A multinational health startup finds that water is just the start to bring healthy lifestyles to Kenya.
Nate BeardSeptember 2, 2014
Technologies once thought as science fiction, like Rosie from the Jetsons, have become possible and being aware of the realities and prepared for the opportunities means constantly redefining yourself.
Vivek WadhwaAugust 28, 2014
Two women entrepreneurs bring design-thinking to Tanzania creating solar-powered mobile phone charging stations that are changing the way people think about accessing electricity in off-grid communities.
Nate BeardAugust 27, 2014
Indigenous tree—never before used for commercial purposes—is providing a Kenyan startup with the means to create an agricultural revolution in East Africa.
Nate BeardAugust 26, 2014
Father-son startup in Africa combines banking and franchising strategies to bring clean drinking water to millions in the next five years.
Nate BeardAugust 25, 2014
Wana Energy Solutions is moving Ugandans away from charcoal and wood to liquid gas, which requires less time, costs less money, and sharply reduces indoor air pollution and all of the attendant health risks.
Nate BeardAugust 22, 2014
A common belief is that it is only the young who can innovate. But we may be better off motivating and empowering older workers. They are the ones who are best equipped to solve the big problems.
Vivek WadhwaAugust 21, 2014
The founder of Village Energy says his Ugandan solar-power startup is a means to an end. "It’s not about the technology. It's 'What is the development challenge out in the communities? Where can we have an impact?'"
Nate BeardAugust 20, 2014
Questions that have the potential to produce rich explorations and solve big problems too often devolve into shouting matches that increase anger and mistrust. Here's a way to frame conversations so that people actually listen to one another.
David BornsteinAugust 20, 2014
French entrepreneurs engineering new fuel sources with biomass briquettes look to scale their startup to save costs and forests in Uganda.
Nate BeardAugust 19, 2014
The policy of funding many projects in the hope that the odd one shines through belongs to an earlier era. We know enough about what works and what doesn’t to be far more targeted.
Ken BanksAugust 18, 2014
A Dutch entrepreneur is giving girls in Kenya the means to be confident by developing a local industry and keeping girls in school.
Nate BeardAugust 18, 2014
A Ugandan-American couple takes a gamble on passion fruit farming and ends turning 1,500 girls and young women into small business owners.
Nate BeardAugust 15, 2014
How one Ugandan doctor's near-death experience prompted him to create a new healthcare model for his country.
Nate BeardAugust 14, 2014
Mother and entrepreneur, Carol Kimari, is creating interactive libraries in Kenya for kids.
Nate BeardAugust 13, 2014
What would it take to identify promising innovations faster, more often, and with the full might of public and private partners? That is the challenge before us.
Aleem WaljiAugust 7, 2014
What began as the study of how individuals make decisions is revealing that we humans are not actually the freethinking individuals we believe ourselves to be.
Cheryl HellerAugust 6, 2014