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November 13, 2020
SEAD Funds Help Scale Up East African Innovators
Since launching in January 2015, our East Africa team has been working to engage local partners in the region to provide deeper and more direct support to our innovators in East Africa.
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November 13, 2020
Kenyatta University: A Thriving Community for Social Entrepreneurship
The morning of July 9th started off like any other at one of Kenya’s top universities. Students flowed in every direction across the expansive main campus of Kenyatta University (KU) in Kahawa, just 20 kilometers north of Nairobi.
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November 13, 2020
Best in Class: How Bodhi Health Education Aced Its Pitch
Abhinav Girdhar of Bodhi Health Education is an entrepreneur with an innovative model for improving healthcare delivery in India: his organization uses low-cost mobile technology and customized e-learning tools to provide quality and scalable training to health workers.
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November 13, 2020
4 Themes from DevelopmentXChange 2015
“It’s heartbreaking to not have the medical equipment to save a baby. Saving a life–well, it’s the most amazing feeling in the world,” said Indira Chikomoni, a nurse from Rwanda said in the opening video at the recent DevelopmentXChange Marketplace that took place July 22nd in Washington, DC.
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November 13, 2020
Lessons from Innovators in East Africa
Can large corporations and small entrepreneurs learn from each other? At Innovations in Healthcare, we think the answer is yes.
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November 13, 2020
Finding the “Just Right” Approach to Metrics
What is social impact? How do you measure it? Last week I attended “Metrics from the Ground Up” – a two-day event hosted by the Aspen Network of Development Entrepreneurs (ANDE) in Washington DC. Participants included entrepreneurs, investors, foundations, accelerators, and academics, all with an interest in examining the concept of impact and how to measure it.
