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Ideas4Action
Newsletter

February 2, 2018
We are officially in the final month of the 2018 Ideas for Action Competition! This past week, the I4A Africa team held an extremely successful first Idea Lab in Nigeria (more below), with a second scheduled for next week. Thank you to all of our participants, speakers, and team members for your passion and hard work!
This week's updates:
  • I4A MENA: Thanks to the incredible support of our I4A Egypt club and the World Bank MENA, we are excited to announce that we are now accepting applications in Arabic. This brings our language count to five for application submissions: French, English, Spanish, Portuguese, and Arabic! Please find and share our Arabic Call to Action here, and stay tuned for the upcoming launch of a customized I4A MENA page on the main I4A site.
  • I4A Africa Idea Labs & Information Session 1 (Abuja): On January 30th, Ideas for Action Africa held a highly successful, sold out Idea Lab and Information Session in Abuja, Nigeria. Thank you to the fantastic speakers, World Bank Africa, I4A Africa and, most importantly, all of the amazing young innovators who attended.
  • COMING UP! I4A Africa Idea Labs & Information Session 2 (Lagos): If you missed the first session, please be sure to sign up for our next I4A Africa event, in Lagos. Details of the event can be found on the event website and below.

Social Spotlight of the Week: Nugenesis Energy

From NugenesisEnergy (Nigeria): 
 
"The NugenesisEnergy team has designed a Mini-Grid Biomass Power Plant dedicated towards the provision of constant power supply to rural communities in Nigeria. Only 50% of the population has access to grid based power supply. We want to end energy poverty."
 

Further Reading from Knowledge@Wharton

How Innovative Business Models Can Bring Cheap Energy to Poor Communities

Data Highlight of the Week

Top Traffic Referral Sites
January 26 - February 1, 2018
Visits to www.ideas4action.org
 
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