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2016 Collaboration Summit

Acumen is pleased to host its fourth Collaboration Summit in partnership with GE. Continuing our work on the Technical Assistance Initiative, started as a CGI Commitment in 2013 in partnership with Unilever, Coca-Cola and Barclays, Acumen has been able to test new models of accelerating the growth of social enterprises and discover new partnership opportunities between corporations and these enterprises in emerging markets. This event has yielded new partnerships and opportunities for engagement, including secondments and collaboration opportunities focused on product innovation, distribution, and capacity building. We are more convinced than ever of the potential for corporations and social enterprises to work together to build inclusive business models that drive growth.

EVENT PARTNERS

GE

Summit Partner

Dow

Technical Assistance Initiative Partner

Intellecap

Knowledge Partner

AGENDA

Detailed program and participant list to be shared ahead of the Summit

Monday November 7th

8:00AM - 5:00PM Site Visit to Jacaranda Health

Jacaranda Health aims to make pregnancy and childbirth safer for women and newborns by transforming maternity care in East Africa.

5:30PM - 9:00PM Welcome Dinner

Zen Garden Restaurant

Corporate participants and social enterprise participants have a chance to meet and mingle ahead of the Summit.

Tuesday November 8th

8:30AM Breakfast and Registration

9:00AM Welcome and Panel on "Models for Inclusive Business through Partnership"

11:30AM Speed Meeting Rounds

Participants will have a chance to meet, network and begin discussions on opportunities for collaboration with all participants at the Summit.

12:30PM Networking Lunch

1:30PM Deep Dive Sessions Part 1 (detailed below)

3:30PM Break

3:45PM Deep Dive Sessions Part 2 (detailed below)

6:00PM Takeaways and Closing

6:30PM Acumen Community Dinner

Featuring a keynote address from Jay Ireland - President and CEO of GE Africa introduced by Jacqueline Novogratz - Founder and CEO of Acumen, this dinner brings together Acumen's broader community in East Africa to celebrate the work and commitment of everyone gathered.

Wednesday November 9th

8:30 AM Breakfast

9:00 AM - 12:00PM Wrap Up & One-on-one Meetings

Attendees will have the chance to setup and hold meetings with other Summit participants.

Deep dive sessions

Inclusive Supply Chains, The Future of Smallholder Farming

Building sustainable and inclusive supply chains is increasingly important to corporations worldwide. This session will explore and demonstrate how corporations like Dow and Unilever are partnering with social enterprises to enhance smallholder livelihoods while changing the way they do business.

Building Sustainable Healthcare Solutions

Led by Intellecap, this session will explore the landscape of healthcare access in Africa, share examples of partnerships that have been able to accelerate innovative solutions, and invites participants to discuss solutions to challenges of partnership in the space.

Partnering to go "Beyond the Grid"

This session will explore the various ways corporations and social enterprises are working together to bring energy access to the poor, and how the ecosystem of stakeholders in the space can work together to address this critical problem.

Summit Invitees

Corporate & Other Ecosystem Stakeholders

Audodesk, Bain, Barclays, Boehringer-Ingelheim, Citibank, Coca-Cola, Doen Foundatino, Dow, EY, GE, GIZ, Heineken, Hershey, IFC, IKEA Foundation, Johnson&Johnson, KCB Bank, Levis, Mars, Merck, Microsoft, Nespresso, Pepsi, Pfizer, Safaricom, SAP, Shell, Syngenta, Technoserve, Unilever, USAID, Visa, Vitol, Yara

*Confirmed participants are in BOLD

Social Enterprises

Biolite, Botanical Entracts, Burn, Circ MedTech, dlight, Devergy, Ecotact, Esoko, EthioChicken, Farmers Hope Limited, First Access, GADC, Green Energy Bio Fuels, Jacaranda Health, Jawabu Micro Health, Juhudi Kilimo, Orb Energy, Pagatech, Sanergy, Solar Now, Sproxil, Virtual City, Western Seed Company

Acumen Reports

Beyond Dialogue: Building Sustainable and Inclusive Business Models in Partnership with Social Entrepreneurs

In partnership with the Skoll Centre for Social Entrepreneurship at Oxford’s Saïd Business School, Acumen recently launched a new report that reveals the creative ways that corporations and social enterprises are partnering to build inclusive and sustainable business models, and solve some of the world’s most pressing problems. Entitled ‘Beyond Dialogue: Building Sustainable and Inclusive Business Models in Partnership with Social Entrepreneurs’, the report features case studies of Levi Strauss, EY, Microsoft and others that highlight the opportunities and risks of these unusual collaborations with innovative social enterprises.

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ACUMEN AND THE SKOLL CENTRE FOR SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP LAUNCH NEW REPORT ON UNLIKELY PARTNERSHIPS FOR INCLUSIVE BUSINESS

Beyond Dialogue: Building Sustainable and Inclusive Business Models in Partnership with Social Entrepreneurs

In partnership with the Skoll Centre for Social Entrepreneurship at Oxford’s Saïd Business School, Acumen recently launched a new report that reveals the creative ways that corporations and social enterprises are partnering to build inclusive and sustainable business models, and solve some of the world’s most pressing problems. Entitled ‘Beyond Dialogue: Building Sustainable and Inclusive Business Models in Partnership with Social Entrepreneurs’, the report features case studies of Levi Strauss, EY, Microsoft and others that highlight the opportunities and risks of these unusual collaborations with innovative social enterprises.

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Our Mission

We started Acumen to change the way the world tackles poverty; to influence traditional charity by moving from a top-down approach toward one that’s bottom-up: approaching low-income people as part of the solution, seeing investment as an important tool for change, and insisting on stronger metrics of accountability.

Please note reserving accommodation and transportation to and from Nairobi will be the responsibility of the participants. We encourage all participants to stay at the Villa Rosa Kempinski Hotel where the Summit will take place. Reservations can be made through Reservations.Nairobi@kempinski.com Please be sure to mention you are attending the Acumen Collaboration Summit to receive the group rate.