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Kickstarting Tomato Jos in Nigeria
Reinert, Sophus A.; Kavalercik, RisaCase HBS-718027-EEconomicsIn the spring of 2016, Mira Mehta (HBS'14), faced a difficult decision. Following a successful Kickstarter campaign, and winning the second place in the HBS New Venture Competition-Social Enterprise Track, she had moved to Northern Nigeria, where she founded the tomato paste company Tomato Jos. Though her brand had gained traction, however, she had, in the face of endless foreseen and unforeseen obstacles, yet to produce any actual paste. As the ...Starting at €8.20
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Rumie: Bringing Digital Education to the Underserved
Kim, John Jong-Hyun; Migdal, AmramCase HBS-316140-EIn fall of 2015, the Toronto, Canada-based education technology non-profit Rumie had distributed thousands of computer tablets preloaded with collections of thousands of pieces of curated educational content to nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) in some of the most impoverished countries around the world that lacked basic educational resources. Founder and executive director Tariq Fancy, with his team, was deciding whether to accept a large new...Starting at €8.20