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Seen & Heard Around Acumen Fund

January 1 – January 20, 2012

Seen & Heard is a collection of recent headlines in the news about our world, our work, and the spaces and places in between. In each post, we also share a list of job openings at Acumen Fund and in our sector. Seen & Heard appears twice a month on the blog. For those of you who like keeping a pulse on the latest news as it’s happening, please consider following us on Twitter and Facebook! Finally, if you have ideas for how we can improve Seen & Heard, please don’t be shy and leave a comment below to let us know. Thanks for reading!
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Headlines

Acumen Fund nominated as a finalist for the Zayed Future Energy Prize, along with two of our investees, d.light design and Orb Energy
Jacqueline Novogratz is interviewed on Bloomberg TV’s MoneyMoves with Deirdre Bolton

Articles of the Week

AF and AF Family in the News

Waterhealth International inaugurates its 500^th Waterhealth Center, with the help of two US Senators
LifeSpring Hospitals is featured alongside other primary healthcare organizations in India in the Business Standard
Sasha Dichter shares his thoughts with Dowser.org on the year ahead in impact investing
East Africa Fellow Joseph Nganga’s Solatern Initiative selected by Launch.org as one of 10 top energy innovations worldwide

Impact Investing in the News

Bill Gates on India’s first polio-free year
Lauren Burhill of The Money in the Middle Blog predicts 5 trends in Impact Investing in 2012
Secondary markets come to the forefront of impact investing
Cause Capitalism wants you to know about 10 social venture capital firms making a difference
Philanthrocapitalism provides 10 predictions for 2012

Next Billion’s Best of 2011 Series Continues:

Jazz at the BoP highlights the importance of improvisation in the sector
Understanding Three Affordable Housing X-Factors, from Bryan Farris, AF Fellow Class of 2011
Invest in Africa, on the economic rise of Africa

Other Relevant Articles:

‘Africa Not Fit For Print’ – The ‘light side’ of the ‘dark continent’
The Stanford Social Innovation Review lists their Top 10 Books on the Economics of Poverty
The Rise and Fall of Poverty Porn
Arianna Huffington cites Jacqueline Novogratz as a ‘fearless leader’
NextBillion.net writes on the rise of decentralization in bringing essential goods to low-income communities
Our friends at IDEO.org are featured as a top 10 design idea in 2011
A stunning series of pictures features providing access to water and sanitation in Afghanistan
Frustrations in Nigeria grow over fuel prices, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie writes
An interview with NPR’s Steve Inskeep on his article, ‘Life and Death in Karachi’
The New Groupthink goes up against the creativity of solitude
The Economist profiles India’s new identity project to fight poverty
Doing good to do well: WSJ reports that more companies are sending employees to emerging markets for service projects
Tactical Philanthropy posts on financial structures for education initiatives in Australia
The NY Times finds that economic mobility in the US is less than in Europe
The Anatomy of a Thank You Note