Inclusive Business

Saving the lives of the rich and the urban poor through cross-subsidisation

Carolina Zishiri and Andrew Kaiser-Tedesco interview Temie Giwa-Tubosun, Founder and CEO of LifeBank; Africa’s healthcare supply chain engine. Temie has years of health management experience with the Department For International Development (DFID), World Health Organization, UNDP, and the Lagos State Government. In 2014, the BBC listed her as one of the 100 women changing the world. She was also recognised as an African innovator by Quartz and the World Economic Forum.
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Alexis Geaneotes and Kathy Mignano

During this podcast we hear Alexis Geaneotes and Kathy Mignano from IFC share the latest thinking on inclusive business.
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Youth Perspectives on Our Future Economy

As part of Business Fights Poverty Online 2020, we teamed up with youth from around the world from the Economy of Francesco to organise a co-creative session dedicated to imagining and evaluating future economic models and to begin to co-create our future together.
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The post-COVID-19 world presents an opportunity for better business, but will it happen?

The business landscape could be irrevocably changed by Covid-19. But that is not necessarily a bad thing. Nothing provides perspective like a global emergency and as a result, companies will be judged more than ever on their raison d’être and the purpose that they serve.
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Early Insights From Four Practitioners in Response to the COVID-19 Crisis

As the COVID-19 pandemic reached their country and government took extraordinary lockdown measures, many Inclusive Businesses suddenly had trouble importing, producing, distributing and selling their beneficial goods and services. Some of them were able to quickly respond and sometimes even pivot their business models to continue serving their low-income consumers with essential products and services. Some of these pioneers shared early lessons with us via an online webinar.
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Inclusive Business Solutions to Poverty, Post COVID-19

Before the coronavirus outbreak, nearly five billion people were beginning to escape poverty and to benefit from globalisation’s reach to developing countries. But there were the “bottom billion” of the world’s poor whose countries, largely immune to the forces of global economy, were falling farther behind and were in danger of separating permanently from the rest of the world. After COVID-19, the situation of people at the bottom of the pyramid (BoP) will only worsen if decision-makers, including business leaders — major drivers of social mobility — don’t take an innovative approach to facing the challenge.
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Put Collaboration at the Heart of Global Efforts to Re-build MSMEs Post COVID-19

New guide provides insights on how sectors can work together to remove the systemic barriers that stand in the way of MSMEs re-building from the crisis
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The Informal Economy is Complicating Government Responses to COVID-19: Will the Crisis Push Millions Toward Formality?

As COVID-19 spreads in countries around the world, governments have already started to address the economic and livelihood challenges posed by the constraints the pandemic has put on behaviour and employment. These measures will help cushion the impact of COVID-19 on employment in wealthier areas. But what about lower-income countries?
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Vulnerable Workers in Global Value Chains – Ambitious Collaboration Needed

Livelihoods of workers in the poorest and most vulnerable countries are being decimated even before the coronavirus sweeps in, as supply chains grind to a halt. This is disastrous for families, triggering an alarming resurgence in poverty. It is bad news for businesses that will want to rebuild, and for consumers in developed countries who depend on robust and resilient supply chains.​
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How businesses respond to Coronavirus has massive ramifications – now and for the future economy that emerges

How business responds to the Corona virus crisis matters hugely. It affects what happens to millions of lives and livelihoods now. And it affects the prospect for building back better. What we do now, will shape the pathway out of this mess. In years to come, suppliers and stakeholders will remember which businesses and brands acted responsibly during the crisis, working through problems together.
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COVID-19 and the Poor: Inclusive Business has solutions, but needs radical collaboration

The COVID-19 virus will soon make waves in low-income contexts in South Asia, Africa and Latin America. While these regions have a much younger population than the EU or China, both the disease itself and any measures to keep it from spreading will have a severe impact. The most vulnerable will be hit hardest.
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Social Impact Measurement and Business: What, Why, and How?​’

On February 27th, Business Fights Poverty held a live written discussion to explore how we can measure, manage and get the most from our social impact. Given that this was one of our liveliest online discussions to date, with over two thousand attendees and 174 comments, writing a compact summary of the event may not do it justice.
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The Morning Show: How Business and Television Can Help Us See Possible Contributions to Peace

To date, this column has been devoted to films that provide a lens through which we might see the ways that various cultural artifacts, including business, music, sports and film, can help us see possible contributions to peace.  This month, I’m expanding beyond film to its screen cousin, television, with attention given to AppleTV’s The Morning Show. 
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Why Off-Grid Energy Matters…And How it Can Matter Even More

Roughly 600 million people in Africa lack access to electricity. Off-grid energy solutions, such as solar home systems and mini-grids, are the most efficient way to provide energy to over half of these people. Although the impact of providing energy access on people’s lives – including through off-grid solutions – may seem obvious, it’s important to better understand and quantify exactly what this means. Because it’s through this detailed understanding of impact that we can become better investors.
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How to Profitably Serve the Last Mile

Part III of this series describes how N-Frnds has created a hybrid network of Pre-sellers serving multiple FMCG and corporate partners, enabling them to profitably serve last-mile outlets while also empowering these micro-retailers with access to finance to expand their sales and become more viable businesses, creating a win-win situation for all.
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Demystifying Impact Measurement and Management for Inclusive Business

In the build up towards Business Fights Poverty’s first Online Discussion of 2020, which focuses on Impact Measurement, learn more about the topic in this interview brought to you by Business Fights Poverty Content Partners iBAN and Business Call to Action.
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What Will Last Mile Distribution Look Like in 2025? Six Predictions for an Emerging Sector

Beneficial household products such as solar lights, improved cookstoves, water purifiers, nutritional supplements and agricultural inputs can play a significant role in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. But these products can’t make an impact if they don’t reach the last mile customers who could benefit from them.
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Top Stories of 2019

While the social impact and business agenda is shaping up for 2020, we first wanted to share the most popular stories we published in 2019 with you. A huge thank you to the authors featured in this list and to all of you who made contributions. We hope these stories inspire you and welcome your submissions this year*.
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10 Trends That Should Be on Your Board’s Radar

I have vivid memories, from the years I spent working on social impact in-house for big business, of scrambling for Board or Exec report around this time. ‘Please summarise the key social impact trends and the effects on business’, was the exam question. This year, I thought I would do the same for you. Feel free to borrow, comment and add your own.
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Appropriate Technology for Serving the ‘Last Mile’ – The Need for Simple, Flexible and Scalable Solutions

In the second part of this three-part series, which deals with challenges of digitizing indirect FMCG distribution channels in emerging markets, I explore why developing and deploying appropriate technologies to gather data has been a challenge and will provide some examples of how N-Frnds, a technology platform company focusing on digital distribution in emerging markets is addressing this challenge.
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