I saw Annie Lennox play a surprise performance last week in Oxford. Under other circumstances, I would have been blown away, but at this event she was strictly second billing. Don't get me wrong, she put on a great show, demonstrating impressive range and a commanding voice as she moved...
0 Comments | Posted November 20, 2011 | 4:39 PM
I'm writing from the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos, Nigeria. I've just spent the last two days participating in events related to Global Entrepreneurship Week hosted by ANDE members Pan-African University-Enterprise Development Centre (EDC), Alitheia Capital, and the International Finance Corporation (IFC).
Now, the first thing many Westerners...
0 Comments | Posted April 21, 2011 | 1:39 PM
As many as 2.5 billion people in the world -- 1 in 3 -- do not have access to functioning sanitation systems. Not surprisingly, a host of maladies arise for families faced with this situation, ranging from malodorous living conditions to major diseases. Throughout the developing world, diarrheal disease is...
0 Comments | Posted March 11, 2011 | 1:45 PM
If you've watched the opening scenes of Slumdog Millionaire, you've seen Dharavi, a teeming slum of nearly a million people in the heart of Mumbai. I'm just back from India, including a visit to Dharavi. And, let me assure you, the film was shot on location.
Walking into the slum...
0 Comments | Posted February 18, 2011 | 11:05 AM
At least once a day at work (and all too often at cocktail parties), I have the opportunity to explain to a newcomer in my field why I think small and growing businesses (SGBs) are key to long-term poverty eradication in developing countries.
"If you look at the economic...
0 Comments | Posted April 16, 2012 | 6:34 PM