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Acumen Fund Announces Duncan Onyango as New Director of Acumen Fund East Africa 15 Aug 2012 | 05:00 pm
Longtime Local Advisor Joins Acumen to Lead Further Growth and Investment in Enterprises Serving Low Income Customers Nairobi, Kenya, August 15, 2012 – Acumen Fund, a pioneering nonprofit global vent...
Quotes that inspire Acumen Fund: James Baldwin 10 Aug 2012 | 11:23 pm
“Love takes off the masks that we fear we cannot live without and know we cannot live within. I use the word “love” here not merely in the personal sense but as a state of being, or a state of grace –...
The Last Hunger Season 8 Aug 2012 | 05:05 pm
How can those who grow food for a living possibly remain hungry? This is the question Roger Thurow grapples with in his new book, The Last Hunger Season. Through personal narratives and powerful data ...
Acumen Fund Invests INR 1.5 Crore ($300K) in Edubridge Learning to provide Vocational Training and job placement for Youth in Rural India 30 Jul 2012 | 02:38 pm
New equity investment marks continued momentum of recently launched Education Portfolio Mumbai, India, July 25, 2012 – Acumen Fund, a pioneering nonprofit global venture fund addressing poverty across...
Lessons from Leaders and Social Innovators in East Africa 27 Jul 2012 | 05:00 pm
Last month, the Acumen Fund East Africa Fellows held a culmination of their Fellowship year at an Innovation Conference organized by the Fellows themselves. The event marked the end of their leadershi...
Your chance to shape a sector 25 Jul 2012 | 09:52 pm
Kevin Starr, who among other things runs the Mulago Foundation, penned a provocative, must-read series of posts on Stanford Social Innovation Review titled “The Problem with Impact investing (Pt. 1, P...
Your chance to shape a sector 25 Jul 2012 | 09:52 pm
Kevin Starr, who among other things runs the Mulago Foundation, penned a provocative, must-read series of posts on Stanford Social Innovation Review titled “The Problem with Impact investing (Pt. 1, P...
Replicating M-Pesa: Mobile and Cloud Technology Spur Innovation in Financial Inclusion 24 Jul 2012 | 05:00 pm
Editor’s Note: This post appeared on Nextbillion.net, and is one in a series of articles highlighting innovations for financial inclusion. It was first published on the Ashoka Changemakers blog as par...
Beyond survival — Could Access to Maternal Care Transform a Woman’s Life? 20 Jul 2012 | 10:49 pm
Editor’s Note: This post originally appeared on The Huffington Post on July 20th, 2012. Childbirth was the moment in my life when I felt the most vulnerable. Physically, emotionally and mentally pushe...
Beyond survival — Could Access to Maternal Care Transform a Woman’s Life? 20 Jul 2012 | 10:49 pm
Editor’s Note: This post originally appeared on The Huffington Post on July 20th, 2012. Childbirth was the moment in my life when I felt the most vulnerable. Physically, emotionally and mentally push...
