- Katie Couric interviewed Jacqueline on Glamour Magazine and profiled Jordan Kassalow’s work with VisionSpring.
- President Obama hosted the Presidential Entrepreneurial Summit with 5 Acumen Fund entrepreneurs in attendance Shaffi Mather, Roshaneh Zafar, Jawad Aslam, Magda Iskander and Helmy Abouliesh. He also honored Roshaneh’s work in Kashf in his opening address.
- D.Light Design’s “Rural Solar Entrepreneur” Proposal was just honored as of one of 10 winners at the “Lighting Rural Tanzania Competition 2010”. The company will receive USD 100,000 in seed funding to implement its innovative Rural Solar Entrepreneur network throughout the Arusha region, in northern Tanzania, over the next 12 months.
- Husk Power Systems won the Technology for Development Award at the 2010 Sankalp Forum in Delhi, India.