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Two new fellowships to launch in Colombia and West Africa Acumen announced today the expansion of its leadership program, which equips extraordinary people from around the world with the capacity to positively transform society. The expansion, kicking off with two new fellowships, will begin in...
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The opportunity to invest in women – as leaders, change agents, and key business stakeholders - has never been clearer. Acumen, with support from Unilever, Fossil Foundation, and Danone, is hosting its third Beyond Dialogue workshop today, as part of the Skoll World Forum, to...
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How do you get people to start giving a sh*t about sh*t? That’s the question constantly on the mind of Lindsay Stradley, Co-founder of our investee Sanergy, a social enterprise building sustainable toilets in the slums of East Africa and serving 55,000 residents daily. As Lindsay explains in her...
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As a long-time partner of Acumen, I thought I knew the organization's work very well, but after a recent trip to Pakistan, I was pleasantly surprised to see the extent of Acumen's impact in the country. My journey started after being invited to attend Acumen's...
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What more capital means for the off-grid energy sector When Acumen set out to invest patient capital in off-grid energy, we believed that high-risk, long-term capital was required to build the market. A decade ago, only a handful of entrepreneurs and investors shared our conviction...