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Arab World Social Innovation Forum – Roll Up Your Sleeves!
A week ago, Ashoka Arab World convened more than 250 practitioners from civil society, the public and private sectors, academics, as well as social entrepreneurs from more than 20 countries at the Arab World Social Innovation Forum in bustling Cairo. The two days of keynotes, round table discussions and networking were filled with a lot of energy!
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Subsistence Marketplaces at the University of Illinois
Our path to bringing the Base of the Pyramid (BoP) or subsistence marketplaces into the classroom at the University of Illinois begins with a year-long, interdisciplinary graduate level course entitled Sustainable Product and Market Development for Subsistence Marketplaces.
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Professor Ted London on Bringing the BoP into the Classroom
To enhance student learning in the classroom, Professor London has developed a series of unique case studies. I recently interviewed Professor London to talk about these materials as well as his experiences teaching the subject.
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Look No Further Than Detroit for the BoP
Poor public infrastructure. Government corruption. Lack of access to food. Poor education systems. People living in poverty. Think I’m describing the developing world? Nope. It’s Detroit. My own backyard
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Looking for Killer Apps at Lighting Africa 2010
At the World Bank/IFC Lighting Africa Conference in Nairobi, some numbers are looking good for a change. There are still 1.6 billion people without access to electricity, but solar lantern distribution is projected to grow at 25-40% rates over the next 5 years in Africa.
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Next Billion Case Writing Competition Update
At the end of April, we closed the submission process for the first annual Next Billion Case Writing Competition. Now we are in the process of reviewing all the cases.
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Great Minds Never Think Alike
I stumbled upon one of the session on Sunday, while flipping through the pages of The New Yorker. A familiar face suddenly replaced the cartoons and poems that illustrate the magazine. It was Heather Fleming’s, as featured in the Singapore Sessions.
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Weekly Roundup May 10-16
A summary of recent NextBillion coverage and an invitation to an informational event with Endeavor in New York on May 19!
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