• New York Times Columnist Nicholas D. Kristof suggests giving to Acumen Fund this holiday season.  Click here to read more.

• Governor of State Bank of Pakistan Syed Salim Raza’s speech at the recent Pakistan Community Gathering has been covered by several local news sources. Both The International News and The Nation have recently spotlighted his remarks on microfinance and the future of Islamic banking in the sector.

• The Wall Street Journal recently ran a feature on former Acumen Fund Fellow Heidi Krauel and The New Recruits the forthcoming  documentary about the AF Fellows program. Click here to read Gordon Gekko’s Grandchildren.

• It must be the (giving) season. Just this week, NextBillion allies and SME investment pioneers Root Capital and E+Co announced $14M each of new investments and grants. Congrats to our friends and colleagues at both Root and E+Co, both of whom have done pioneering work in the agricultural finance and energy finance sectors, respectively. Click here to read the latest funding rundown.

• SEVEN Fund has just announced an exciting contest for those working in the social entrepreneur space. The “I Am an Entrepreneur” photography competition will be awarding 12 prizes (one per month) for the next year for photographs profiling global entrepreneurs in hopeful and compelling ways. Monthly winners will be awarded $100, and the grand prize winner (selected from the monthly winners) will receive $1000.

• Our friends at Changemakers, with offices in Washington DC, Buenos Aires, Calcutta, and Sao Paulo are now hiring for exciting careers in a variety positions and locations . To learn more, click here.

• Sweta Mangal, CEO & Co-Founder of Dial 1298 for Ambulance was recently awarded the Tata TIE Stree Shakti Award. TiE is an initiative of TIE Mumbai to recognize the relentless effort and resilience displayed by women entrepreneurs in setting up successful ventures and also a bid to create a platform to help them connect, share and network to form trust based partnerships. Congratulations Sweta!

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