Why development organizations should be more like Netflix and less like Blockbuster
What in the world do the strategies of Blockbuster and Netflix have to development? Everything, it seems.
May 24, 2017
Author: eojomo
Bridge International Academies; a model for innovation
Bridge International Academies, a chain of primary schools has been the center of controversy in a few countries. Seeing Bridge through a different lens could impact your understanding of the organization.
May 3, 2017
The development industry has the development equation backwards
The development industry does many good things to help alleviate poverty. Unfortunately, many in the industry are missing the most important component for development.
Apr 26, 2017
Poor countries don’t need stock markets—they need markets
Poor countries need capital, but how should it be deployed? Copying and pasting the methods used by wealthy countries may be tempting, but it's not the answer.
Apr 5, 2017
Innovation in Africa: Where the digital and analog worlds collide
In an interview with Afrolutionist, researcher Efosa Ojomo explains why Africa needs both a digital and an analog strategy.
Mar 17, 2017
Emerging market, e-commerce investors: Be patient for growth, but impatient for profits
Want to create the next Amazon in an emerging market? This piece offers some counterintuitive advice.
Mar 9, 2017
What innovators can learn from this $14 billion Mexican “Bimbo”
Even with the hardest-working workforce in the world, proximity to the U.S., and free trade deals with several prosperous countries, Mexico still fails to create prosperity. What must change?
Feb 23, 2017
This activity is the most important component of your nation’s GDP
The government uses many levers to boost GDP. At the end of the day, GDP is really mainly about this one thing. Do it well and GDP will rise.
Feb 15, 2017
Five insights for innovating in emerging markets
Innovating in emerging markets presents unique challenges. To that end, Research Fellow Efosa Ojomo shares five insights from his research in a Facebook Live event with Harvard Business Review.
Feb 6, 2017
Crime will rise in African cities like Lagos, but we have the tools to stop it
Crime is rising in many African cities, but development practitioners and policy makers have tools at their disposal to reverse this trend.
Jan 25, 2017