Articles by James Militzer
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Friday
July 8
2016James Militzer / Kyle Poplin / Scott Anderson
Weekly Roundup: Appreciating banks, emojis for health, d.light’s destination
This week in our roundup: A major new study shows mobile finance is essential, but highlights the role of old fashioned banks; the language of emojis could improve global health; and solar lamp pioneers d.light are well on their way to reaching their goal of 100 million customers by the start of the next decade.
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- Health Care
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Guest Articles
Friday
June 24
2016Scott Anderson / Kyle Poplin / James Militzer
Weekly Roundup: How Brexit Could Impact Emerging Markets + Other Non-Brexit News
We could not call this a Weekly Roundup without addressing Britain’s decision to leave the European Union (spoiler alert: like most economists, we're struggling to see any upside.) But for those readers who've had their fill of Brexit news, we have plenty more developments to share, including Capria Accelerator's new $100 million fund, Waste Ventures' tie up with Coke, and the dark side to alternative credit scoring.
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- Health Care, Investing, Social Enterprise
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Friday
June 17
2016Scott Anderson / James Militzer / Kyle Poplin
Roundup: Jo Cox remembered, investors collaborate and Kenyan cabs
In this week's extensive Roundup, we remember Jo Cox, who was an extraordinary global health advocate; look at the leverage held by smallholder farmers; and wonder if Littlecabs will end up being a big headache for Uber in Kenya. Plus plenty more.
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Friday
June 10
2016Kyle Poplin / James Militzer / Scott Anderson
Roundup: A $100 Million Idea, Reproductive Rights Redux and an Inverting Poverty Pyramid
In this week's Roundup, we look at MacArthur Foundation's $100 million grant to “a single proposal designed to help solve a critical problem affecting people, places or the planet," the impact Zika is having on family planning and more evidence the "Bottom Billions" are moving up.
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Guest Articles
Friday
June 3
2016Scott Anderson / James Militzer / Kyle Poplin
(Reinvented) Weekly Roundup: Cashless Betting, Good Pod, Beautiful Resolve
NextBillion is changing the format of our Weekly Roundup. Rather than more lengthy, editor-written analysis of weekly events, on Fridays we’ll curate a number of news articles, announcements, tweets, videos and other media that captured our attention over the course of the week.
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- Social Enterprise
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Wednesday
May 25
2016Opportunity International’s Evolving Microfinance Strategy: A Podcast Q&A with CEO Vicki Escarra
Opportunity International, a pioneer in the microfinance space, operates 39 microfinance institutions in Africa, Eastern Europe, Central and East Asia and Latin America. But recently, the organization has been undergoing a strategic shift, announcing the sale of several MFIs in sub-Saharan Africa. We spoke with Opportunity's CEO, Vicki Escarra, about these moves – and many other topics – in this Q&A, NextBillion's second podcast.
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- Technology
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- microfinance, philanthropy
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Friday
May 13
2016Scott Anderson / Kyle Poplin / James Militzer
UPDATED Weekly Roundup: Haiti’s Peanut Pushback, Moms Vs. Markets and Should Google’s Payday Ban Apply to Microfinance?
This week in the roundup we consider the pushback of Haitian farmers and NGOs against the U.S. government's mass peanut donation, how marketers might be undermining mothers who breastfeed, and whether Google's ban on ads from payday lenders could justifiably be applied to microfinance.
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- Agriculture, Health Care
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Guest Articles
Thursday
May 12
2016Get Ready for SOCAP16: Apply for SOCAP Open and Entrepreneur Scholarship Program
SOCAP, the world’s largest conference on social enterprise and impact investing, is already gearing up for its fall 2016 event. The conference will take place Sept. 13-16 at the Fort Mason Center in San Francisco, CA. In the meantime, SOCAP is accepting applications for two important elements of the event: SOCAP Open and the Entrepreneur Scholarship Program.
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- Social Enterprise