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Interested in Financing Innovations for African SMEs?
If you are in Washington DC and have an interest in innovations that can spur development through enterprise in Africa, read the following invitation from our friends at DiasporaCamp, and save the date for July 24 at the SAIS campus in town.
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Bottom Up Scaling: What is the Role of the Assets of the Poor?
Guest Writer Piera Waibel writes about her PhD dissertation on Base of the Pyramid business models, and calls interested companies to participate in a survey.
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Danone’s Social Innovation Lab: The Business-Social Congruence
I was part of Danone’s annual Social Innovation Lab (SIL) last week in Saint-Denis, a suburb of Paris. SIL gathered over executives from around the world to learn about social business projects fostered by various company business units, inspire new ones and brainstorm on transversal issues to accelerate social innovation.
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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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