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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.
On April 17th, 2010, student social entrepreneurs from the Social Venture Creation class will be presenting their 'change-the-world' plans to a panel of judges composed of UofM faculty, industry experts, and potential funders.
Vittana.org, a person-to-person micro loan site entirely focused on student loans, recently launched its own tournament: March Microfinance Madness. The idea is that groups form lending teams and compete to see which team can lend the most overall before March ends.
Daniel Gonzalez is a key leader in Latin America's emerging social enterprise industry. In this interview, he shares some of the projects he and AVINA are currently working on.
The Miami Social Enterprise Conference kicked off today in Miami. Stay tuned for updates, an interview with its founder and a wrap up later this week. In the fifth entry of Latin America in the Spotlight, Agora's Ben Powell explains why next week's ANDE Latin America Conference marks a landmark for the industry in the region.
Part 4 of Latin America in the Spotlight features Jimena Betancourt, Enterprise Development Manager at NESsT in Santiago, Chile.
Part 3 of NextBillion's Latin America in the Spotlight features Francisco Mejía, a principal at the Opportunities for the Majority initiative. His remarks shed additional light on the innovative ideas and projects supported by OMJ throughout the region.
Part 2 of NextBillion's Latin America in the Spotlight features Luiz Ros, an advisor to NextBillion and Manager of Opportunities for the Majority (OMJ), an innovative initiative led by the regions's most prominent multilateral organization, the Inter-American Development Bank.
This series of interviews and articles introduces some of the most active players in Latin America's emerging social enterprise industry. Today's interview features Paula Cardenau, who works in Buenos Aires leading Ashoka's Social Business Initiative and is also a Staff Writer with NextBillion en Español.
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