When AI Gets It Wrong: Lessons from a Women-Centered Design Experiment Highlight the Need for Inclusive GPTs nextbillion.net/when-ai-gets... #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #GenderEquity #ChatGPT

Beyond Shock, Money or Mandate: Why African Banks Aren’t Taking Bold Climate Action — And What it Will Take to Move Forward nextbillion.net/beyond-shock... #ClimateChange #ClimateFinance #ClimateAction #climate #Africa #banking #lending #GlobalDevelopment #finance

Moving Past the ‘Infrastructure of Hope’: Why Investors, Policymakers and Entrepreneurs Must Build a Modern E-Commerce Ecosystem in Southeast Asia nextbillion.net/moving-past-... #Ecommerce #SoutheastAsia #SmallBusiness #entrepreneurs

Aligning Capital with Justice: How Innovative Finance Can Enable the Final Stretch Toward Energy Access in Africa nextbillion.net/aligning-cap... #ImpactInvesting #Africa #EnergyAccess #solar #renewables

A New Green Revolution in Indian Agriculture: How Satellite Remote Sensing is Quietly Transforming the Sector nextbillion.net/new-green-re... #satellites #agriculture #farming #smallholders #India

The ABCs of Catalytic Sunsetting: How Foundations and Other Philanthropic Funders Can Exit Boldly — And Leave a Bigger Legacy nextbillion.net/abcs-catalyt... @dalberggroup.bsky.social @kusisami.bsky.social #philanthropy #philanthropists #SocialEnterprise #ImpactInvesting

Scaling Youth Entrepreneurship in Africa: A Multi-Stakeholder Approach for Developing Local Ecosystems nextbillion.net/scaling-yout... @technoserve.bsky.social #entrepreneurship #Africa #GlobalDevelopment #NGOs #nonprofits #YouthEmployment

Building Sustainable Sanitation Markets in Africa: Lessons from Uganda and Malawi nextbillion.net/building-sus... #sanitation #Africa #EmergingMarkets #WASH #Uganda #Malawi #sustainable #UrbanDevelopment

A Field-Based Perspective on Sub-Saharan Africa’s Agriculture Crisis: Exploring the Four Critical Dimensions that are Driving Food Insecurity nextbillion.net/field-based-... #agriculture #Africa #SubSaharanAfrica #FoodSecurity #FoodInsecurity #farming #agtech #ClimateChange

The Circular Solar Opportunity in Africa: How Refurbishing Solar Systems Can Reduce E-Waste and Expand Energy Access nextbillion.net/circular-sol... #solar #SolarPower #SolarEnergy #Africa #Ethiopia #EWaste #CircularEconomy #RenewableEnergy #renewables #OffGrid

Women, Wealth and Climate Resilience: The Transformative Power of Asset Creation in Africa nextbillion.net/women-wealth... #Africa #climate #ClimateChange #ClimateResilience #ClimateSolutions #GenderEquity #entrepreneurship

Building Smarter Data Practices in Entrepreneurship Support Ecosystems: How Entrepreneurs, Investors and Other Stakeholders Can Drive Systemic Change nextbillion.net/building-sma... @wdavidsoninst.bsky.social #entrepreneurship #data #SocialEnterprise #ImpactInvesting #SocialImpact

Designing Digital Health Tools for the Last Mile: Lessons for Maximizing Connectivity, Usability and Trust nextbillion.net/designing-di... #DigitalHealth #GlobalHealth #healthcare #DigitalAccess #EmergingMarkets #India #Africa #PublicHealth

A Global Effort to Unleash Local Data: How Open Mapping is Shaping Grassroots Climate Resilience Worldwide nextbillion.net/global-effor... #mapping #ClimateChange #climate #ClimateAdaptation #ClimateResilience #ClimateAction #EmergingMarkets #NGOs

Redefining Fairness: How Second-Degree Price Discrimination Can Bring Greater Access to Essential Goods and Services in Emerging Markets bit.ly/4l2eufr #equity #EmergingMarkets #BusinessDevelopment #PriceDiscrimination #economy #microeconomics #business #NGOs #MSMEs #EconomicDiscrimination

Transforming How Financial Service Providers and Fintechs Leverage Data: A New Free Tool Aims to Separate the Signal from the Noise lnkd.in/gn4YqqyC #FinancialInclusion #fintech #DigitalFinance #EmergingMarkets #FinancialServices #data #DigitalEconomy #innovation

Measuring Systems Change in Agricultural Finance in Africa: Practical Metrics and Guidance for Detecting and Tracking Real Change nextbillion.net/measuring-sy... @dalberggroup.bsky.social #agriculture #Africa #lending #finance #SystemsChange #farming #SubSaharanAfrica

From COVID to Foreign Aid Cuts: How Community-Led Financial Access Can Help Women and Their Communities Weather Crises nextbillion.net/from-covid-t... #FinancialInclusion #microfinance #EmergingMarkets #ForeignAid #USAID #COVID19 #GlobalDevelopment @e-mfp.bsky.social #FinancialServices #COVID

The Rise of the Creator Economy in Emerging Markets: Empowering Youth and Marginalized Communities Through Web Monetization nextbillion.net/rise-of-crea... @interledger.interledger.social.ap.brid.gy #ContentCreators #influencers #EmergingMarkets #employment #YouthEmployment

Connected Power: Ensuring Africa is Not Left in the Dark — or Offline nextbillion.net/connected-po... #Africa #SubSaharanAfrica #EnergyAccess #SolarEnergy #solar #InternetAccess #DigitalDivide #OffGridSolar #internet

Bringing Digital Transformation to the Water Sector: How New Technologies Can Boost Water Access in LMICs nextbillion.net/bringing-dig... #water #WASH #technology #Kenya #Africa #WaterSector #EmergingMarkets #WaterAccess #DigitalTransformation

It’s Time to Rethink Universal Health Coverage in Africa: Introducing ‘Access-as-a-Service’ nextbillion.net/time-to-reth... @jhpiego.org #Africa #healthcare #health #GlobalHealth #PublicHealth #UniversalHealthcare #EmergingMarkets

Being a Changemaker in an Era of Accelerating Change: A Q&A with Ashoka Founder and Social Entrepreneurship Pioneer Bill Drayton nextbillion.net/being-change... #SocialEnterprise #SocialImpact @socapglobal.bsky.social @pioneerspost.bsky.social @impactentrepreneur.com @ssir.org

Mobilizing More Capital for African SME Funds: New Research Reveals Persistent Market Constraints — And a Growing Focus on Innovation nextbillion.net/mobilizing-c... #Africa #SMEs #MSMEs #investing #ImpactInvesting #MSMEDay #WorldMSMEDay #GlobalDevelopment

Bringing African Knowledge into the Probiotic Industry: The Untapped Goldmine in Nigeria’s Fermented Foods nextbillion.net/bringing-afr... #Nigeria #probiotics #FermentedFoods #FoodIndustry #FoodIndustry #GlobalDevelopment #GutHealth #nutrition #FoodSecurity #Africa #FoodSystems

To Truly Innovate, WASH Funders Need to Get Their Hands Dirty: Key Learnings from Five Years of Pioneering Impact-Linked Finance in Water, Sanitation and Hygiene nextbillion.net/wash-funders... #WASH #water #sanitation #hygiene #ImpactInvesting #impinv #ImpactInvestors #SDG6 #GlobalDevelopment

DOGE is WEIRD: Why India’s Public Sector Consulting Ecosystem Should Not Follow in America’s Footsteps nextbillion.net/doge-is-weir... #DOGE #GovernmentEfficiency #India #consulting #PublicSector #consultants #government #governance

Africa Must Not Be a Spectator in its Own Economic Development: The Need for Pension-Backed Private Capital nextbillion.net/africa-must-... #Africa #ImpactInvesting #VentureCapital #investing #GlobalDevelopment #SubSaharanAfrica #startups #SMEs #MSMEs #funding #EmergingMarkets #Ghana #pensions

Building a Better AgTech Funding Model in Africa: Three Key Challenges Behind the Ecosystem’s Loss of Momentum nextbillion.net/building-bet... #agriculture #AgTech #VC #VentureCapital #ImpactInvesting #GlobalDevelopment #climate #ClimateChange #Africa #SubSaharanAfrica #SmallholderFarming

Scaling E-Mobility in Africa: How Ethiopia is Pioneering the Transition to Green Transportation — And How Battery Swapping Can Help nextbillion.net/scaling-e-mo... #EVs #ElectricVehicles #BatteryTech #EVInnovation #Africa #Ethiopia #CleanEnergy #EMobility #EnergyAccess #BatterySwapping #EVBattery

Press Release: @britishintinv.bsky.social Is Joined by @proparco.bsky.social and FMO to Expand the Reach of the Africa Resilience Investment Accelerator (ARIA) Across the Continent: nextbillion.net/news/british... #CleanEnergy #manufacturing #ClimateFinance #ImpactInvesting #accelerator #business

Four Key Lessons for Implementing PAYGo 2.0: How the PAYGo Solar Sector Can Fulfill its Potential nextbillion.net/four-key-les... #EnergyAccess #Solar #SolarPower #SolarEnergy #RenewableEnergy #EnergyTransition #ClimateAction #CleanEnergy #Sustainability #Renewables #ImpactInvesting #impinv

🚨 Deadline Extension: Apply to Swiss Re Foundation's #Entrepreneurs for #Resilience Programme by June 3rd. Eligibility: #SocialEnterprises with #brickandclick delivery models that enhance low-income people’s access to quality primary #healthcare in #EmergingMarkets Apply: ➡️ lnkd.in/efcCfiFr

Demystifying Impact Measurement and Management Using a Systems Lens: Four FREE, Jargon-Free Webinars During Glocal Evaluation Week, June 2 – 5 nextbillion.net/demystifying... #ImpactInvesting #SocialEnterprise #SocialImpact #SystemsThinking @wdavidsoninst.bsky.social @ysk2115.bsky.social #webinars

This piece by our friend Sam Mendelson is #WorthARead: bit.ly/44X9cNX @e-mfp.bsky.social #microfinance #FinancialInclusion #SocialImpact #BehavioralEconomics #poverty #EmergingMarkets

Heads up, #ClimateTech #entrepreneurs: Check out the ecosystem mapping work @wdavidsoninst.bsky.social is doing in #Mexico:

We've seen a lot of discussion lately around the role of #philanthropy in addressing the interrelated global crises of our time - along with a growing realization that this #polycrisis is outpacing the #SocialImpact, #GlobalDevelopment and philanthropic sectors' ability to respond to it:

Unlocking the Investment Potential of Healthcare in Emerging Markets: How New Technologies, Platform Models and Financing Options are Driving Growth nextbillion.net/unlocking-in... #healthcare #health #PublicHealth #EmergingMarkets #investing #ImpactInvesting #impinv #HealthTech #GlobalHealth

Interesting new initiative from @j-pal.bsky.social, aiming to uncover what works in #poverty alleviation and #GlobalDevelopment — an important focus in this age of declining #GlobalAid funding:

🇮🇳 India’s rural households spend about $45 billion annually on healthcare, excluding travel for medical care. “The rural healthcare market in India presents a significant and largely untapped investment opportunity,” says Jyotsna Krishnan of Elevar and EPIC World. impactalpha.com/can-tele-hea...

The Current Approach to Scaling Impact Capital isn’t Working: Why Addressing the Polycrisis Requires More ‘Impact-Native’ Capital nextbillion.net/current-appr... #ImpactInvesting #ESG #SocialImpact #investing #polycrisis #investors #greenwashing @buildersfund.bsky.social @trippbaird.bsky.social

Funding African Solutions to the Climate Crisis: Why Local Venture Capital Innovation Holds the Key to Climate Resilience nextbillion.net/funding-afri... #ClimateChange #ClimateAction #ClimateResilience #Africa #ClimateFinance #ImpactInvesting #ClimateCrisis #climate #VentureCapital #VC #investing

Interesting piece on the lack of "impact unicorns," based on a recent white paper on the topic, and featuring some "harsh words for philanthropic #foundations — especially those engaged in both grant-making and #impactinvesting." #SocialImpact #SocialEnterprise #impinv #socent #philanthropy

The Quiet Revival of Microfinance: Why The Sector is Poised for Greater Growth and Impact in 2025 and Beyond nextbillion.net/quiet-reviva... @fivetalents.bsky.social #microfinance #FinancialInclusion #microcredit #FinancialServices #PovertyAlleviation #poverty #EmergingMarkets #SocialImpact

A Milestone in the Modernization of Indian Healthcare: How Digital Integration is Transforming the Country’s Health System: nextbillion.net/milestone-mo... #India #healthcare #DigitalHealth #HealthTech #health #HealthSystems #DigitalPublicInfrastructure #AyushmanBharat #GlobalHealth #PublicHealth

Rethinking Education to Re-Engage Youth: Why It’s Time to Focus on Practical Skill Building nextbillion.net/rethinking-e... @sdgacademy.bsky.social @unsdsn.org #SDGs #education #HigherEducation #SkillDevelopment #youth #YouthEmployment #employment #skilling #unemployment #academia #universities

Interesting to see this effort by Heifer International to leverage catalytic financing tools to support greater investment in Africa’s #farmers, #agriculture businesses and #startups.

An important part of the discussion about what's next for #ForeignAid in #Africa:

Comparing Four Last-Mile Distribution Models: Best Practices and Common Pitfalls in Reaching Rural Customers nextbillion.net/comparing-fo... #distribution #RuralDevelopment #GlobalDevelopment #EmergingMarkets #SocialImpact #SocialEnterprise #LastMile #LastMileDistribution @bopinc.bsky.social

Ending the Vicious Circle in PAYGo Solar: How Companies and Investors Can Move the Sector Toward ‘PAYGo 2.0’ nextbillion.net/ending-vicio... #PAYGO #PAYGOSolar #solar #SolarPower #SolarSector #OffGridSolar #ImpactInvesting #impinv #GlobalDevelopment #SocialImpact #EnergyAccess #ClimateChange