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Contacts on the ground

 ICRISAT:

Send reply Prof. Mughogho (Ernest)

Thank you note to Mary (Ernest) Raising Malawi:

Remind David about not getting reply from Phillipe (done during meeting) MicroVentures:

Try to schedule a call with Alfred Thursday 9am EST/4pm (Ernest)

Reach out to James again (Ernest) 

Proposals

 Legatum proposal was submitted by Andre on Friday

Arjun, Greg, and Prarthna represented MLF in the Entrepreneurship Showcase at the MIT Museum

Greg is considering to just do one trip to Kenya and not Malawi for January

If one person gets approved for Malawi, Andre is the man

Send Sally the energy proposal (Ernest) 

Deliverables for Next Meeting

 We are trying to analyze the complete value chain for the process and have a standard set of information to collect for each step.  This will help us better understand the opportunities and risks in entering the market, as well as identifying any critical information that we have not so far obtained. Value Chain component and assignment:

Crop - Andre

Processing - Greg

Refinery - Arjun

Uses (biodiesel) - Ernest

Uses (electricity generation and cooking) - Prarthna Standard Topics for Evaluation:

Input

Output

Capital Investment

Time

Costs

Risk 

Next Meeting

 Meeting Sunday Nov 30^th 3pm