-
Lok Capital buys minority stake in social enterprise Drishti
Firm will use funds to service underserved geographies of Karnataka
- Categories
- Health Care, Investing
- Region
- South Asia
-
India’s shift to inclusive innovation is ‘a model to follow’
A leading Indian scientist and policymaker is calling on developing countries to adopt an "emerging paradigm" of affordable, less complex and inclusive innovation to promote development and cut poverty.
- Categories
- Health Care
- Region
- South Asia
-
Unitus Seed Fund lands $8 Million for BoP Startups from Leading Early-stage Investors
Investment includes backing of Vinod Khosla, Mohandas Pai, Mike Murray and others
- Categories
- Investing
- Region
- South Asia
-
There is a Fortune at the BoP: So why aren’t large corporations capturing it?
The first generation of writings on the "bottom of the pyramid" were based on the premise that large corporations are better positioned to address the market. But the experience of recent years shows in practice, large corporations have not always responded enthusiastically to the challenge.
- Categories
- Education
-
The Best of 2012: Using Mobile to Reach Scale
About Ugandan 21,000 households are currently registered to receive SMS messages from Living Goods. With an average household size of five people Uganda, where Living Goods operates, of five people, the company is already reaching over 100,000 clients in the first three months since the platform launched. On the one day I visited Living Goods’ Kampala office, by mid-morning tea time over 320 expecting or recent mothers had already received an SMS text.
- Categories
- Technology
-
5 development innovations to watch in 2013
Although this year had welcome news about poverty rates falling across the globe, almost two and a half billion people still get by on less than $2 a day. Innovative solutions for tackling global poverty are needed as much as ever. Here are five development innovations to watch in 2013:
- Categories
- Uncategorized
-
IFC Announces Partnership to Increase Access to Affordable Sanitation in East Africa
Nairobi, Kenya — IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, today announced support from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to catalyze the market for improved sanitation and accelerate access to more affordable sanitation solutions for low-income households in East Africa.
- Categories
- Health Care
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
-
Mobile Technology a Game Changer in Developing World
As much disruption and upheaval as the Internet age has brought to far-flung industries like education, energy and finance, the emergence of mobile computing has a much greater potential for change on a global scale, a group of experts said on Thursday.
- Categories
- Technology