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Social Capital Markets 09: Innovation in Africa
We often hear about the challenges facing Africa, but seldom do we hear about the innovation and creativity emerging throughout the continent. In an afternoon session entitled "Identifying Opportunities for Innovation in Africa", the panelists had a passionate and revealing discussion around the quantity of underexposed talent in Africa.
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Social Capital Markets 09: Social Entrepreneurship Ecosystem
Amidst the panels, deals and offline conversations of SoCap09, an interesting stat emerged: the 800+ participants represent some 32 countries, an increase from last year’s international participation. The assumption (or at least my inference) is that the language of entrepreneurship is universal, extending to social entrepreneurship as well.
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Social Capital Markets 09: The Social Capital Spectrum
How do a range of innovative investment models work, and work together, to tackle core issues that perpetuate poverty? This theme is at the heart of SOCAP 09 and the plenary "Showcasing the Social Capital Spectrum" provided insights from leading organizations exemplifying differing approaches.
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Social Capital Markets 09: Funding High Impact Ventures
One overarching theme of SOCAP09 has been the question: how can capital be appropriately allocated to the right people in the right format at the right time? Tuesday’s breakout session, Funding High Impact Ventures in Developing Markets, moderated by Pawan Mehra (founder of Intellecap) took a stab at answering this question.
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Social Capital Markets 2009: Disruptive Innovation Is not Just the Technology
Kevin Jones brought together an interesting group of speakers to the Disruptive Innovation panel on the first day of SOCAP 09 -- people who at first glance, would have a hard time finding common themes between them: Sangeeta Chowdhry from Acumen Fund, Sally Madsen from IDEO, Lucky Gunasekara from Frontline SMS and Mark Beckford from Ncomputing...
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Social Capital Markets 2009: Investing at the Intersection of Public Good & Market Discipline
How can a blend of capital and partnerships help address a market failure? During the session on "Investing at the Intersection of Public Good & Market Discipline: The Case of Agricultural Finance," a diverse set of panelists came together to explain the case of agricultural finance and Root Capital’s approach.
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Social Capital Markets 2009: Opening Session Examins the Role of Government
What is the role of the government? How can public resources leverage the replication of successful social innovations driven by various sectors? This is the theme of the opening session at SOCAP 09, where Sonal Shah participated as keynote speaker.
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Back in San Francisco: Social Capital Markets Conference 2009
Rob and I are excited to be back in San Francisco covering this year’s version of the Social Capital Markets Conference. In an effort to bring you a timely coverage of more than 20 BoP-focused sessions, we will be working with a team of 13 talented Guest Bloggers.
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