Articles by Rob Katz
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Friday
May 23
2008Job: Associate, Satya Capital
UPDATE: THIS POST IS NO LONGER ACTIVE Position: Associate/Director Location: London Organization: Satya Capital Limited is a private investment firm specializing in Africa-related investment, providing companies with the operational, technological and financial resources they need to expand and take advantage of burgeoning...
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Wednesday
May 21
2008Introducing Staff Writer David Lehr
The NextBillion.net team is proud to introduce our newest member: Staff Writer David Lehr. David has over fifteen years of experience in international business and development focused primarily on information communication technologies and job creation and is currently Senior Advisor, Social...
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Friday
May 16
2008NextBillion’s Grace Augustine to Join Stanford Social Innovation Review Blog
I received an e-mail today from the Stanford Social Innovation Review, one of my favorite journals in the ’third sector’ space. The e-mail was to inform subscribers that SSIR has added 5 new writers to its influential Opinion Blog - including NextBillion.net’s very own Grace...
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Thursday
May 15
2008NextBillion Announces Partnership With Acumen Fund
By Derek Newberry and Rob Katz NextBillion.net is happy to announce that, as of today, the site will be co-owned and co-managed by World Resources Institute and its newest partner, Acumen Fund. Since NextBillion.net’s launch in 2005, we have admired Acumen Fund’s innovative approach...
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Wednesday
May 14
2008Guest Post: What It Means to be Patient – Drip Irrigation in Pakistan’s Thar Desert
Guest blogger Sasha Dichter is Director of Business Development at Acumen Fund. Before joining Acumen, Dichter held senior positions in the corporate citizenship departments of GE Money and IBM. He earned a B.A., M.A., and M.B.A., all from Harvard University. By Sasha Dichter Today, we...
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Monday
May 12
2008Guest Post: Finding Good Capitalists
Guest blogger Blair Miller is a Manager of Business Development at Acumen Fund. She has lived and worked in Senegal, South Korea, India, and El Salvador. Her pursuit of a literature degree the University of Virginia opened her mind to the importance of social change and her MBA from Michigan...
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Monday
May 12
2008Admin: Claiming NextBillion on Technorati
Dear Readers -If you see this post, please ignore it. We are working to make sure Technorati’s spiders see NextBillion.net properly, and this is a step in that process. Please excuse us as we air our laundry for all to see.Technorati...
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Monday
May 5
2008Unclogging the Water and Sanitation Crisis – Vote Now!
As Ana first reported back in February, Ashoka’s Changemakers and the Global Water Challenge have partnered to open a worldwide search for ideas and projects with the potential to transform the provision of sanitation and water worldwide.? The search, entitled Unclogging the Water and...
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