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Social Capital Markets 09: Innovation in Africa
We often hear about the challenges facing Africa, but seldom do we hear about the innovation and creativity emerging throughout the continent. In an afternoon session entitled "Identifying Opportunities for Innovation in Africa", the panelists had a passionate and revealing discussion around the quantity of underexposed talent in Africa.
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Social Capital Markets 09: Social Entrepreneurship Ecosystem
Amidst the panels, deals and offline conversations of SoCap09, an interesting stat emerged: the 800+ participants represent some 32 countries, an increase from last year’s international participation. The assumption (or at least my inference) is that the language of entrepreneurship is universal, extending to social entrepreneurship as well.
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Social Capital Markets 09: The Social Capital Spectrum
How do a range of innovative investment models work, and work together, to tackle core issues that perpetuate poverty? This theme is at the heart of SOCAP 09 and the plenary "Showcasing the Social Capital Spectrum" provided insights from leading organizations exemplifying differing approaches.
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Social Capital Markets 09: Funding High Impact Ventures
One overarching theme of SOCAP09 has been the question: how can capital be appropriately allocated to the right people in the right format at the right time? Tuesday’s breakout session, Funding High Impact Ventures in Developing Markets, moderated by Pawan Mehra (founder of Intellecap) took a stab at answering this question.
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