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Solving the problems of poverty and building a world based on dignity.

One of Fast Company’s most innovative companies of 2026.

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This entrepreneur built a chocolate business that is taking big brands head-on in Nigeria.

Uzo’s Loom Chocolate shows that investing in the local economy and being intentional about social impact can pay off.

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IMM should work for enterprises, not just for investors' reporting needs.

Here are five ways to right-size impact measurement and management so it works for the enterprises doing the work: https://t.co/YtypKvzU0E

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@SunKingGlobal Swipe to find out what the investment is expected to unlock. Learn more here ⬇️ https://t.co/S9AizF8eJR

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Announced in New York during #ClimateWeekNYC: Acumen's Hardest-to-Reach Catalyze is backing Sun King's expansion in Zambia!

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@SunKingGlobal The investment aims to support Sun King’s electrification of nearly 5.6 million people over the next five years, including up to 4.5 million people gaining access to electricity for the first time.

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Our Director of Climate Strategy, Sarah Bieber, is taking three questions to Climate Week NYC on resilience, AI, and the distance between a commitment and a disbursement. 

She argues that what links them is design, not money. Learn more ⬇️ https://t.co/3j2QN3TyWJ

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We lost another giant yesterday, a leader who taught us how to be strong and powerful and feminine and not apologize for any of it. A woman who reminded us that one person can change the world if she knows how to bring others with her.

Gloria Steinem knew hardship, and she turned it into resolve. Her curiosity and empathy underpinned a lifetime of unrelenting work toward equality.

She was courageous. As a teenager in the mid-70s, I found my own resolve to be called Ms. and not Miss. Thank you, Gloria.

And she was a listener. Even in her 90s, she made room to listen, gathering in her home, understanding that change starts with being heard.

"We are all one human family, and we are responsible for one another," she said. It's the same conviction I see in so many of the leaders Acumen has been privileged to back and to learn from — people who understand that dignity isn't something you're given, it's something you insist on, for yourself and for everyone else.

Gloria showed us what it looks like to spend a life that way. We're grateful for it, and we'll carry it forward.

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The communities we invest in are often the first to feel the effects of extreme heat, erratic rainfall, and resource scarcity, and the last to have the capital to adapt.

We’ll be at #AVPN2026 in New Delhi. If you’re attending, connect with our team to talk about how Patient Capital can help close that gap.

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On this episode of Founder's Mentality, @jnovogratz joined @BainandCompany's James Alle. to talk about navigating complexity, staying anchored to your "why," and the cost of the risk.

Listen: ​​https://t.co/A2mCUNpr1M

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Our latest Substack piece is worth a read for anyone interested in impact work, whether or not you are a fan of the game. https://t.co/Cs7kCDRH9L

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Only Dan Waldron of Acumen can pick apart a subject about the development of football in Morocco and turn it into a piece on why the impact sector struggles to attract talent.

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Great turnout last week for the 2026 East Africa Community Gathering in Nairobi.

Good conversations on capital and what it takes to build something that lasts.

Thanks to everyone who came out.

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No school, no football. A rule that set Acumen Fellow Ashok Rathod on a path to impacting 40K+ kids in India. https://t.co/QGtVijDsQF

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Acumen Public Voices Fellow Mohamed Okash writes on what a climate-resilient Mogadishu can look like and why the solutions already exist.
#WorldEnvironmentDay https://t.co/WXFJHSL9Ez

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Get these and more insights by subscribing to our brand new Substack: https://t.co/SkgtSV7XAO

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In our post on Substack, Acumen's Kristi Chon explores why and what it would actually take to make climate adaptation an exciting bet for private investors. https://t.co/rSIup2Gz0y

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@scrapuncleapp Acumen has invested in ScrapUncle, a company building a more transparent and dignified recycling system in India. Learn more ⬇️https://t.co/nrCbg86p6D

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India generates an estimated 3.8M metric tons of e-waste every year, much of it handled through informal systems where workers face unsafe conditions and unstable incomes. 

@scrapuncleapp is helping change that.

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TED2026 asked big questions about the future. Acumen Fellows reminded us to ask a different one.

"Who is the future being built for?"

@bavidramohan’s reflections from Vancouver ⬇️ https://t.co/ofaUuSRP7u