How private equity can win big in Africa
Private equity has the potential to truly transform lives and create inclusive prosperity in Africa. So why have some of the world’s largest private equity funds floundered on the continent?
Private equity has the potential to truly transform lives and create inclusive prosperity in Africa. So why have some of the world’s largest private equity funds floundered on the continent?
Mar 5, 2020
Succeeding in an emerging market often requires companies to invest in operations outside their core competencies.
Feb 27, 2020
In the act of creating new markets, innovators set off a series of events that pull prosperity, in the form of profits, jobs, and improved business culture and infrastructure, into the region where they occur.
Feb 20, 2020
Perhaps more important than the amount of money UAE will invest is how the country plans to invest it—developing Africa's capacity to innovate.
Feb 18, 2020
Investors play a pivotal role in shaping how societies evolve, so it is important they understand which types of companies do the most to raise the quality of life for people in a society.
Feb 13, 2020
Global cases of blindness are expected to triple by 2050, but Aravind Eye Care may have cracked the code of how to tackle the problem.
Feb 6, 2020
Simply transferring resources to poor countries is a tempting but often unsustainable strategy. Lasting solutions require creating a new market.
Feb 4, 2020
Toyota defied the odds to become the world's largest car manufacturer today. How did an unassuming Japanese car company rise to such great heights?
Jan 23, 2020
While pushing the boundaries of what’s technologically possible is valuable, developing an innovative business model that democratizes access to needed products or services deserves just as much, if not more, praise.
Jan 16, 2020
Poverty is not fundamentally a resource problem, and pushing resources into poor countries—whether in the form of schools, hospitals, new water installations, or cash—does not result in sustained development.
Jan 14, 2020