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Andrew Kuper is the President of LeapFrog Investments, a pioneer emerging markets firm. LeapFrog invests in financial services businesses that serve low income people, profitably, with quality products and services.
Previously, Kuper held the positions of Managing Director at Ashoka, the organization that has financed and supported 2000 social entrepreneurs in 70 countries. Prior to that, he was Co-Director of Kuper Research, a media and socio-political consultancy based in Johannesburg, which has been behind the design and launch of several successful new media titles.
Kuper was a senior associate of the Carnegie Council from September 2003 to June 2004. During the build-up to the conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq, he created and ran the Council's year-long Empire and Democracy Project, which studied the problems of empire and suggested multilateral strategies to promote democracy. He also convened and chaired forums for leading scholars and policy-makers to meet for focused debate on pressing international issues.
Kuper advises and lectures citizen organizations, academia, government bodies, and multinational companies. He has co-authored articles and reports with leaders including Nobel Laureates Amartya Sen and Joseph Stiglitz.
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