Feb 27, 2014 | Businesses, Market Research, Social Impact
This week we highlight an interesting report and presentation from the GSMA about digital entrepreneurship in Kenya. This report provides a great overview of the state of the startup community and digital services industry in Kenya in 2014 with a special focus on...
Feb 20, 2014 | Humanitarian Agencies, Market Research, Monitoring and Evaluation, Social Impact
Toward the end of last year, Grameen Foundation shared its key lessons and resources for the fight against poverty. Provided below is a summary of those lessons – learnt and affirmed by the organisation and some additional details into the foundation’s work and...
Feb 13, 2014 | Social Impact, Technology, Uncategorized
The GSMA has just published a report titled, “Unlocking the Potential: Women and Mobile Financial Services in Emerging Markets,” which provides a very detailed look into how women are using Mobile Financial Services (MFS) and the challenges and learnings...
Jan 30, 2014 | Humanitarian Agencies, Monitoring and Evaluation, Social Impact, Uncategorized
The UK Government recently launched a new scheme aimed at improving the lives of individuals in developing countries who work for suppliers operating in the global supply chain. The program, Trade in Global Value Chains Initiative, uses UK government aid money to...
Jan 22, 2014 | Businesses, Social Impact, Uncategorized
JN Fang writes about her experience as an Opportunity Labs Technology Fellow with engageSPARK in Cebu City, Philippines during December 2013 and January 2014. At some point between getting my news from Junior Scholastic and joining high school debate, I decided that I...
Jan 15, 2014 | Social Impact, Technology
The technology industry has a problem. It’s not a new one but one that the importance of which only grows and expands. This problem is that of diversity in the tech industry. The tech world is not diverse. The computer industry in particular is a disappointing...
