All Blog Posts Tagged '#FeatAfrica, #Base of the Pyramid' (12)

Africa’s Economic Renaissance and the challenge of Affordable Urban Housing

There is so much buzz in the media at the moment about Africa. Africa is witnessing something of an economic renaissance and millions of Africans are being lifted out of poverty, some into an emerging middle class. Investors are beginning to take African more seriously as a viable investment destination and the inflows of foreign direct investment (FDI) into Africa are expected to increase significantly in the coming…

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Added by Olubayo John on March 31, 2012 at 17:13 — No Comments

South African housing company in finals of global contest

A South African housing construction company, Moladi Housing Technology, has…

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Added by moladi Formwork on March 28, 2012 at 7:00 — 2 Comments

Aid: Supply-led versus Demand-led assistance

Photo: ColaLife. Simon Berry, Founder and a Director of ColaLife

 

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Added by Simon Berry on March 16, 2012 at 11:00 — No Comments

Jeff Raikes, CEO, The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation: A Message to Members of Business Fights Poverty

Photo: University of Nebraska-Lincoln

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Added by member on March 10, 2012 at 20:00 — 4 Comments

moladi Formwork Technology awarded GOLD in Frankfurt, Germany

Just returned from exhibiting Moladi at the United Nations by invitation of the Smithsonian Institute, we are very honoured to bring home yet another accolade, this time from Europe.  We received notification from the President of Business Initiative Directions (BID), Jose E. Prieto, informing us thatMoladi has been awarded the International Arch of Europe for Quality and Technology Award…

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Added by moladi Formwork on March 3, 2012 at 6:09 — No Comments

Resources for practitioners: inclusive business models in the energy sector

Photo: Village shopt at dusk lit by solar panels. Sri Lanka. Photo: © Dominic Sansoni / World Bank

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Added by member on February 27, 2012 at 10:30 — No Comments

AidPod - latest design released

Things are kicking off here in Zambia with the ColaLife trial. Lots of the initial work is not necessarily very exciting (MOUs, contracts etc) but this is. The image below shows the latest version of the AidPod (Version VIII) and its component parts:

AidPod Version VIII

We went through this with the PI Global team (our packaging partner)…

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Added by Simon Berry on February 14, 2012 at 10:00 — No Comments

New WBCSD publication: Business solutions to enable energy access for all

Photo: Schneider Electric



 

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Added by member on January 16, 2012 at 15:00 — 1 Comment

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