We caught up with Bryan Mezue, CEO and co-founder of Lifestores Healthcare, to learn how his company is making needed medications affordable and accessible to millions in Nigeria and beyond.
Sept 17, 2019
Development professionals and government workers are working tirelessly to make a dent in extreme poverty, but what if they have the prosperity equation wrong?
Sept 12, 2019
What can the World Bank learn from an Indian entrepreneur who developed an innovation to make sanitary pads less expensive? Quite a lot.
Sept 10, 2019
If nonconsumption were a company in many of the emerging and frontier markets where it’s most prevalent, it would have a monopoly in most industries.
Aug 27, 2019
Most countries are failing in the fight against corruption, according to Transparency International’s 2018 Corruption Perception Index. How can governments and development organizations turn things around?
Aug 20, 2019
Despite significant funding, the number of people living in extreme poverty has increased in some regions around the globe. To truly end poverty, we must look to a different solution: market-creating innovations.
Aug 6, 2019
Building schools, water wells, or hospitals in poor countries is relatively easy—it’s fixing and maintaining them that’s difficult. How can we make these resources sustainable so they have a lasting impact?
July 18, 2019
In this TEDxBYU talk, Efosa Ojomo describes a fundamental misunderstanding many development organizations have with fixing poverty, then highlights an interesting and surprising insight.
July 11, 2019
Education is vital, but governments and development organizations need to focus on improving learning and employment outcomes, not just getting students into classrooms.
July 9, 2019
Malaria kills more than 420,000 people annually. We spoke with Dr. Eddy Agbo of Fyodor Biotechnologies about his innovation that takes the guesswork out of treating the deadly disease.
July 2, 2019