Here’s your Daily Brief for December 9th:
Women at the BoP: what does it mean when your money belongs to you? (via Perspective 2.0) – Ownership is a critical step toward empowerment at the bottom of the pyramid. Advances in technologies, in this case biometric ID cards, will be the …

Here’s your Daily Brief for December 8th through December 9th:
Conspicuous Correlation: Coltan and Crisis Reports (via Appfrica) – One of the major factors feeding genocide and violent crimes against humanity is that ruling regimes have established business relations with foreign companies, earning them an political ally and a source of …

Here’s your Daily Brief for December 7th:
The Next Generation of Microfinance: Microfranchising (via Allyu and BeyondProfit) – One of the challenges for microfinance institutions is covering their overhead expenses. I’ve written about my friend Ben Lyon’s approach to integrating mobile platforms that deliver microfinance services at much lower cost …

I fell behind on posting Daily Briefs this last week – I was focusing most all of my attention on great Thanksgiving food and company, as well as working hard on completing my Echoing Green Fellowship Application! Here’s a compilation of some of the coolest articles and blog posts that …

Here’s your Daily Brief for November 23rd:
TerraCycle // Outsmarting Waste – This is a very cool up-and-coming venture that is taking trash collected by members of their site and turning it into eco-friendly products for sale. They currently sell over 50 products available at retailers including Walmart, Target, Home …

Here’s your Daily Brief for November 18th through November 19th:
Financial and Economic Reports on Each African Country – Courtesy of Wharton Business School (UPenn), a collection of what looks to be final papers covering the financial and economic states of each and every African country.
The Good and Bad of South …

Here’s your Daily Brief for November 17th:
The School for Social Entrepreneurs: Scaling social entrepreneurship (or why many molehills make a mountain) – Many people are talking about “scale” these days – as it pertains to their individual enterprises and social entrepreneurship on the whole. This article presents 5 key …

Here’s your Daily Brief for November 16th:
How to Profit off the Poor… and Keep Your Soul – This is a great TechCrunch article about a growing ICT company setting up computer kisoks in the slums in India. This is my favorite part of the article:
Instead Mitra wondered what would …