Insights for innovating in emerging markets: Create the market you want to be a part of
Learn how a small Rwandan company is creating a new market that serves some of the poorest people in the world.
Feb 12, 2019
Disruptive Voice: What really creates prosperity?
In this Disruptive Voice podcast, produced by The Forum for Growth and Innovation, Efosa Ojomo and Karen Dillon discuss the story behind their newly-released book with Clayton Christensen, The Prosperity Paradox.
Jan 17, 2019
M-Pesa: A tale of global prosperity
In this guest blog, Katie Zandbergen describes M-Pesa's meteoric rise to becoming Kenya's largest mobile-money transfer service—and its subsequent impact on the countries in which it operates.
Dec 18, 2018
Insights for innovating in emerging markets: Integrate, or outsource?
Organizations that work in emerging markets are often plagued with the question, when should we outsource certain activities to suppliers versus integrate those activities into its own operations? This blog sheds light o...
Dec 6, 2018
Interview: Creating a prosperous Africa
How can Africa solve its "poverty problem" while its population continues to balloon? Efosa Ojomo discusses this, and more, on Africa State of Mind.
Nov 27, 2018
Insights for innovating in emerging markets: Identifying “Jobs” opens up innovation opportunities
How can innovators create new markets and significant economic and social value in emerging markets where there often seems like there is no opportunity? Understanding the theory of Jobs to Be Done can help.
Nov 15, 2018
President Trump might have “saved” their jobs, but only innovation can keep them employed
President Trump “saved” hundreds of jobs at the Carrier manufacturing plant in Indianapolis. Why have those jobs created despair instead of hope?
Sept 27, 2018
Insights for innovating in emerging markets: There are two types of economies
The economy is often seen as an abstract hodgepodge of "stuff" which includes companies, governments, infrastructure, and so on. What if we looked at the economy through a different lens?
Sept 13, 2018
3 lessons for global development from LeBron James’ “I Promise” School
NBA superstar, LeBron James just partnered with the Akron, Ohio public school system. Here are three lessons the partnership highlights for global development organizations.
Sept 6, 2018
The 3 questions every development organization should ask
Every development organization should ask itself these three questions in order to increase their odds of success.
Aug 30, 2018