[Editor’s Note: This is the final part of a series of four blogs sharing insights from the results of a review conducted by Results for Development of the first three …
R4D (Part 3): Leveraging partnerships to build expertise, support around innovation
[Editor’s Note: This is the third part of a series of four blogs sharing insights from the results of a review conducted by Results for Development of the first three …
R4D (Part 2): Strengthening innovation ecosystems
[Editor’s Note: This is 2nd part in a 4-part series of blogs sharing insights from the results of a review conducted by Results for Development of the first three years …
R4D (Part 1): Supporting pathways to scale in new regions and sectors
[Editor’s Note: This is part one in a series of four blogs sharing insights from the results of a review conducted by Results for Development of the first three years …
Incubating the incubators: Promoting entrepreneurship in frontier markets
Business incubators and accelerators face some universal challenges. Here are BRAC’s three takeaways from DFAT innovationXchange’s Frontier Incubators program. Salman Sabbab Deputy Manager of BRAC’s social innovation lab Kazi Prottoy …
Dr. Sarah Pearson: Why balance is so important for me, and for all of us #IWD2019
Until I had kids, everything I did was about challenging myself to be the best I could be, pushing the boundaries of the possible, and ignoring “No”. When I did …
How can we vaccinate children in the remote parts of the Pacific?
One-month old Joy Nowai, became the world’s first child to be given a vaccine delivered by drone in a remote island in Vanuatu. On the right, she is pictured with …
Social Innovation Needs Data, This Free Platform Provides It
Managing Director, Global Innovation Exchange Results for Development Innovation can take many forms, especially when addressing global development challenges. This can involve new products, a new business model, a new …
How 3 Cross-Sector Partners Moved $4.6 Million to Scale 10 Tech Startups Working in 14+ Countries
Content Officer, MIT Solve. This post originally appeared on the MIT Solve blog here. Imagine an app for disadvantaged children that makes accessing tutoring services as easy as streaming Netflix. …
An education for the 21st century
How the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) is helping one entrepreneur crack a sustainable learning centre model that could benefit millions of children in developing countries around the …
How we built Southeast Asia’s largest network of pharmacy professionals in just 500 days
The Global Innovation Fund is a non-profit, social-first investment fund. It is a joint initiative of the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, the UK’s Department for International Development, …
“Things Change Quickly in Timor”
When Canadian food researcher and consultant David Szanto went to Dili in August 2018, he visited LAUNCH Food Innovator TL-FIX and took a deep dive into Timorese culture and cuisine. Here, …