Begin forwarded message: *From: *Anna Omura <amomura@MIT.EDU> *Date: *August 17, 2009 3:41:19 PM EDT *To: *Joseph Mugisha <demugisha@gmail.com> *Cc: *Abigail Rich <ahrich@mit.edu> *Subject: **Photo contest spotlighting Kenya* Hi Joseph, I hope you're doing well! You should have received an email from the Legatum Center last week announcing the photo contest we just launched, focusing on women entrepreneurs using technology in developing countries. I wanted to ask your help in particular in publicizing this contest, because one of the three countries we are aiming to spotlight is Kenya. The photo contest is open to anyone, but there will be special categories for photographers from "Spotlight Countries" Kenya, India, and Mexico, each with a separate $500 prize (an additional $500 prize will be awarded in the Global category, open to photographers from any country). An entrant from Kenya will enter photos taken in Kenya to the Spotlight category and will compete ONLY with other Kenyan photographers for the $500 prize. As you can see, this is a great opportunity to showcase innovative women entrepreneurs as well as Kenyan photographers; however, we've had trouble reaching people in Kenya and have not yet received any submissions from that country. We would be very grateful if you could pass along the word to any contacts in Kenya. And, although as a recipient of Legatum Center support you yourself are not eligible for prize money, we will accept photos of your work submitted by another photographer. Please direct contacts to our photo contest website, where you can learn more and upload submissions: http://decompetition.mit.edu. Thank you so much for any help you can give us! We're hoping to find some inspiring images. Thanks, Anna Anna Omura Operations Manager Legatum Center for Development and Entrepreneurship Massachusetts Institute of Technology 77 Massachusetts Ave., NE18-4FLR Cambridge, MA 02142 USA amomura@mit.edu +1.617.324.5294 http://legatum.mit.edu TM PROGRESS THROUGH INNOVATION