Overwhelming Response to the NextBillion Case Competition

The date for submitting intention to compete forms for the first annual NextBillion Case Writing Competition has come and gone. At the onset, the editors and I were unsure of how many people would submit.”I’d be happy if we got ten,” I told the Rob and Francisco.

Topics covered scaling BoP ventures (and questioning the need for it), assessing the impact of microfinance in Latin America, the effectiveness of using American youth to fundraise for ventures in East Africa, public/private partnerships, the role of MNCs at the BoP, and so on.

Rob, Francisco, and I are thrilled by the response from the NextBillion community and look forward to reading the final cases, along with the judges, in April. Good luck to everyone who submitted!