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December 3, 2008 — 09:28 am
Yesterday, we bid a fond NextBillion farewell to Nitin Rao, a staff writer here for the past two years. Well, the transitions aren't done yet! We at NextBillion are thrilled to welcome our newest Staff Writer, Jenara Nerenberg. Like Nitin, Jenara is based in South Asia - Nepal, to be...
December 2, 2008 — 02:29 pm
As one of the editors of NextBillion.net, I am privileged to work with a cohort of talented, committed staff writers. I am consistently impressed by the staff's ability to generate high-quality analysis of base of the pyramid trends again and again - often during their nights and weekends,...
December 1, 2008 — 05:40 pm
Like the year before, it was cold, it was early and it was at the Rubin Museum of Art. But that’s where the 2008 Acumen Fund Investor Gathering ceased to be like the 2007 version, at least on the surface. On a personal, micro level, there were obvious differences: last year, I attended...
November 26, 2008 — 03:01 pm
For those of us in the United States, tonight marks a tradition - the tradition of Thanksgiving traffic. This is especially true on the eastern seaboard, where air and car traffic get particularly bad as families attempt to gather and celebrate the holiday. So, since NextBillion.net is based...
November 26, 2008 — 01:03 pm
Interested in mobile technology applications for development? Need $10,000? If you answered "yes" to both of the above, then the Development 2.0 Challenge is made for you. The Development 2.0 Challenge is an initiative of the Global Development Commons, which works to...
November 6, 2008 — 10:11 pm
Guest blogger Bill Kramer is principal of The Global Challenge Network, LLC, an executive education and training company. From 2001 through mid-2007, he worked on pro-poor business strategies with WRI. Previously, Bill founded a non-profit focusing on the relationship of knowledge to economic...
November 6, 2008 — 01:47 pm
Last month, NextBillion ally and BOPreneur Paul Hudnut reported on his blog that Envirofit, a company he helped start, had already sold 10,000 high-efficiency cookstoves to BoP consumers in India. This week, Envirofit announced that it was ramping up production to meet demand - though not on...
November 6, 2008 — 10:46 am
"Who are they?" Melanie Edwards asks us. Frankly, we don't know – and neither does the government. These are the people of Morro de Macacoes – Portuguese for "Hill of the Monkeys" – and they are among the 1 billion people worldwide whose existence has no...
November 4, 2008 — 05:36 pm
Al Hammond - a NextBillion.net Staff Writer and one of the site's progenitors - is featured in a short video produced by his new employer, Ashoka. In it, Al describes why he moved over to Ashoka and what he's doing there - specifically, he tells viewers about his work mentoring 7...
October 26, 2008 — 01:35 pm
Chip Ransler is the co-founder of Husk Power Systems (HPS), a for-profit company that cost-effectively converts rice husks into electricity. HPS utilizes a proprietary technology to run 35-100 kilowatt mini power plants, delivering pay-for-use electricity to un-electrified villages in...
