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  ANDE Goes to Nairobi (and E+Co Was There!)

  As Diana Hollmann reported yesterday, the maiden investment management training organized by Aspen Network of Development Entrepreneurs (ANDE) in Nairobi in the first week of March 2010, gathered at least 15 participants from four continents and nine countries. This was an incredible platform which afforded participants an opportunity to share...

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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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  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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  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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  Latin America in the Spotlight, Part 4: Jimena Betancourt from NESsT, in Chile

  Part 4 of Latin America in the Spotlight features Jimena Betancourt, Enterprise Development Manager at NESsT in Santiago, Chile.

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  What Social Businesses are Doing to Fight Terrorism

  It is clear that in the long run, the solution to terrorism is to deconstruct the life circumstances that encourage members to join organizations like the Taliban. This is not an easy task, but social entrepreneurs are working diligently to help.

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  The Bottom of the Pyramid: A Disruptive Force to be Reckoned With?

  The rationale for why emerging markets are a source for disruptive innovations is simply because in order for a product or service to be successful, it has to be more affordable, easier to use, and offer more value then existing products on the market. I was recently referred to an article written by Niti Bhan on this topic...