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Lessons on Social Investing with Acumen Global Fellows

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Lessons on Social Investing with Acumen Global Fellows

Every year, Acumen trains and sends 10 Global Fellows to work with Acumen social enterprises for 10 months across energy, healthcare, agriculture, water and education.  Join us for a panel discussion on their experiences and insights on what it takes to solve problems of poverty and what it takes to build viable social businesses serving the poor. Acumen’s mission is to change the way the world tackles poverty by investing in companies, leaders and the spread of ideas. Since 2001, they’ve invested $86M in 77 companies and trained 254 Fellows across the world. 

Monday, September 14, 2015
6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. 

For more information on Acumen Global Fellows, please click here

 

Program:

6:00 p.m.

Attendee Arrival, Check-in

6:30 p.m.

Welcome Remarks
Shaiza Rizavi MBA ’96
Partner at Gilder, Gagnon, Howe & Co.;

Board Member at Acumen

6:40 p.m.

Introductions & Panel Discussion
Lessons on Social Investing with Acumen Global Fellows

Professor Bruce Usher, Moderator
Co-Director of the Tamer Center for Social Enterprise

Acumen’s Global Fellow Panelists:

  • Saad Latif at Husk Power Systems  in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
    ​Husk Power Systems provides rural electrification through bioenergy in Bihar, India.
  • Joanne Schneider at Esoko in Nairobi, Kenya
    Esoko is a mobile platform linking small-holder farmers to markets across Africa.
  • Steph Speirs at d.light in Gurgaon, India
    d.light Design provides high-quality solar lighting solutions for the bottom of the pyramid.
  • Yuliya Tarasava at Juhudi Kilimo in Nairobi, Kenya
    Juhudi Kilimo provides agricultural loans for smallholder farmers in Kenya.

7:20 p.m.

Q&A Discussion

7:40 p.m.

Networking Reception

8:30 p.m.

Event Concludes

 

Please direct any questions to Diana Rambeau at ddr2121@gsb.columbia.edu

When
September 14th, 2015 from  6:30 PM to  8:30 PM
Location
Uris Hall, Room 301
3022 Broadway
New York, NY 10027
United States
Contact
Phone: 212-854-1649