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Does BoP Success Require the Moral Imperative?
When I first read the seminal article “Serving the World’s Poor, Profitably” in HBR, I found the direction it pointed to elusive. Instead of tugging at sympathy, the paper pointed to an exciting and fast growing market - the immense collective entrepreneurial capabilities and...
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Job: Junior Equity Analyst, Gray Ghost Fund
Position: Junior Equity AnalystLocation: New York, NY -- USAOrganization: Grassroots Capital Management/Gray Ghost Fund manages microfinance investments that seek to achieve medium and long-term capital appreciation together with a positive social impact through private equity investments in...
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Winners: Cornell?s BoP Learning Lab e-Journal Competition
The results are out for first annual BoP e-Journal competition organised by the Center for Sustainable Global Enterprise at Cornell University?s Johnson School. We have recently blogged about how Cornell’s BoP Learning Labs are moving the discussion to developing markets, and gaining live...
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What?s GOOD: Incubating, Disseminating and Commercializing Appropriate Technology at the BoP
I am sure that few of you are strangers to Amy Smith?s work at MIT?s D-Lab. After all, the D-Lab has been profiled several times here at NextBillion, most recently in an article featured in the news room via GOOD magazine. The article aptly describes D-Lab?s current crop of appropriate...
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Job: Research Assistant, Emerging Markets Private Equity Association (EMPEA)
Position: Research AssistantLocation: Washington, DC -- USAOrganization: The Emerging Markets Private Equity Association (EMPEA) is an independent, member-based global industry association based in Washington, D.C., that promotes greater understanding of and a more favorable climate for...
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Passing the Bucks ? A BoP Market Looking for Some Action?
"I’m giving away 2 percent of my net income every month... I don’t think Bill Gates is doing that.” So says Turkish billionaire Husnu M. Ozyegin in an interview for a New York Times piece last Friday about the philanthropy of individuals who have recently achieved phenomenal...
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New Finance Development Magazine: Upsides
Last week, while checking out some regular blogs, I bumped into a short note about a magazine called “Upsides” in the CGAP Blog.Upsides is an FMO (the Netherlands Finance Development Company) initiative, supported by other likeminded financial institutions such as Standard Bank,...
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Job Opportunity: Rwanda Investment Fund Seeks CEO
(Via Emeka Okafor and the International Private Enterprise Group) Equity Investment Firm in Rwanda seeks a CEO to oversee all of its investments. The position is based in Kigali, Rwanda. The firm is investing $25-50 million of equity into a portfolio of companies based in Rwanda. The CEO will...
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