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MICROFINANCE EVENT: Alleviating Poverty Through Entrepreneurship (APTE) to Host “2014 Alleviating Poverty Through Entrepreneurship Summit,” March 22, 2014, Columbus, Ohio, USA

Event Name: 2014 Alleviating Poverty Through Entrepreneurship (APTE) Summit

Event Date: March 22, 2014

Event Location: Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA

Cost: Admission to the forum is free, but participants are asked to reserve tickets in advance via the summit website.

Summary of Event: This summit aims to bring together students, academics, practitioners and community members to discuss market-based solutions to combating poverty. The event will feature keynote speeches, networking events, a business case competition and a panel discussion exploring the role of social businesses in the economic redevelopment of the US city of Detroit, Michigan. Featured speakers include: Veronica D’Souza, CEO of Ruby Cup, a social business providing female hygiene products in Kenya; Donnel Bird, CEO of BlocPower, a social venture offering renewable energy services to small businesses in low-income areas in the city of New York, USA; and Neil Bellefeuille, CEO of The Paradigm Project, a social enterprise providing distribution network solutions for consumer goods in Guatemala and Kenya.

Background on Organizer: Alleviating Poverty Through Entrepreneurship (APTE) is a student-led organization at Ohio State University that is dedicated to combating poverty by promoting sustainable, for-profit entrepreneurial activity that aims to have a positive social impact.

Event Website: https://apte-summit.squarespace.com/

For more information, you may contact the organizers by telephone at +1 614 292 0330 or by e-mail at info[at]APTEsummit.org.

By A’kos Szebeni, Research Associate

Sources and Additional Resources:

APTE, “2014 Alleviating Poverty Through Entrepreneurship Summit,” https://apte-summit.squarespace.com/

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