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Introducing Ashoka to NextBillion.net
I’m glad to introduce Ashoka as new Associate Partner for NextBillion.net. I have found the Ashoka network an amazing source of market intelligence, practical insights and valuable connections. I hope this new partnership between Ashoka and NextBillion will make similar intelligence and insights available and useful to the readers of this site.
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Seeking the Balance of Mission and Margin
After starting his medical career in Nairobi as an ob/gyn, Dr. Hillary Mabeya first began visiting rural regions of the country as a member of AMREF?s Flying Doctor program. During these missions, he became increasingly aware of the plight of gynecologic fistula patients.
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Piramal Prize Accepting Entires for its 2nd Edition
Piramal Foundation in partnership with CIIE, IIM Ahmedabad is accepting applications for the 2nd Piramal Prize to identify, support and acknowledge ventures that are helping solve the healthcare crisis in India. Last date for entries, 15th August.
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Hand-held Doctors and Mobile Premium Payments: How Technology Can Improve Insurance for the Poor
Microinsurance represents a promising new way to protect the poor, but reaching low-income markets sustainably requires creative new strategies. The ILO’s Microinsurance Innovation Facility looks at how microinsurance providers are using technology to overcome the industry’s challenges.
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G20 SME Finance Challenge
The G20 SME Finance Challenge, jointly organized by Ashoka?s Changemakers community, the G-20 and the Rockefeller Foundation, seeks to find the best models worldwide for public-private partnerships that catalyze finance for SMEs and subsequently give creators of those models a chance to solicit funding. Entries will be accepted until August 25.
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Introducing iuMAP, a Resource to Track Social Enterprise Globally
We’re excited to introduce iuMAP, the largest publicly available directory of market-based solutions to poverty challenges. Let us share a bit about the rationale behind launching iuMAP and what can be expected in the weeks and months to come.
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Solar Energy for the BoP: Katherine Lucey of Solar Sister
As part of our series on clean energy, we interviewed Katherine Lucey, the founder of Solar Sister, a Uganda-based social enterprise that is currently in its pilot phase. Solar Sister focuses on employing and empowering local women to act as Avon-type, commissioned saleswomen for solar lanterns. Lucey shares some insights from the field.
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The Unsung Heroes of Microfinance
Like many microfinance loan officers, Justiniano has a background that is very similar to the clients that he serves. He grew up in a poor, rural community: His parents were small farmers, working a tiny plot of land with a few animals. An agronomist by training, he has served as a loan officer with CRECER for 11 years. He is on the frontline.
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