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Recent News, Articles, Posts & Contributions*2011 Awards: A piece for The Star, "If There Is Sunshine, There Will Be Water" has been nominated a Diageo Africa Business Reporting Awards 2011 Finalist"A Day at Cocoki" has won the "Africa Regional Prize" in the World Bank CGAP Microfinance Photography Competition. -----------------------------------------------------Huffington Post: "Africa Not Fit For Print: The 'Light' Side of the 'Dark' Continent" (Text)http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jonathan-kalan/africa-media-coverage_b_1195435.htmlMatador Network: "In Search of Tanzania's Miracle Healer " (Photo Essay)http://matadornetwork.com/notebook/in-search-of-tanzanias-miracle-healer/Matador Network: "Journey to an Erupting Volcano" (Photo Essay)http://matadornetwork.com/notebook/photo-essay-journey-to-an-erupting-volcano/In The Fray: "Capitalism Reborn: An East African Story "(Text + Photos)http://inthefray.org/2011/12/capitalism-reborn-an-east-african-story/Destination Magazine EA: "The Disappearing Act; Kenya's Vanishing Wildlife" Feature Dec 2011/Jan 2012 Issue (Text)Global Post / PBS News Hour "The Gray Area of Gay Refugees" (Text)http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/regions/africa/kenya/111129/gay-refugees-homosexual-rights-LGBT-ugandaThe Guardian (UK): "A New Spirit of Community" (Photo Credits)http://www.guardian.co.uk/journalismcompetition/a-new-spirit-of-community?intcmp=239GOOD.is : "The Silicon Valley of Shit: Nairobi Is Ground Zero for Sanitation Innovation" (Text + Photos)http://www.good.is/post/the-silicon-valley-of-shit-nairobi-is-ground-zero-for-sanitation-innovation/ The Boston Globe: "In Tanzania, following the road to 'a cure'" (Photo Credit)http://www.bostonglobe.com/lifestyle/travel/2011/11/27/tanzania-following-road-cure/60eSdBWY5pNgtRESq4BbSN/story.htmlThe Financial Times: "Where kids play with spears- and kitesurf" (Photo Credit)http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/2/048f5df8-f8b8-11e0-ad8f-00144feab49a.htmlHow We Made It In Africa: "A private sector approach to preserving Kenya's wildlife" (Text)http://www.howwemadeitinafrica.com/a-private-sector-approach-to-preserving-kenyas-wildlife/12940/"The Cause-Minded Capitalist; How for-profit ventures are transforming the way we view poverty, and how we can solve it" Fall, 2011 Editions (Print); Westport Country Capitalist, Greenwich Country Capitalist, New Canaan Country Capitalist, Hamptons Country Capitalist, Weston Magazine, Westport Magazine, Upper East Side Magazine. (Text + Photos) Makeshift Magazine; Re-Culture Issue, Fall 2011: "Observed" Section, (Photo Credit)http://mkshft.org/2011/09/observed-re-culture-2/The Huffington Post: "Potential, Poverty, Politics & Parties: Why Kenya Attracts America's Best & Brightest Young Social Entrepreneurs" (Blog)http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jonathan-kalan/potential-poverty-politic_b_969338.htmlHow We Made It In Africa; "Agriculture should be a knowledge-based entrepreneurial activity" (Text)http://www.howwemadeitinafrica.com/agriculture-should-be-a-knowledge-based-entrepreneurial-activity/12549/The Christian Science Monitor: "People Making A Difference; Paul Joynson-Hicks launches groups that empower Africa's poor and disabled" (Text + Photos)http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Making-a-difference/2011/0926/Paul-Joynson-Hicks-launches-groups-that-empower-Africa-s-poor-and-disabledThe Christian Science Monitor: "'Mama Poo' brings simple sanitation to a Kenyan slum" (Text + Photos)http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Making-a-difference/Change-Agent/2011/0914/Mama-Poo-brings-simple-sanitation-to-a-Kenyan-slumThe Huffington Post: "Wasted Food in a Famine; the Real Tragedy" (Blog)http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jonathan-kalan/east-africa-famine_b_923103.htmlGlobalPost: "African agriculture boosted by water pump" (Text + Photos)http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/regions/africa/110805/transforming-africas-agriculture-pump How We Made It In Africa: "Eco-Tourism gives ex-poachers a new chance" (Text + Photos)http://www.howwemadeitinafrica.com/eco-tourism-gives-ex-poachers-a-new-chance/11608/How We Made It In Africa: "Improving the quality of Rwanda's milk, while turning a profit" (Text + Photos)http://www.howwemadeitinafrica.com/improving-the-quality-of-rwandas-milk-while-turning-a-profit/11186/ The Huffington Post: "Empowerment Trade in Rwanda" (Blog)http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jonathan-kalan/indego-africa_b_900143.html Stanford Social Innovation Review (Blog): "From The Field; Impact First" (Text + Photos)http://www.ssireview.org/opinion/entry/from_the_field_impact_first/ The New York Times (On The Ground Blog, NYT.com): "A Low-Impact Stove for Rwanda" Article by Josh Ruxin, (The (BoP) Project Photo Credit)http://kristof.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/06/13/a-low-impact-stove-for-rwanda/ The Christian Science Monitor: "Barefoot Power brings solar lighting to off-the-grid areas in East Africa" (Text + Photos)http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Making-a-difference/Change-Agent/2011/0519/Barefoot-Power-brings-solar-lighting-to-off-the-grid-areas-in-East-Africa The Star (Kenya): "At The Coast, Money Grows On Trees" The Star Newspaper, Thursday March 17th, 2011 (Text + Photos)http://www.nairobistar.com/lifestyle/128-lifestyle/17699-at-the-coast-money-grows-on-trees-The Star (Kenya): "If There Is Sunshine, There Will Be Water" The Star Weekend Edition, Saturday, March 5th, 2011 (Text + Photos)http://www.nairobistar.com/weekend/sasa/16352-if-there-is-sunshine-there-will-be-water- Dowser.org: "Slideshow: Barefoot Solar brings solar lighting to off-the-grid areas in East Africa" (Text + Photos)http://dowser.org/slideshow-barefoot-power-brings-solar-lighting-to-off-the-grid-areas-in-east-africa/NextBillion.net: "The BoP In Pictures: One Entrepreneur's Story" (Text + Photos)http://www.nextbillion.net/blog/2011/05/09/the-bop-in-pictures-marketing-and-selling-sanitation NextBillion.net: "The BoP In Pictures: One Beekeeper, Many Hives In Kenya" (Text + Photos)http://www.nextbillion.net/blog/2011/04/28/the-beekeeper-joyce-kavinya-motunga Dowser.org: "How Mafuta Sasa is turning waste cooking oil into clean-burning biodiesel in East Africa" (Text + Photos)http://dowser.org/bringing-biodiesel-to-africa/ Dowser.org: "BoP Slideshow: KOMAZA, innovations in microforestry and sustainablity in Africa" (Text + Photos)http://dowser.org/bop-slideshow-komaza-innovations-in-microforestry-and-sustainablity-in-africa/The New York Times (On The Ground Blog, NYT.com): "Where The Grid Will Not Go", Article by Josh Ruxin, The (BoP) Project Photo Credithttp://kristof.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/03/29/where-the-grid-will-not-go/PhotoPhilanthropy: "Documenting Potential Over Poverty" (Text + Photos)http://photophilanthropy.org/2011/04/06/documenting-potential-over-poverty/Vijana FM: "Five Questions With The BoP Project's Jonathan Kalan" http://vijana.fm/2011/02/19/five-questions-with-the-bop-projects-jonathan-kalan/Beyond Profit E-Magazine: "Door-To-Door Healthcare" (Text + Photos)http://beyondprofit.com/door-to-door-healthcare/Acumen Fund: "Unexpected Uses of an Ikotoilet" (Text + Photos)http://blog.acumenfund.org/2011/01/26/photo-of-the-week-unexpected-uses-of-an-ikotoilet/TriplePundit: "The (BoP) Project: Turning Wasted Vegetable Oil into Fuel for Africa" (Text + Photos)http://www.triplepundit.com/2011/01/bop-project-turning-wasted-vegetable-oil-fuel-africa/NextBillion.net: "The (BoP) Project: Finding Sustainable Water Solutions" (Text + Photos)http://www.nextbillion.net/blog/2011/01/07/high-tech-solutionsTriplePundit: "The (BoP) Project Photo Essay: KOMAZA" (Text + Photos)http://www.triplepundit.com/2010/12/komaza-bottom-of-pyramid-photo-essay/PhotoPhilanthropy: "Powering Africa: A Night in Musubiro, Uganda" (Text + Photos)http://photophilanthropy.org/2011/01/14/powering-africa-a-night-in-musubiro-uganda/Causecast: "The BoP Project: Photojournalism At The Bottom Of The Pyramid" http://www.causeintegration.com/2010/the-bop-project-photojournalism-at-the-bottom-of-the-pyramid/NextBillion.net: "Introducing The (BoP) Project: Photojournalism at the Base of the Economic Pyramid" http://www.nextbillion.net/blog/2010/11/29/one-step-further-photojournalism-at-the-base-of-the-pyramid
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