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Throughout the Muslim world, echoes of the Egyptian chant "Leave, Leave, Leave" fall on far-from-deaf ears. The simple fact that pumping fists in Tunisia preceded pitchforks in Egypt is a harbinger of the aftershocks to come. The burden is on enterprise to ensure that when the dust does finally settle, those very US dollars start to flow freely.
Aftershocks of Egypt and Social Enterprise’s RoleBlog Post
Business targeting BoP consumers might fail if they neglect a key feature of business life: competition. Entering the market, business will find out that BoP consumers are normally not "unserved." They drink water, they eat, they treat illnesses, etc. Competition at the BoP can be a barrier - or a source of learning and collaboration.
Understanding Competition at the Base of the Pyramid (Part 1)News
By Elena L. Pasquini Mohamed Ibn Chambas has mixed feelings about the emerging collaboration of China and Europe to help Africa meet the Millennium Development Goals. While he welcomes such a partn...
Hopes and Fears on EU?s Africa AidBlog Post
As competitions like the Automotive X-Prize to the NetFlix Prize show, incentive-based mechanisms also can be effective catalysts for international development. Yet as Vicky Hausman, Associate Partner at Dalberg Global Development Advisors tells us, ?announcing a cash reward and a set of rules is often not enough to achieve the desired result."
In Search of Innovation: Prize Incentives for International DevelopmentNews
India’s largest mobile operator, Bharti Airtel, is offering its customers the facility to make payments through mobile phones, reflecting a growing interest by Indian mobile operators in addressing the large number of mobile users in the country that do not have access to banking and online facilities. Currently a large number of people in India pay in cash for goods and services, sometimes standing in long queues to pay for utilities like electricity and water supply. Bharti ...
India?s Airtel Introduces Cash Payment by Mobile PhoneBlog Post
It’s a long way from E+Co’s headquarters in Bloomfield, NJ to center stage at the magnificent Emirates Palace in Abu Dhabi. But as a result of the focus and commitment of E+Co staff and the dedication of more than 200 energy entrepreneurs in Africa, Asia and Latin America, E+Co was one of the finalists for the Zayed Future Energy Prize (ZFEP).
Guest Post: Reflections from Center Stage at the 2011 World Future Energy SummitBlog Post
Brazil hosts over 100,000 publicly sponsored Internet access centers, or LAN (Local Area Network) Houses. The phenomenon started in affluent areas of S?o Paulo in the 1990s and now extend into poor isolated regions. These centers represent to 45% of all Internet access in Brazil, and connect 30 million Brazilians, mainly in low-income communities.
Brazil’s Flourishing ’LAN’ Houses Supplying More Than Internet ConnectionsBlog Post
Editor’s Note: This is the second in a two-part series on Fonkoze’s operations following last year’s earthquake in Haiti. New Fonkoze clients pay a one-time membership fee for life, and they quickly encounter an organization structure designed to communicate to them what a democratic institution looks like.
In Haiti, the Fonkoze Model of Social Evolution – Part 2
