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INVESTING  IN  INNOVATION  THAT  IMPACT  EMERGING

MARKETS:

FROM THEORY  TO REALITY 

SAVE THE DATEInnovation for the otto! of the E"ono!i" P#ra!i$:

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We are excited to announce the launch of our inaugural event of theGlobal Innovation4Impact Summit 2015 hosted in Ne !or" #it$ on %ul$

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 )his b$ invitation onl$ event ill provide $ou ith the opportunit$ tonetor"' discuss and learn about investing in technolog$*drivenventures that impact the bottom of the economic p$ramid in emergingmar"ets+ !ou ill hear from spea"ers from leading organi,ations suchas I-.' the Israel /conomic .ission to North merica and .ission tothe nited Nations' Singularit$ niversit$' )/ 3ri,e' oc"efelleroundation' nited Nations' nrnds and more+

full da$ seminar' organi,ed b$ 6onomics' an impact investment andadvisor$ 7rm' ill carr$ the theme 8rom )heor$ )o ealit$9+ )he 7rstpart of the da$ ill feature spea"ers that are on the front lines of or"ing on the orld:s most challenging issues+

 )he second part of the da$ ill present the uni;ue opportunit$ toexperience 7rst*hand ho innovation in emerging mar"ets reall$or"s' hosted b$ I-. nrnds+ I-. identi7es frica as one of the "e$groth mar"ets in the orld and has in the recent past madesigni7cant investments into the continent as part of its groth plan+#urrentl$' I-. is present in more than 20 frican countries+ I-. openedits 7rst research lab in frica in ugust 2012' located at the #atholicniversit$ of /astern frica' Nairobi+ n example of I-. commitmentto frica can be seen in it:s focus on mobile ban"ing+ solution thathas transformed the frican econom$+ I-. created partnership ithman$ frican companies to ensure improved services for customers+Safaricom:s .*pesa' for example' runs on an I-. platform and I-. putse<ort into ensuring .*pesa clients get the best of the service+ nrnds isan innovative mobile*technolog$ compan$' hich is connecting the

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unconnected+ )oda$( /nabling users ith an$ mobile device to connectto the digital orld' 0 install' 0 data' 0 S.S+ )he nrnds platform is liveon 5 3an frican mobile operators providing users ith chat' group

chat' email and connecting them to ecos$stems such as mgri' mobilemone$' education' ban"ing' 7nance' health' securit$ and more+

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In order to provide solutions across various verticals in man$ di<erentmar"ets across the emerging mar"ets' I-. nrnds have developed auni;ue 8Innovation Wor"shop9 hich ill be held for the 7rst time in

the S+ )raditionall$ done in frica' nrnds innovation or"shops aremeant to empoer aspiring entrepreneurs b$ e;uipping them ithhands*on practical I#) development s"ills' trained and mentored b$nrnds and I-. experts+ 3articipants' developers' and socialentrepreneurs are invited to learn ho to develop products andservices that ould bene7t the lives of underserved communitiesgloball$+ s a result to the innovation or"shop nrnds ;uic"l$connects to the leading local and global IS=s and entrepreneursteaming ith the local mobile operators to derive groundbrea"ing localvertical solutions+ /nabling the local mobile operator to launch uni;uelocal nrnds services in a matter of 2*> months+

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IBM nFrnds will present and interact with the participants on the innovation

workshop process specially designed for developing digital services for the mass

market in the emerging markets. We will present and interact on use cases from

various verticals such as Agriculture, health, finance, education, security, loyalty

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Ti!e To%i" S%ea(er&and others. Discuss and learn how to create successful usiness models and

services to target the ase of the pyramid across various countries in the emerging

markets.