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Miami Social Enterprise Conference: Why It Mattered
While I find my way to one of the oldest cities in the hemisphere, I open up my notes to share some impressions of what I saw in Miami, why I thought it was an important step for the region’s social enterprise movement and how it ties to what will be further discussed this week in Granada.
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Notes from ANDE’s First Investment Officer Training in Kenya
"I hear, I forget; I see, I remember; I do, I understand"This quote by Confucius was written on the back of our name tags and was also the underlying principle at the inaugural Aspen Network of Development Entrepreneurs (ANDE) investment officer training this March.
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The Inaugural World [Water] Cup
Throughout the globe today, communities will be celebrating World Water Day. Remembering my first trek to the dirt football pitch in the Mathare slum several months ago, I realize now that perhaps nowhere else is this year’s message of "water quality" more relevant than in the slums of Nairobi.
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iBoP Asia Conference
In early March, I attended the iBoP Asia conference FRONTIERS: Charting the Future of S&T Innovations for the Base of the Pyramid in Southeast Asia. Individuals from all sectors met in Jakarta, Indonesia on March 3rd to share and discuss science and technology innovations for the BoP in Southeast Asia.
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Weekly Roundup: Spotlight on Latin America
I’m still waiting to hear from participants in the Social Venture Capital/Social Enterprise Conference in Miami this weekend and especially the Sustainable Haiti side-event that was planned there after the earthquake in Port-Au-Prince. But in case you missed it, this past week NextBillion was all Latin America all the time.
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Social Venture Creation Gala at UofM: April 17th
On April 17th, 2010, student social entrepreneurs from the Social Venture Creation class will be presenting their ’change-the-world’ plans to a panel of judges composed of UofM faculty, industry experts, and potential funders.
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Vittana March Microfinance Madness: Its Not Too Late!
Vittana.org, a person-to-person micro loan site entirely focused on student loans, recently launched its own tournament: March Microfinance Madness. The idea is that groups form lending teams and compete to see which team can lend the most overall before March ends.
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Latin America in the Spotlight: Daniel Gonzalez, from AVINA
Daniel Gonzalez is a key leader in Latin America’s emerging social enterprise industry. In this interview, he shares some of the projects he and AVINA are currently working on.
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