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In this video, several leaders from our partner organizations share their perspectives on how Omidyar Network has furthered their impact. Executives from African Leadership Academy, BRAC, DonorsChoose.org, IGNIA, Landesa, Sunlight Foundation, Ushahidi, and Wikimedia were interviewed at the 2011 Omidyar Network Executive Forum in Menlo Park, California.
View the video here.
Stanford PACS Event
Please join The Stanford Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society (PACS) for a discussion with Matt Bannick, Managing Partner at Omidyar Network, Roy Prosterman, Founder and Chairman Emiritus of Landesa, and Tim Hanstad, CEO of Landesa, on the key role of land rights in pro-poor rural development.
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
5:00 pm - Doors open
5:30 pm to 7:00 pm - Program
BBC World Service
Motives for investing: Profit or altruism?
What makes someone hand over their money to an entrepreneur with a germ of an idea? Is it all about speculating to accumulate - or are some driven for the sake of the greater good?
Press Release
Zimbabwe’s SECURICO Wins $100,000 Grand Prize in 2011 Africa Awards For Entrepreneurship
Nairobi, December 8, 2011 – Legatum, a private international investment group and Omidyar Network, a philanthropic investment firm, today announced that SECURICO has won the US $100,000 grand prize of the 2011 Africa Awards for Entrepreneurship (www.AfricaAwards.com). Based in Harare, Zimbabwe, SECURICO provides guarding services and electronic security solutions, and is the first security company in Zimbabwe to be ISO (International Organisation for Standardisation) certified.
Press Release
Redwood City, Calif., December 5, 2011 – Omidyar Network today announced its investment in Rêv Worldwide, an innovator in payment solutions that address the needs of cash-based consumers and micro-merchants across both mature and developing markets. Terms of the investment were not disclosed.