Agora Partnerships was named a key member in the Pioneer Fund for the Global Impact Investing Rating System (GIIRS).
Francisco Noguera, a reporter for NextBillion.net, summarizes the experience he had in Granada, Nicaragua at the 2010 ANDE Latin America Conference
Agora Partnerships announced today that its work to help small and growing business entrepreneurs fight poverty in Nicaragua has earned its founder election to Ashoka’s Global Fellowship, a network of leading social entrepreneurs with representation from more than 60 countries.
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Dominique Ruegsegger of Finca Santa Clara and Paulo Reyes of Agro Eco Servicios were awarded the inaugural prizes.
The Rockefeller Foundation announced that it has awarded a $250,000 grant to Agora Partnerships, a nonprofit organization dedicated to fighting poverty and inequality by supporting developing world small business entrepreneurs.
The Draper Richards Foundation has awarded Ben Powell and Agora Partnerships its Social Entrepreneurship Fellowship.
Agora Partnerships Managing Partner Ben Powell was named the 2007 I-Qube Award winner by Dalberg Global Development Advisors for Agora’s groundbreaking work to bring capital and support to high growth small and medium size businesses in the developing world.