Off-grid services for Africa

Transporting produce in Rwanda is difficult, and the country’s storage infrastructure is limited. To better understand these…

Though Jamaica is working to diversify production and build self-sufficiency in its agricultural sector, like much of the…

Are carbon credits a legitimate tool to fight climate change — or are they just greenwashing? Ben Jeffreys at ATEC Global argues…

As efforts to decarbonize the world’s energy systems accelerate, many industries and companies face both new challenges and…

There are over 70 mini-grids operating in Nigeria today, and similar businesses are delivering clean energy in other underserved…

The holy grail in venture capital is to invest in a “unicorn” — a startup that achieves a valuation of over $1 billion. But as…

Improving the performance of agricultural value chains will be crucial to emerging countries' efforts to end poverty and hunger,…

The growth of renewable energy has led to skyrocketing demand for the “green minerals” used in constructing and powering clean…

In the early 2000s, a small-scale World Bank pilot project in Bangladesh unexpectedly grew into the largest off-grid solar…

South-South Cooperation empowers developing countries to create home-grown solutions to development problems, and to share them…

The accumulation of electronic waste is an increasingly urgent issue around the world. And as Sofia Ollvid at SolarAid points…

Around the world, roughly 1.8 billion people menstruate — and over 300 million are menstruating on any given day. Yet as Lucie…

The social impact sector is increasingly recognizing that scaling a solution does not always result in lasting change. According…

Last-mile delivery is the crucial link that connects businesses to customers in Africa’s rapidly growing economies. As Samuel…

There’s a growing belief that lasting solutions to today's complex challenges will require fundamental changes to the systems…

Women farmers in emerging markets face many gender-specific challenges when they attempt to participate equally in agricultural…

Most social enterprises and non-profits recognize that high-quality data and evidence can help them improve performance, attract…

The global labor market has been transformed by the COVID-19 pandemic’s normalization of remote work and the resulting “great…

As of 2020, the annual SDG financing gap for developing countries stood at $4.2 trillion — up from $2.5 trillion pre-pandemic.…

Nigeria has one of the lowest insurance penetration rates in the world, at just 0.5%. But as Brian Yu at Shecluded explains, this…