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The GSBI Video Blog, Part 1: Nnaemeka Ikegwuonu from Nigeria
A year flew I am back in Santa Clara working with incredibly inspiring and committed entrepreneurs from around the globe. This week we’ll be running a special series of posts titled The GSBI Video Blog. Here’s our first installment with a remarkable Nigerian whose venture brings information to rural dwellers. Enjoy and stay tuned for more!
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Seeing Eye to Eye? New Case Study with BoP Critic Aneel Karnani
BoP critic Aneel Karnani and I decided to put our energy into writing a case study on the topic of vision correction in the developing world. In the case study, we looked at two enterprises - Essilor and VisionSpring - that are trying to address global uncorrected refractive error by selling eyeglasses.
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Using Platforms to Gain Scale in BoP Markets (Part 3 of 3) – By Francisco Mej?a and Manuel Bueno
Achieving scale is essential for BoP firms to maximize social impact. In this third of a series of three, we explain in more detail the different characteristics of platforms belonging to mass consumer goods, construction and microfinance firms, and conclude the series.
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Using Platforms to Gain Scale in BoP Markets (Part 2 of 3) – By Francisco Mej?a and Manuel Bueno
Achieving scale is essential for BoP firms to maximize social impact. In this second of a series of three, we explain in more detail the different characteristics of platforms belonging to conditional cash transfers, utilities and mobile phones.
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Using Platforms to Gain Scale in BoP Markets (Part 1of 3) – By Francisco Mej?a and Manuel Bueno
Achieving scale is essential for BoP firms to maximize social impact. In this first of a series of three, we explain how platforms offer two very useful characteristics for incoming firms with a pre-defined business model wishing to gain scale rapidly: accessibility and information about BoP customers.
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Bridging the Communication Gap in Uganda: Appfrica Labs
When the subject of successful, scalable BoP models comes up, two will inevitably be cited: mobile telecommunications and microfinance (ala Grameen). While the reach of cell phones at the BoP is indeed widespread and impressive, one still has to consider what the barriers to access are for this technology and its ancillary, the internet.
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Roundup from Ghana: International Development Design Summit and Maker Faire Africa
"I cannot miss this again next year", I thought around this time last year after reading Rob’s great piece about his day at the International Development Design Summit, which took place in the MIT campus in Cambridge. I promised I wouldn’t let IDDS fall off my radar in 2009.
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Reality TV for the BoP: Development Idol
In an effort to frame the debate and discussion regarding scale versus just about everything else, NextBillion is pleased to bring you the first and perhaps the last episode of a new reality series, "Development Idol". All characters, especially the one with a real name, are fictional...
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