Articles by John F. Akwetey
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						Guest Articles Monday 
 February 24
 2025Yaquta Fatehi / John F. Akwetey Disrupting Waste Management in Emerging Markets: Four Lessons for Strengthening Businesses While Empowering Women and CommunitiesEarly-stage companies in emerging markets whose workforces and value chains are dependent on women face several common challenges. According to Yaquta Fatehi at the William Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan and John F. Akwetey, these issues are especially relevant in the waste management sector. They share insights from a study of waste management businesses and practices in Kenya, which show the impacts of treating women’s empowerment and community engagement as integral elements of business strategies rather than peripheral concerns. 
