On Kenya’s elections, it’s best to keep our eyes on the prize
What if elections are not the right metric for Kenyans to be focusing on at the moment with regards to development?
Market-creating innovations
Nov 1, 2017
Market-creating innovations
Author: eojomo
Innovation & tech: Africa’s only hope in educating hundreds of millions of children
It will cost sub Saharan Africa more than $26 billion to achieve universal primary education. But that is using conventional models and projections. What if there is a more impactful and less expensive way?
Sept 19, 2017
On toilets: Why the Indian government should listen to Bill Gates
Open defecation is often seen as a huge problem in the world and is treated as such. But what if we listed all the "good things" about it and created a better solution?
Aug 15, 2017
Our obsession with building “good institutions” might be doing more harm than good
Building good political and economic institutions is often promoted as a hallmark in economic development, but our focus on building institutions makes us miss the most important part.
July 6, 2017
RE: Development… Why we should stop giving people what we think they need
Billions of dollars are spent every year providing needs for poor people. But what if that approach, giving people what we think they need, is flawed? There's a better way.
June 28, 2017
Four reasons why the Oxfam report on inequality in Nigeria missed the point
Oxfam's May 17th report on inequality in Nigeria was informative, but it misdiagnosed the country's problem. Here's why.
June 22, 2017
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
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