Articles by kevin keepper
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Friday
July 2
2010Mapping and Analyzing Actors in the Space of Small and Growing Businesses
The Aspen Network of Development Entrepreneurs (ANDE) has begun to tackle the issue of macro-level SGB support by commissioning a report that maps activities of three camps of actors engaged in this space. This report provides steps to improve the interrelationships of these actors and ultimately the efficiency and effectiveness of SGB support.
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Thursday
May 27
2010Step 1: Create an Enabling Environment for Markets
We often use this web space to discuss factors that impact private sector growth such as access to finance or market linkages. Today, however, I want to take a moment to discuss something even more fundamental: by treating violence as one would treat disease, CeaseFire is addressing this first step for creation of a true enabling environment.
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Wednesday
April 21
2010Bolstering Microfinance with Education and Strong Partnerships
Combining microfinance and business training is relatively new concept that has recently been gaining momentum in the microfinance community. While other organizations, including banner MFIs, have introduced BDS into their work portfolios, Lumana Credit is an organization that ingrains this philosophy in the core of their business practices.
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Monday
April 5
2010Entering the African Retail Market to Combat Poverty
A new company is helping African farmers escape poverty by delivering appropriate technologies at affordable prices that will bolster the strength of their enterprises. By conducting market analyses to enter the retail space, Anza is launching an initiative aimed at achieving sustainability and providing value-adding products to rural farmers.
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Friday
February 19
2010Ashoka Globalizer: Building a Pool of World Class Social Entrepreneurs
Ashoka publically launched the Globalizer website yesterday as part of an exciting new initiative that will enable the world’s leading social entrepreneurs to scale their businesses and reach new markets. The website will facilitate the emergence of a community of world class social entrepreneurs to improve their businesses and share learnings.
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Friday
February 5
2010A Call for Innovation and Collaboration
We often talk about sustainability in development or compose programs that aspire to that end, but far less often do we address or share instances of setback. In a recent trip to Swaziland I visited TechnoServe’s cotton program and was struck by the setback incurred when a prominent aid agency interrupted the efforts of this program.
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Wednesday
January 20
2010TechnoServe, Gates and Coke Link Up With Farmers
The Coca-Cola Company, nonprofit TechnoServe, and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation today launched a partnership to enable over 50,000 small fruit farmers in Uganda and Kenya to increase their productivity and double their incomes by 2014. This partnership will enable fruit farmers to participate in the Company’s supply chain for the first time.
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