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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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