If you're looking at distributing alternative energy in Nigeria, for instance, what gets in your way is not people's ability to pay, not people's desire for a clean solar lamps or biomass opportunities. But there is a strong status quo that really depends on selling diesel.
Jacqueline NovogratzOne of the first things that surprised me in a positive, wonderfully positive way, is that this works - patient capital works.
Jacqueline NovogratzEntrepreneurs are the seekers of solutions, and that they will go into these places where both market and traditional aid has failed or traditional charity has failed.
Jacqueline Novogratz