- Acumen Fund hits the headlines:
Our CEO Jacqueline Novogratz was recently interviewed by CNN’s Christiane Amanpour alongside investee Roshaneh Zafar of Kashf Foundation & journalist Mosharraf Zaidi. The engaging discussion concerning the role & efficacy of aid in combating terrorism can be downloaded here. In other news, our Water Portfolio’s work was commended by Secretary Hilary Clinton in her address on World Water Day.
- 2010 Class of Henry Crown Fellows: The Aspen Institute recently announced its 2010 Class of Henry Crown Fellows, a pool of accomplished entrepreneurial leaders under 45 who are looking to broaden their impact on the global community. Acumen Fund’s Chief Investment Officer Brian Trelstad was honored to be selected as a Fellow.
- Investees in the News:
- Solar lamp maker D.Light Design celebrated 1 million lives impacted with its lighting products.
- Husk Power Systems work in electrifying rural India was profiled by Business Today, alongside NTPC, India’s largest utility provider.
- First Microinsurance Agency and Kashf Foundation’s innovative work in Pakistan is discussed by The Daily Times’ coverage of Pakistan’s low-income housing needs.
- Challenges on Serving the BoP: These pieces on water & energy present some of the challenges in extending service to low-income populations in South Asia.
- Innovations in Agriculture: These articles spotlight innovations in insurance and crop-farming that are helping smallholder farmers in Africa and India.