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Change.org Secures Investment From Omidyar Network

● Investment follows rapid growth and international expansion, with the world’s largest and fastest growing petition platform establishing a footprint in 18 countries.
● Change.org has grown to more than 35 million users and is growing by 3 million new users per month.
● Change.org received the 2013 Webby Award for best activism website.

ONEF'13

May 21, 2013, San Jose, Calif. -- Omidyar Network kicks off its fourth-annual Omidyar Network Executive Forum (ONEF) today in San Jose, California. The three-day, private event is attended by more than 110 leaders of 95 for-profit and nonprofit organizations supported by Omidyar Network.

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Omidyar Network Appoints Kubzansky Vice President, Intellectual Capital

REDWOOD CITY, Calif., (May 7, 2013) -- Omidyar Network today announced that Mike Kubzansky has joined the philanthropic investment firm in the newly created role of vice president, intellectual capital. Based in Washington D.C., Kubzansky will lead efforts to identify, analyze, and articulate the significant trends and developments in philanthropy and impact investing and couple them with the insights gained through Omidyar Network’s global work across five initiatives.

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Omidyar Network Releases Report on the Challenges Faced by African Entrepreneurs and Recommendations for Accelerating High-Impact Entrepreneurship Across the Continent

Omidyar Network is delighted to announce the release of our original report, Accelerating Entrepreneurship in Africa: Understanding Africa’s Challenges to Creating Opportunity-driven Entrepreneurship.

Kenyan Elders Speak on Women's Land Rights

Elders Speak - A New Dawn for Women in Kenya
In this video Kenyan women and elders speak about improvements in their community as a result of an innovative pilot project led by Landesa and supported by the Kenyan government that educated them on the new Kenyan constitution and the rights and protection it grants women.