The socio-economic impact of SABMiller in Ghana
Last month on this site, we profiled the prolific work of Professor Ethan Kapstein and his quest to tell the story of business’ contribution to development through hard data. For all those who have worked in this field for a while, and who have come to crave more than anecdotes and stories, the significance of […]
DFID's New Paper On The Role Of The Private Sector In Fighting World Poverty
Business Action for Africa Over recent years, the UK has increasingly emphasized the role of the private sector in its international development strategy. The Department for International Development (DFID) has been a pioneer among its peers, championing initiatives such as the Business Call to Action, the Business Innovation Facility and the Africa Enterprise Challenge Fund. […]
DFID’s New Paper On The Role Of The Private Sector In Fighting World Poverty
Business Action for Africa Over recent years, the UK has increasingly emphasized the role of the private sector in its international development strategy. The Department for International Development (DFID) has been a pioneer among its peers, championing initiatives such as the Business Call to Action, the Business Innovation Facility and the Africa Enterprise Challenge Fund. […]
Moving Minds, Moving Money: SOCAP/Europe in Amsterdam
On Monday, I attended the launch of SOCAP Europe in Amsterdam. Founded in 2008, as a “multi-platform organization dedicated to the flow of capital towards social good”, SOCAP has already established itself as one of the leading events on the impact investment calendar in the US, but this is the first time the event has […]
New Business Rules Expanding Access to Healthcare to the World’s Poorest Countries
As the volume of political debate over foreign aid increases, a new approach to investment in the developing world by the pharmaceutical industry could offer part of the solution. It is an approach born not out of corporate philanthropy, but from an understanding of the shared value to be gained through aligning the health needs […]
Working Collaboratively to Propel Entrepreneurship: ANDE Two Years On
Alleviating global poverty is one of the greatest challenges facing the world today. Despite the progress of the international community to find solutions to help end poverty, it continues to persist. Many will agree that there ought to be more innovative ways of helping the world’s poor beyond providing aid, which has proven in many […]
How young people can use the capital markets to generate income to business start up's
Foreword Africa’s development agenda has been on the table for decades, the more so since one African country after the other has reached the status of independence from colonial powers who had created multiple boundaries between the countries, sculpted the nascent economies of the periphery in accordance to their own economic needs in the metropolis […]
How young people can use the capital markets to generate income to business start up’s
Foreword Africa’s development agenda has been on the table for decades, the more so since one African country after the other has reached the status of independence from colonial powers who had created multiple boundaries between the countries, sculpted the nascent economies of the periphery in accordance to their own economic needs in the metropolis […]
Standard Chartered's Social and Economic Impact in Indonesia
One of the priorities for all of us interested in harnessing the power of business for development impact is to demonstrate and communicate much more precisely just what that impact is. Stories and anecdotes just won’t do, when we need to demonstrate the case to sceptics in the development community, and within businesses themselves. In […]
Standard Chartered’s Social and Economic Impact in Indonesia
One of the priorities for all of us interested in harnessing the power of business for development impact is to demonstrate and communicate much more precisely just what that impact is. Stories and anecdotes just won’t do, when we need to demonstrate the case to sceptics in the development community, and within businesses themselves. In […]
Banking on Development – Standard Chartered's impact in Ghana
Since the financial crisis of 2008, many stakeholders have asked whether banks really serve the public interest. When we recall that the central function of banks in modern economies is to mobilize national and, increasingly, international savings, and to allocate those funds to their most productive use within the economy, it seems that many financial […]
Banking on Development – Standard Chartered’s impact in Ghana
Since the financial crisis of 2008, many stakeholders have asked whether banks really serve the public interest. When we recall that the central function of banks in modern economies is to mobilize national and, increasingly, international savings, and to allocate those funds to their most productive use within the economy, it seems that many financial […]
REPORT: How Partnerships Contribute to Global Development
U.S. Chamber’s BCLC Reports on How Global Partnerships are Changing and Improving Press Release The U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Business Civic Leadership Center (BCLC) released a new report: Making the Connection: How Partnerships Contribute to Global Development. The report features best practices in business and lessons learned in global public-private partnerships (PPP). “Public-private partnerships are […]
Developing Inclusive Business Models in Ethiopia and Tanzania
Coca-Cola’s Manual Distribution Centers – or MDCs – are a major factor in our success in East Africa. Since they were first set up a decade ago, these small independently owned businesses now deliver over 80% of our drinks in the region, largely by push carts, to small-scale retailers who need regular but limited supplies. […]
Fighting poverty by empowering women
It is widely recognised in the development community that it is women who suffer most the burden of poverty, and that it is women who offer the best route out poverty. Grameen, perhaps the best-known advocate and pioneer, uses micro loans, financial services and technology, to help the poor, mostly women, to start self-sustaining businesses […]
Driving poor people’s access to markets through new technology
Today marks a big step in tapping the true power of business and new technology to lift people out of poverty. WorldofGood.com by eBay is a brand new marketplace that enables small-scale entrepreneurs from across the developing world to sell their products online. This is an important step into the world of “Development 2.0” – […]
Africa Enterprise Challenge Fund Goes Live!
The Africa Enterprise Challenge Fund (AECF) website goes live today. The AECF is a US$50-100m private sector fund, backed by some of the biggest names in development finance and hosted by the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA). Its aim is to encourage private sector companies to compete for like-for-like investment support for […]