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.
Tag: Africa
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Microfinance
In Their Own Hands
How one, simple idea empowered communities worldwide: Jeffrey Ashe recounts the development of Saving for Change.
Social Entrepreneurship
Engaging the Citizenry Through Social Enterprise
Social enterprises can help build stability in countries facing political crises by addressing root causes of civilian discontent.
Social Entrepreneurship
A Mantra for the Privileged
There is a lot of untapped potential in would-be entrepreneurs in developing countries. But they can’t afford to “fail fast, fail often.”
Socially Responsible Business
Entrepreneurship and Ebola
Creating an ethically sourced apparel company in West Africa is hard enough, but when Ebola strikes, the challenges become almost insurmountable.
Education
Bursaries for Girls
The relatively simple act of providing African girls with the money they need to stay in school has achieved significant results.
Health
School for Scaling
A highly focused effort in Kenya to treat worm infections in children delivers lessons on how to expand a proven program.
Human Rights
Becoming a Woman
A growing number of Maasai in Kenya are ending female circumcision and replacing it with other coming-of-age rituals.
Impact Investing
Developing a Global Marketplace for Social Services
Bonds for schoolgirls and malaria vaccines: Pay-for-success initiatives are now tackling issues in the developing world.
Education
The Returns to a Good Education
If children worldwide are to receive the education they deserve, debate needs to move beyond public versus private, profit versus nonprofit.