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Monthly Archives: July 2011
Pioneers on the Frontier: A look at Africa’s growing multinationals
Despite an international economic downturn, multinational corporations in sub-Saharan Africa are thriving. According to a joint report by Dalberg and the Initiative for Global Development, African MNCs grew 30% annually between 2006 and 2009, outpacing of the overall revenue growth … Continue reading
Posted in Inclusive Growth
Tagged Africa, business strategy, MNCs, multinational corporations
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Mainstreaming innovation in the health sector
The Global Campaign for the Health Millennium Development Goals, led by the Norwegian government, has gotten serious about the role of the private sector in improving the health of women and children. Norway has embraced the new thinking in development: … Continue reading
Posted in Gender Issues, Global Health, Mobile for Development
Tagged Africa, business models, global health, innovation, maternal health, Norad, women
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Making public transportation female-friendly in Mumbai
If you could change anything about your daily commute, what would it be? Dalberg teamed up with the World Bank this spring to ask more than 200 women living in slums in Mumbai, India about the barriers preventing them from … Continue reading
New ways to electrify Sub-Saharan Africa
Across the globe, 1.6 billion people live without electricity. More than a third of them live in Africa, where Dalberg joined the World Bank and the International Finance Corporation to increase access to electricity through the Lighting Africa initiative. According … Continue reading
