Check out www.nextbillion.net to see my first feature article on the Solar Energy Foundation Philippines “Ride for Light 2011“!
Excerpt: Solar technology-focused social enterprises in Africa and Asia have utilized numerous creative marketing and PR strategies to share their products and solutions with off-grid communities in dire need of light. From traditional print campaigns to traveling workshops and microfinance-led information sessions, the workday of a “Solar Salesman” is usually filled with hours on the phone, hundreds of e-mails/texts and countless in-person meetings with new partners or customers who desperately need their technologies…
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Aden Van Noppen Bio (from MHS website): Aden Van Noppen joins micro Home Solutions in November on the Piramal Fellowship to assist with strategic planning and partnership management. She was previously a Portfolio Associate at Acumen Fund in New York. Prior to Acumen Fund, Aden worked at Dalberg Global Development Advisors, an international development consulting firm, and was a Research Fellow at the Breakthrough Institute and a founding advisor of Breakthrough Generation, the Institute’s first youth initiative. Aden holds a B.A. in International Development from Brown University.
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