ACUMEN FUND

Impressed by the potential ACUMEN FUND have in creating emerging leaders that can impact social development we are pleased to do Pro Bono PR for them.

Here's why!
Acumen Fund is a global social venture capital fund that invests seed capital in businesses committed to improving life for people at the base of the economic pyramid (BoP). The Acumen Fund aims to create a world beyond poverty by investing in social enterprises, emerging leaders and breakthrough ideas.

It was founded in April 2001 with seed capital from the Rockefeller Foundation, Cisco Systems Foundation and three individual philanthropists.

The East African Fellows Program is creating a unique opportunity for East Africans to receive world-class business training, leadership development and mentorship. Other benefits of the program include:
. High quality training in leadership in social development from influential leaders across sectors.
. The tools necessary to accelerate projects with large social impact.
. Access to a network of African and global leaders who are developing innovative solutions to poverty.
. The opportunity to build the communication and execution skills necessary to create lasting change.
. The chance to design and participate in a regional trip.

Exclamation Marketing believes in the use of entrepreneurial approaches to resolve the problems of global poverty. We support Acumen by advising them on how to:
. Highlight the positive outcomes of joining or supporting their Fellowship Programs
. Increase diffusion of Acumen Fund ethos
. Enhancing the scope of Acumen Fund programs

PRO BONO WORK

Pillar Awards Africa is an inspirational platform that is based on the accomplishments of the young women of Africa, where the compelling stories and personalities behind each achievement are illuminated, shared and celebrated. The awards intent is for the African female youth to have a burning ambition to make a mark not only in their personal lives, but in the larger society as well – with the discovery and living proof testimony of home grown role models who have risen against all odds, in the same environment, to be celebrated Pillars of Africa and beyond.

The awards target the full economic spectrum of young women aged 18 to 35 years old, both rural and urban, single or married, with at least a high school education.

Sue Omanga, EML Founder and CEO was a Judge at the 2011 Awards. She further assists by counseling the Awards’ governing board on how best to raise the profile of this annual event and increase its breadth through proposing ways of making it more meaningful to the lives of Africans.

Email us or click here to learn more about Pillar Awards Africa.