We’re thrilled to announce the Market-creating Innovation Bootcamp, our collaboration with the MIT Legatum Center to empower Africa’s market-creating innovators.
Jan 26, 2021
A third of the world's population lives in inadequate housing often referred to as slums, favelas, or shanty towns. In Brazil, Vivenda is reimagining affordable housing solutions for those who need it most.
Jan 14, 2021
2020 was a devastating year for many, but its challenges also offered important lessons for creating a more prosperous future. Here are three of our biggest takeaways.
Jan 7, 2021
Despite the daily onslaught of new challenges, innovators are coming up with creative solutions to seemingly intractable problems.
Dec 22, 2020
Life for those working in informal economies is less prosperous and more dangerous. So how can businesses be incentivized to operate in formal markets?
Dec 17, 2020
How can innovators get an idea of what future customers can afford to spend on a new product? This back-of-the-envelope calculation can help.
Dec 10, 2020
We spoke with Ikenna Nzewi, the CEO and co-founder of Releaf, about his journey to industrializing food processing in Africa.
Dec 3, 2020
Tata Motors expected its diminutive Nano to be a massive success, but within a decade it had all but disappeared from India's roads. Where did it go wrong?
Nov 19, 2020
There is no easy fix Nigeria’s decades’ long problem with the police, but supporting an innovation-led development agenda that focuses on economic growth is a good start.
Nov 10, 2020
For Guyana, as for other emerging economies, enduring shared prosperity won’t come from a windfall of wealth; it will come from creating new markets.
Nov 5, 2020