We need more pay-as-you-go (PAYGo) solar, not less, to bring modern energy to the poorest communities within the next decade. But when companies grow PAYGo loan portfolios too quickly, without establishing cultures of managing risk and internal controls to protect consumers, they can harm the people who need credit the most. The Problem Seven hundred … Continued
Acumen has invested in Akili Network – Kenya and East Africa’s first and only dedicated free-to-air children’s learning TV channel. Akili Network broadcasts a wide range of edutainment content that supports the development and growth of children. The Challenge: An Unmet Demand for Children’s Content Television ownership has increased in Kenya, with 74% of Kenyan … Continued
A través de un modelo pedagógico innovador Coschool brinda herramientas y contenidos para que los y las educadoras transformen su práctica pedagógica. La compañía se une al portafolio de inversiones de Acumen en Latinoamérica, siendo su segunda inversión en educación en la región. Acumen, liderando la primera ronda de inversión junto con Fundación Bancolombia y … Continued
Over the Halloween weekend, the art and technology worlds converged in a cutting-edge experiment to benefit social change initiatives through an NFT Auction. Four NFTs were developed by the artistic collective known as Wicked Craniums, each representing one of four gods of the elements: Air, Water, Fire and Earth. Acumen, along with UNICEF India, Mercy Corps … Continued
Lindsay Stradley, David Auerbach, and Ani Vallabhaneni understand what it means to innovate at the edges while keeping an eye to wholesale systems change. They understand that some systems are so complex, colossal, and dysfunctional that moral innovation is required.
Acumen has invested in Viva Finance, a fintech business that offers affordable loans to improve the financial health of underserved Americans who are otherwise forced to rely on expensive lending products The Challenge: Exploitative Lenders In 2019, financially underserved consumers in the U.S. — encompassing consumers who are unbanked or underbanked, credit challenged, or who … Continued
Ethiopia’s chicken industry was almost non-existent when Dave Ellis and his co-founders embarked on a bold adventure to start Flow Equity in 2010. Today the company distributes more than 25 million chickens a year in Ethiopia.
New Acumen report, “Resilient. Farmers.” provides investors and agricultural businesses with recommendations to help smallholder farmers adapt to climate change, build their resilience, and increase their incomes. Salana has been a farmer for 18 years, long enough to know that the weather did not use to be like this: “the climate is hot… The temperature … Continued