Nonprofits
Why the Social Sector Needs the Scientific Method
A flawed study on deworming children—and new studies that expose its errors—reveal why activists and philanthropists alike need safeguards.
Tag: Africa
Big Picture
Business Growth for Good: Why Context Matters
Corporations can achieve growth in emerging markets by investing in and organizing around sustainable and inclusive business activities.
Big Picture
Using Social Incubation to Drive Local Innovation
A look at why and how social innovation can catalyze solutions for local problems from within the community, rather than by importing ideas from the outside.
Big Picture
Schools Aren’t Just Buildings
Innovation education is critical in East Africa and beyond.
Global Issues
Overcoming Corruption in Emerging Markets
Lessons from two Nigerian firms and how nonprofits can help.
Social Entrepreneurship
Creating a Level Playing Field for Social Innovators in Africa
By supporting local innovators, we can solve more social problems and deepen our access to new systems thinking.
Technology & Design
Crisis Tech
Listening closely to users has enabled developers to create digital tools that support responses to the recent Ebola outbreak.
Government
Text the Vote
In a classic leapfrogging initiative, Libya has enabled its citizens to complete voter registration via digital messaging technology.
Economic Development
Source of Opportunity
Sama Group, a social enterprise that connects disadvantaged people with digital work, is expanding its reach to the United States.
Energy
Five Innovations That Will Electrify Africa
How a continent of over 1 billion off-grid customers can move from darkness to light over the next decade.