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Mar 10, 20151 min read
Food Security in Africa: The Next Big Opportunity for Impact-Driven Entrepreneurs
The launch event for the 2015 Pears Challenge was held at Bank Leumi headquarters in Tel Aviv. Speakers included Yossi Abramovitz, CEO...
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Jan 20, 20151 min read
Drink Pitch Mingle
Drink Pitch Mingle is a networking series organized by IsraelDev where members are invited to meet and mingle with other Israeli...
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Dec 30, 20141 min read
Financing Projects for Developing Markets
Ron Margalit is the managing director of Lonomics, an investment consulting firm focusing on impact financing for emerging markets. Ron...
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Nov 20, 20141 min read
Israelis Innovating for Africa
As part of Global Entrepreneurship Week Israel, the Pears Program hosted a panel discussion on Israelis Innovating for Africa, at...
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Sep 17, 20141 min read
The HookUp Dinner - Connecting Israeli and African Entrepreneurs
The HookUp Dinner is a growing entrepreneurial networking initiative that gives startups a platform from which to connect, engage, and...
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Sep 15, 20141 min read
Young South African Entrepreneurs Visit Israel
September 15 - 19, 2014 The South Africa-Israel Forum (SAIF) partnered with Investec to organize the first-ever Young Entrepreneurs pilot...
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Sep 14, 20141 min read
Kenyan tech delegation brings entrepreneurs to Israel
September 15 - 19, 2014 The Pears Program for Global Innovation in partnership with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs hosted a delegation...
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Jul 2, 20141 min read
2014 Conference on Leveraging the Private Sector for Agricultural Innovation in Development
The conference, which was attended by over 120 people, featured 3 panel discussions on the topics of public-private partnerships, ethics,...
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Jun 4, 20141 min read
Opportunities and Challenges in East Africa
Duncan Onyango, Director of Acumen East Africa shared his insights on social investment trends in the rapidly growing East African market...
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May 25, 20141 min read
Doing Business for the Base of the Pyramid
The Pears Innovation for International Development Program partnered with Microsoft Ventures to provide a lecture on entrepreneurship and...
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