundup: Gratitude and New Challenges
This Friday Roundup is the last post I’ll publish as Managing Editor of NextBillion.net. I would like to thank the NextBillion community at large, but especially those whose trust and advice have allowed me to make a contribution over the last few years.
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Monday
April 18
2011NexThought: Eric Kacou on Mindsets and ’Survival Traps’ at the Base of the Pyramid
This week’s NexThought comes by way of Eric Kacou, the author of Entrepreneurial Solutions for Prosperity in BoP Markets, the latest piece of literature in the space of entrepreneurial approaches to development. I encourage you to read below for an interview with Eric.
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Friday
April 15
2011Friday Roundup – 4/15/11: New Books Dive Deep into “Poor Economics” and Prosperity in BoP Markets
Two new books hit the shelves in the last few weeks. Both are very relevant to the development community and especially NextBillion’s development through enterprise dialogue.
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Friday
April 1
2011Friday Roundup 4/1/11: Support for VisionSpring, Conversations at Skoll World Forum, and More
Spring is slowly making its way to the northern hemisphere... very slowly some would say. As you put your winter clothes away and undust some lighter clothes for the the warm days ahead, you’re likely looking for your sunglasses as well. Support VisionSpring and get yourself a new pair! Read more about this week’s highlights.
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