Social Innovation & Investment in Emerging Markets: Current Affairs

Patricia Chin-Sweeney, Co-Founder and Managing Director, I-DEV International

Impact Investing and Social Enterprise has evolved over the years as parties involved learned the unique dynamics and challenges of operating and investing in emerging markets. This course will discuss the latest topics with a focus on the forefront of East Africa, Latin America and a focus on new investment models and new entrepreneurship approaches. The course will provide case studies of leading innovators and trends, especially those from East Africa, where social innovation and impact investing has built out particularly strong over the years. Class participants and guest speakers will weigh in with different perspectives, and the differing philosophies around impact and international development from Silicon Valley to DC to those operating and investing on the ground.