globe telecom the second largest telecommunications company in the philippines has announced a partnership with the consultative group to assist the poor cgap to utilize mobile banking technology in rural poverty stricken provinces. specifically globe telecoms wholly owned mobile commerce business gxchange inc. gxi intends to use its gcash service to make it...... [Show More]
al hammond of next billion writes about attending the tech museum awards in san jose last week where hundreds of ceos developers and engineers gathered to honor some of their exceptional peers. it just so happens that this year those honorees were mostly social entreprene urs
i had the opportunity to attend the tech museum awards ceremony last week in san jose california. what821...... [Show More]
yesterday acumen fund hosted its annual investor gathering at the rubin museum of art. more than 125 partners and advisors gathered to get the inside scoop on acumens operations over the past year and our goals for 2009. personally the investor gathering prompted more than a little deja vu.
while i joined acumen funds staff only 8 months back this was not my first investor gat...... [Show More]
...tive marketing etc.aa so 22 posts later its growing and im meeting new and interesting people.aa it has gotten me noticed by wellestablished sites in my space such as httpwww .nextbilli on.net where ive been brought on as one of a handful of staff writers.a one measure of how it has impacted my online brand is that if you google my name in quotes mark beckford my blog is the second result af... [Show More]
after reading through several reviews and blog posts on the poptech 2008 conference it struck me that one focus of the conference this year was on development through enterprise .
there were several examples of companies offering products for the bottom of the pyramid generating income out of it. for example husk power systems generating electricity for indian villages from rice husks or ..... [Show More]
na segundafeira participei da transmissao interativa do roda viva . o economista luiz gonzaga belluzzo foi o entrevistado e o assunto a crise econamica.
no final de semana acompanhei a poptech e a crise entrou em pauta tambam mas com um enfoque diferente do abordado no roda viva.
ao acompanhar as apresentaaaes deste ano da conferancia deu para perceber que existe uma visao p...... [Show More]
the design in africa blog has compiled tips on innovation in africa from thought leaders in development
from ethan zuckerman s post innovating from constraint
innovation often comes from constraint if youve got very few resources youre forced to be very creative in using and reusing them.
dont fight culture if people cook by stirring the...... [Show More]
as i dont use twitter yet im posting links to some interesting articles i read and videos i saw recently.
a video from last month where tim oreilly gives a talk on web meets world how to use web 2.0 for social change. he also points to various interesting projects worth taking a look at.
congratulations to ismael for the 5th anniversary of h...... [Show More]
...live via streaming on the poptech website . there are also many other bloggers writing up several of the talks including the tireless bobbie johnson on the poptech blog . also here is rob katz from nextbillion.net who i had been wanting to meet for some time. anya kamenetz...... [Show More]
if the rest of poptech is anything like the morning of the first day then im not sure my head can handle it. you can follow along live at poptech.orglive and track images on flickr at poptech08 . finally follow the poptech blog as they liveblog the whole event. here are my highlights and images from this event so far.
before i get started on today though i need to giv...... [Show More]
as i sort through the after math of socap08 i think that you might want to check out this post entitled the silver lining in the market collapse social capital .a it seems that the theme that jonathan salem baskin i were trying to highlight last week with our coauthored coposted piece entitled looking for leadership invest in your networks was resonating at the conference.
in s...... [Show More]
ive recently learned about a fascinating nepalese company that is making the most of the nrn population non resident nepalese those living outside of nepal. most nrn have family back home they want to take good care of and so the company thamel provides a way to send gift s and transfer money from abroad to nepal. some gifts are very local like these gifts for the tihar ...... [Show More]
submitted by francisco noguera on october 17 2008 1152. guest blogger roxanne miller is a 2ndyear mba student at the haas school of business at uc berkeley focusing her studies on the intersection of
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related posts social capital markets veterans discuss big issues jed emerson avoids getting kicked in the nuts vc dennis miller doesn821...... [Show More]
socap2008 a conference designed to bring together the entrepreneurs who want to change the world and the capital that wants to make it happen took place this week oct 1315 in san francisco. unfortunately i could not attend this year but it is possible to follow some of the inspiring discussions through the many blogs available. especially the team of nextbillion did a wonderful job coveri..... [Show More]
hoy se celebra el blog action day un evento anual sin animo de lucro con el que se quiere aunar las fuerzas de bloggers de todo el mundo para concienciar y generar debate sobre un asunto de importancia global. este aao el tema escogido es la pobreza y siendo aste un blog dedicado al uso de la tecnologaa para la inclusian financiera creo que es de justicia dedicar una entrada a la situaci...... [Show More]
jocelyn wyatt leads the design for social impact initiative at ideo a global design consultancy. prior to ideo jocelyn worked as an acumen fund fellow in kenya and served as interim country director for visionspring in india. jocelyn has an mba from thunderbird and a ba in anthropology from grinnell college. she blogs perio dically4 1 on www.jocely nwyatt.com . by jocelyn w...... [Show More]
its tuesday morning at social capital markets and im already feeling a bit overwhelmed.a but this panel is too good to miss matthew bishop jed emerson and david chen with kevin jones moderating.a you know that particularly with bishop and emerson youre bound to hear honest blunt opinions on the social capital markets movement from this group. jed emerson is the f...... [Show More]
not yet. that was the first message i heard at social capital markets today as i approached the registration table they werent ready for me yet. in fact they werent ready for me nor were they ready for the 20 other people who had queued up early. if theres any indication of interest in a conference or event its usually the line of people arriving 2 or 3 hours early. no...... [Show More]
pepsico foundation has awarded two grants totaling 76 million to sustainable water and sanitation efforts by waterpartners and safe water network . the pr release adescribes each program. waterpartners will use the award to implement their watercredit program
the watercredit program in india has two main components first to provide traditional grant funding directly to local nongo...... [Show More]
this year the global social benefit incubator at santa clara university piloted an approach to capture and diseminate systemic knowledgea aboutaco mmunitysc ale water treatment and sanitation. four of theaentrepreneurs this yeararepresented projects that address these challenges. deepinder mohan founder of environment planning group limited is one of them.a a epgl is bringing an affor...... [Show More]
in addition to the social capital markets conference there are a number of interesting events covering base of the pyramidrelated topics happening in the coming weeks and months.a a quick overview sustainable innovations at the bottom of the pyramid september 2627 helsinki finland the conference will address technological social and business innovations in the context of socia...... [Show More]
like tony bennett i once left a bit of my heart in san francisco.a that was in 2004 at eradicating poverty through profit the first major conference to discuss marketbased approaches to poverty alleviation the bottom of the pyramid idea.a now nearly four years later i am again heading west for a conference one with the same sort of potential to change the ...... [Show More]
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