By Wayne Visser*
Last week, I was hosted by Ufadhili Trust to deliver a 2 day workshop on CSR in Nairobi, Kenya. As I was last in Kenya 20 years ago when I attended an AIESEC African Leadership Development Seminar, it was wonderful to return and compare my impressions.
The biggest changes have [...]

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By Katherine Nightingale
Pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) will release 13,500 malaria drug candidates into the public domain as part of its ‘open innovation’ agenda, it has announced.
Chief executive Andrew Witty outlined the company’s strategy for increasing its intellectual property flexibility and altering its business model to tackle neglected tropical diseases.
“We’re trying to identify a more [...]

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Successful businesses are those that plan for long-term, sustainable development, taking into account the social and environmental impacts of their activities.
This means considering the effect of every part of your business on the environment and society. Simply put, your business should have minimal negative effect on the wider world.
Taking a sustainable approach will typically be [...]

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By Vijaya Ramachandran*
No amount of aid can substitute for a thriving private sector, in Africa or anywhere else in the world.
A productive business environment encourages growth, learning, investment, and competition on a global scale, whereas an environment of high costs and risks discourages would-be entrepreneurs from establishing a business, investing in it, and increasing its [...]

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By Santika Ratayalaksmi
“Our biggest challenge this century is to take an idea that seems abstract—sustainable development—and turn it into a reality for all the world’s peoples.” Kofi Annan, former UN Secretary General
One of humankind’s greatest challenges this century will be to ensure sustainable, just and balanced development.
The needs of current and future generations cannot be [...]

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