The Grameen CKW project (recently featured in the Economist) is looking for a new project lead. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Eric Cantor <ecantor@grameenfoundation.org> Date: Thu, Oct 1, 2009 at 12:10 AM Subject: Seeking a CKW Leader Hi guys, I hope all is well, wondered if you know anyone who fits the bill for our next big initiative to get off the ground. I’m paying a bounty! I wanted to share with you an exciting new job opportunity under AppLab, and encourage you to nominate anyone in your networks who you believe has the requisite experience, maturity and talent to lead a high-potential, groundbreaking project in the coming years. With CKW, we seek to build on the initial foundation built in our pilot and build a sustainable organization capable of improving the livelihoods of smallholder farmers, enabling CKWs to build local businesses, and engaging deeply with our partners in agriculture, telecom, government and beyond. The position demands a dynamic leader who is comfortable addressing a room full of farmers, a gallery full of agriculture ministry leaders or a briefing of telecom executives, and someone with deep experience and accomplishment in at least two and ideally three of these disciplines: African development and agriculture, organizational and project management, partner relationship management and business development, and technology strategy. The individual, who can be local or expatriate, will report to me and will hold complete control of and accountability for the CKW scaling initiative we are planning for and will launch in the coming months. Please be assured that our colleagues Whitney Gantt and Sarah Mugisha, who led our pilot of CKW, will continue to provide leadership as we bring the new leader of this initiative onboard and thereafter. The fact that we have the confidence and ability to go further with CKW reflects well on their efforts, and both have a promising future on this initiative in leadership roles. All of us have agreed that leadership of the project calls for the addition of another individual with deeper relevant experience and credentials in the areas above than any of the three of us, hence the decision to bring in an outside individual. Thanks for your continued support and your input as we identify a new leader to add to our team. Eric ----<---<---------------------------------------------------------------------- Eric Cantor AppLab Uganda Manager ** New Number: +256772121865 ** www.applab.org ------------------------------------------------------------------------->-->---