Over at DealScape.com, Luxottica recently acquired two South African eye wear chains. While the focus appears to be a more fashionable, urban demographic, this could lead to more availability of eye care through the LensCrafter and Pearle Vision chains.
Similar to the Aravind Eye Care case study in Prahalad’s Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid, […]

(hat tip Bobby Molina)
Dr. Muhammad Yunus’s recent Nobel Peace Prize has generated yet another believer in microlending. Check out the recent article in Slate examining and comparing six of the major microlenders, including Acción, Grameen Foundation, and Kiva.
We were lucky enough to have Kiva.org’s founder, Jessica Jackley Flannery, as one of the first speakers […]

Mobile telephony has been a boom for the BOP; however, mobile phones have certain infrastructure requirements that not all BOP communities can provide - most specifically electricity. In many communities at the bottom of the pyramid, electricity comes intermediatly, if at all. A new phone, from Chinese electronics manufacturer THM seeks to solve this problem. […]

What: Global Poverty Alleviation Discussion
Where: Averbuch Auditorium, Owen Graduate School
When: Thursday, March 22 5pm - 7pm

Owen’s “make it happen” spirit drives students to dive in and get things done. There are a few students who work extremely hard and sacrifice many many things to follow through on their commitments to the school. Nat Robinson is one of them.
As a founding member of the Project Pyramid team and fellow Owen Blogger, […]