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Viewpoint: The Entrepreneurial Mind at the Bottom of Africa’s Pyramid
Africa is a young continent with a large so-called “bottom of the pyramid” population. There has been growing interest in the continent from investors and multinationals alike, with many South African firms in particular aggressively expanding into new markets and heightened mergers and acquisitions interest from abroad.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Trillion-Sensor Vision, Results Shared
UCSD researchers show latest efforts
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- Education, Environment
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Woman Care Global to Market Signos RT Innovative Handheld Ultrasound Technology in Africa and Latin America
Woman Care Global (WCG) has announced that it will market, Signos RT, an innovative handheld ultrasound technology, in Africa and Latin America.
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- Health Care
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PRESS RELEASE: Accion and MasterCard Foundation Partner to Strengthen Board Governance in Africa
The Center for Financial Inclusion at Accion today announced a $6.1 millionpartnership with The MasterCard Foundation to launch the Accion Africa Board Fellowship program.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Distinguishing Between Demand and Need at the BoP: Part 3 in a series of BoP fundamentals, cases, and debates
A key mistake made by companies entering BoP markets is assuming that social needs will quickly manifest themselves as market demand. As part of a long-term series of posts on BoP fundamentals, Tamar Koosed with MANAUS Consulting, explores three examples of how companies have had to change course in search of demand and profitable business models.
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- Health Care
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Much More than Disruption: Video Q&As with the CEOs of DataWind, NOTS Impact Enterprises from BCTA’s Forum 2014
"Disruption" is a favorite word of technology entrepreneurs, particularly those who reside in Silicon Valley. But at this fall’s Business Call to Action Forum 2014, we interviewed more than a few company leaders who not only want to disrupt industry sectors, but in some cases, even countrywide economic models - especially those that contribute to cycles of poverty.
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Ten global organizations join MIT D-Lab’s Practical Impact Alliance
Johnson & Johnson, Unilever, and others sign on to the Practical Impact Alliance, a collaborative initiative aiming to scale poverty solutions worldwide.
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Q&A: West African Bitcoin Transfer Firm Joins Fight Against Ebola
Bitcoin, a “decentralized virtual currency” according to the U.S. Treasury, is the first cryptocurrency to be rolled out in its entirety. In addition — when considering market value — Bitcoin is largest cryptocurrency.
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