Introducing Business Fights Poverty Challenges
I am delighted to announce the roll-out of “Business Fights Poverty Challenges” – to help drive innovation through collaboration – and an updated website to support this new focus. As I mentioned back in January, we have been exploring ways to foster deeper collaboration across the Business Fights Poverty community around specific, practical Challenges to […]
Helping Young People Build a Stronger Private Sector
Image: Cristian Leger, founder of Dermaloe in Chile, who received entrepreneurship support from Accion Emprendedora – a member of YBI With 3.5 billion young people in the world, its clear that the Sustainable Development Goals will not be met without a clear focus on youth. There has been a lot of discussion about how we […]
Happy New Year and Introducing New Strategy for 2016
We’re excited about the year ahead: in response to the feedback and advice many of you have kindly given us, including through our survey, we have been working hard on a new strategy for 2016, and I can’t wait to share the details with you! One message that we have heard consistently is that people […]
Top 10 Blogs of 2015
It’s been another busy year on Business Fights Poverty with between one and two stories published every weekday on our homepage. Thank you to all our members and Content Partners who shared their insights with the community. With the New Year imminent, we thought we’d once again take a look at the most popular articles […]
Creating Businesses from Nothing
“Entrepreneurship is key to tackling youth unemployment”, said H.E. Joyce Kikafuna, Ugandan High Commissioner to the UK, at an event held by Grow Movement on Tuesday 17 November. The event was held to mark Global Entrepreneurship Week, the world’s largest celebration of entrepreneurs which takes place in 160 countries around the world. From networking events […]
Rise of the B Corps, and the Revolution they Represent
There is a tangible excitement in the air this week as the international community gathers in New York to usher in the new Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) – the ambitious new vision for ending poverty and protecting our planet. Beyond the audacious scope of the Goals, something else is happening that is perhaps even more […]
Promoting Entrepreneurship for Sustainable Development
Marquard, SEED On 20 April, ten years ago, five start-up entrepreneurs from Bolivia, Cambodia, Madagascar, Nepal and Nigeria travelled to New York to attend the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD). They were to receive the first SEED Awards for their innovative approaches to advance sustainable development at the grassroots. Little did they – […]
Inclusive Value Chains in Plastic Waste Management
For a long time, waste management and recycling were primarily discussed in the context of environmental preservation. However with natural resources becoming scarcer and prices of raw materials increasing, it is no surprise that materials and energy recovered from recycling waste are gradually recognised as a valuable commodity, particularly by enterprises. In its Green Economy […]
A Milestone Year for Development
2015 is a milestone year in which the international community will set the development agenda for the next 15 years, most notably through the adoption of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to replace the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) when they expire this year. We’ve had a long interest in the role business can play in […]
Accelerating Sustainable and Inclusive Business
A growing number of companies are developing sustainable and inclusive business models that can offer positive developmental impacts—often partnering with the public sector, non-profit organisations, and foundations to leverage complementary capabilities and share up-front cost and risk. A new research report: “Growth for Good or Good for Growth?” by The Fletcher School at Tufts University […]
Top 10 Blogs of 2014
It’s been another incredibly active year on Business Fights Poverty with over 600 stories featured on our homepage. We are proud of the fact that 95% of our content is produced by members. By sharing your insights, you are helping inspire and inform a global movement of people passionate about harnessing business to fight poverty. […]
Top 10 Discussions of 2014
Our discussion forum has been lively again this year, with 21 discussions held over 2014. Thank you to all the panellists who made the time to join our panels, and to all of you who participated! As we approach the New Year, we have taken a look back across the discussions posted in 2014 to […]
Enabling Frameworks for Social and Green Enterprises
Over the last four years SEED has hosted a series of unique multi-stakeholder for a focussed on the Green Economy and Africa – the SEED Symposia – where each year innovative and promising start-up enterprises, that won a SEED Award for their remarkable efforts to address social and environmental challenges at the grassroots, are presented. […]
Collaboration: The Essential Key to Intrapreneurism
Today I interviewed Darian Stibbe, Executive Director, The Partnering Initiative, and Milan Samani, Director, The Intrapraneur Lab, about the connection between partnership and intrapreneurship. Listen to the full audio below. Some of the questions we talked about were: What is it about partnerships that can be so important to intrapreneurs? What are the main challenges […]
Bitcoin: A Force for Positive Change?
Sex, drugs, thugs and thieves — that’s pretty much been bitcoin’s story since it arrived in 2009. But is bitcoin truly all doom and gloom? What if instead bitcoin isn’t the end of the world, but rather an opportunity for change? Bitcoin is new and it’s a little strange. It’s virtual “money” that people trade […]
Announcing the 2014 Design Expo Schedule
We are one week away from the start of the 2014 Design Expo! Running from 9 to 13 June, the Design Expo is an online celebration of products, services and business models transforming the lives of poor people. The Design Expo is a collaboration with iDE UK and is being supported by the UK’s Department […]
Real Change: How Mobile Tech is Transforming Africa
For years analysts have said that “Africa is Rising,” but now it’s really happening. With an expanding population and steady economic growth, social enterprise in Africa is today seeing real returns on investment. This “double-bottom line” success — financial plus humanitarian gains — is drawing new attention to Africa to not only advance, but also […]
Top 10 Blogs of 2013
The core strength of Business Fights Poverty is its vibrant community. In other words, you. 95% of our daily stories come from members. The sheer volume of amazing content led us to completely redesign the site earlier this year (read all about the changes here). The energy and enthusiasm of the community to share authentic […]
Top 10 Discussions of 2013
In January 2013 we launched our new discussion forum, with regular live panel chats. We also co-hosted Google Hangouts with Ashoka and webinars with the Business Call to Action and others. Most recently, we were excited to host a Google Hangout with Paul Polak, one of the true gurus in this field (click here to […]
Remembering Graham Mackay
Graham Mackay, the visionary leader who drove the growth of SABMiller into the world’s second biggest brewer and the only African-originated multinational corporation, died yesterday aged 64. After joining South African Breweries 35 years ago, Graham moved quickly up through the business, ultimately to the position of Executive Chairman of SABMiller plc in July 2012, […]