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One Acre Fund

Type: Organization

Name: One Acre Fund

First reported May 11 2013 - Updated May 11 2013 - 1 reports

Using Investing Acumen To Put Dollars Into Impact

Bill Ackman is very wealthy. He’s trying to put that wealth to good use not through charity, but through investing it in high-impact organizations. The trick is finding the ones that both give returns and make a difference.73Editor’s NoteThis is the latest ... [Published Fast Company - May 11 2013]

Entities: One Acre Fund, Pershing Square Capital Management LP, Bill Ackman, Organism, Youn (United States)

First reported May 10 2013 - Updated May 10 2013 - 1 reports

Nigerian emerges Social Entrepreneur of year 2013

Nigerian-born Njideka Harry was among five recipients of this year's Social Entrepreneur of the Year Award at the World Economic Forum on Africa in Cape Town, South Africa.Njideka is the Founder of the Youth for Technology Foundation (YTF), which provides ... [Published Voice of Nigeria - May 10 2013]

Entities: Klaus Schwab, Entrepreneur, One Acre Fund, World Economic Forum, Entrepreneurship

First reported May 09 2013 - Updated May 09 2013 - 1 reports

Tony Kalm: Putting Farmers First at the World Economic Forum

This week, I was in Cape Town to attend the World Economic Forum on Africa, where One Acre Fund was named Schwab Social Entrepreneur of the Year for 2013. Africa rising was a theme of the meeting, and there is no denying it -- sub-Saharan Africa is home ... [Published Huffington Post - May 09 2013]

Entities: One Acre Fund, World Economic Forum, Burundi, Cape Town, Rwanda

First reported May 09 2013 - Updated May 09 2013 - 4 reports

World Economic Forum

Africa's celebrated social enterprises drive solutions to poverty

The Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship has lauded five of Africa's social entrepreneurs as it extols the virtues of social enterprises in solving world problems in general.Five social entrepreneurs have been named Africa Social Entrepreneurs ... [Published TheInformationDaily.com - May 09 2013]

Entities: Entrepreneur, Entrepreneurship, World Economic Forum

First reported May 01 2013 - Updated May 01 2013 - 1 reports

Room To Read

North shore kids walk with a purpose

It may have looked like the 40 students walking through the North Shore were getting an early start to their weekend Friday morning, but the group was walking with a purpose.Led by history teacher Frank Dachille the North Shore Country Day School students ... [Published Wilmette Life - May 01 2013]

Entities: One Acre Fund, Room To Read, Organism

First reported Apr 23 2013 - Updated Apr 23 2013 - 1 reports

Superior potato vines promise huge returns to farmers

More than 60,000 farmers in Nyanza and Western region are set to receive superior sweet potato vines. The vines have the ability to produce higher yields within small land portions. It is expected that the new breed will assist farmers break away from ... [Published East African Standard - Apr 23 2013]

Entities: Sweet Potato, Food Security, One Acre Fund, yield

First reported Mar 15 2013 - Updated Mar 15 2013 - 1 reports

Tackling poverty with social enterprise

In our latest On Purpose blog, Gregory Miller and Sarah Teacher look at how organisations focused on sub-Saharan Africa are working at every level of the supply chain to address food poverty and achieve food security.Despite the promising economic growth ... [Published Guardian.co.uk - Mar 15 2013]

Entities: Supply Chain, Gregory Miller, Commodities, Food Production, Developing World

First reported Jan 28 2013 - Updated Jan 29 2013 - 1 reports

To Serve the Poorest Clients, Earned Income Isn't Enough

The recent explosion of interest in impact investing has generated much talk about breaking the shackles of the traditional philanthropic model. The concept seems appealing — incremental investment enters the "social impact" market in the form of below-market ... [Published HBR Blog Network - Jan 28 2013]

Entities: One Acre Fund, Donor, Organism, Kevin Starr, yield

First reported Jan 15 2013 - Updated Jan 15 2013 - 1 reports

Distributing Life-Changing Innovations Into...

The world theoretically ended poverty decades ago.Advances in health, financial services, and pro-poor technology have illuminated a clear development path for the poor. Unfortunately, development theory alone never fed a child - the great challenge now ... [Published AllAfrica.com - Jan 15 2013]

Entities: One Acre Fund, Fertilizer, Interference, Agriculture, Rwanda

First reported Dec 20 2012 - Updated Dec 20 2012 - 1 reports

How Social Entrepreneurs Tap Africa's Greate...

Young, bright, a qualified actuary and self-described "hardened capitalist", Taddy Blecher had accepted an offer from US consultancy Monitor, packed his bags and was prepared to emigrate -- when he changed his mind.It was 1995, and Mr Blecher's native ... [Published AllAfrica.com - Dec 20 2012]

Entities: One Acre Fund, Entrepreneur, Bungoma (Kenya)

Quotes

"Social entrepreneurs are an integral community of the World Economic Forum and an increasingly sought after one" WEF senior director and head of the Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship, David Aikman, said in a statement

African Social Entrepreneurs Honoured [Published AllAfrica.com - May 09 2013]

...sought after one," says David Aikman, a Senior Director at the World Economic Forum and Head of the Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship. "A growing number of corporations see income inequality and environmental problems like climate change as fundamental threats to their long-term growth. Many governments are starting to rethink the way they deliver goods and services that improve social outcomes. I am confident this trend will only continue to grow in the future, and the Forum is proud to be at the forefront of catalysing partnerships among these stakeholder groups for social and environmental change."

Africa Social Entrepreneurs of the Year Announced at World Economic Forum Meeting in Cape Town [p ... [Published Zecco - May 09 2013]

...Looking around him, Mr Blecher saw "aching poverty but also the greatest and most valuable resource: human potential"

How Social Entrepreneurs Tap Africa's Greate... [Published AllAfrica.com - Dec 20 2012]

"As farmers, especially small scale farmers who can not afford irrigation systems, therefore, our harvest entirely depends on rainfall. Any changes seriously affect our harvest" said Bernardin Niyonshuti, a farmer in Rusatira Sector, Huye district

Govt Launches Farmers' Insurance Scheme [Published AllAfrica.com - Oct 12 2012]

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Using Investing Acumen To Put Dollars Into Impact [Published Fast Company - May 11 2013]
Nigerian emerges Social Entrepreneur of year 2013 [Published Voice of Nigeria - May 10 2013]
Tony Kalm: Putting Farmers First at the World E... [Published Huffington Post - May 09 2013]
Africa's celebrated social enterprises drive so... [Published TheInformationDaily.com - May 09 2013]
African Social Entrepreneurs Honoured [Published AllAfrica.com - May 09 2013]
Africa social entrepreneurs of the Year announc... [Published India Infoline - May 09 2013]
Africa Social Entrepreneurs of the Year Announc... [Published Zecco - May 09 2013]
North shore kids walk with a purpose [Published Wilmette Life - May 01 2013]
MICROCAPITAL EVENT: Microlumbia’s 6th Ann... [Published MicroCapital - Apr 24 2013]
Superior potato vines promise huge returns to f... [Published East African Standard - Apr 23 2013]
Tackling poverty with social enterprise [Published Guardian.co.uk - Mar 15 2013]
Entrepreneurs: You're More Important Than Your ... [Published HBR Blog Network - Feb 15 2013]
To Serve the Poorest Clients, Earned Income Isn... [Published HBR Blog Network - Jan 28 2013]
Distributing Life-Changing Innovations Into... [Published AllAfrica.com - Jan 15 2013]
How Social Entrepreneurs Tap Africa's Greate... [Published AllAfrica.com - Dec 20 2012]
Govt Launches Farmers' Insurance Scheme [Published AllAfrica.com - Oct 12 2012]

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MICROCAPITAL EVENT: Microlumbia’s 6th Ann... [Published MicroCapital - Apr 24 2013] Event Name: Microlumbia’s 6th Annual Microfinance Conference Event Date: May 3, 2013 Event Location: Faculty House, Columbia University, 64 Morningside Drive, New York, New York, US Cost: The cost to attend is USD 50 for professionals and USD 20 ...
Entrepreneurs: You're More Important Than Your ... [Published HBR Blog Network - Feb 15 2013] "Would you take a look at my business plan?" Some member of our staff at Echoing Green, an angel investor and grantmaker in social enterprise, hears this request every week. And we are often happy to review these start-up plans — which include the ...
To Serve the Poorest Clients, Earned Income Isn... [Published HBR Blog Network - Jan 28 2013] The recent explosion of interest in impact investing has generated much talk about breaking the shackles of the traditional philanthropic model. The concept seems appealing — incremental investment enters the "social impact" market in the form of below-market ...