Congratulations to Acumen Fund friend and ally Martin Fisher, who today was named the winner of the Lemelson-MIT Award for Sustainability. Fisher - who co-founded KickStart - will be awarded $100,000 for his work developing a low-cost irrigation pump and the business ecosystem to design, produce, sell and repair them in base of the pyramid communities.
Media coverage of Fisher’s award is widespread; the Boston Globe has a good article on the announcement, and PopSci makes a mention as well.
To celebrate, be sure to watch “Don’t Wait for the Rain,” a social marketing rap video produced about KickStart’s signature MoneyMaker pump.
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