The Middle East North Africa region (MENA) is fertile ground for founders who want to start a business venture, but the environment wasn’t always so welcoming. In this virtual panel, …

At 23 years-old, Ankiti Bose started a digital supply chain company in Southeast Asia that would grow to be valued at USD 1.1 billion, create over 100k jobs, and improve labor practices across the region. National strategies are increasingly banking on young entrepreneurs like Ankiti create more prosperous economic futures. Globally, 600 million jobs need to be created to solve global unemployment needs over the next 15 years. Young entrepreneurs have the early tech exposure and drive to impact society that hold the potential to solve the world's most pressing issues. However, entrepreneurs like Ankiti are rare. In this article, Sufian explores how the enabling ecosystems of educational, corporate, risk capital, and government stakeholders can unleash the power of youth entrepreneurship to transform economies.

Headline: The Legatum Center at MIT gathered ten entrepreneurs from five African countries in Senegal for an immersive experience that included an adaptive leadership retreat and tour of greater Dakar’s …

The Legatum Center for Development & Entrepreneurship at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, MA) inaugural cohort of the Legatum Foundry Fellows tour Accra innovation ecosystem. Thirteen entrepreneurs from eight …

The Legatum Center for Development and Entrepreneurship at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology introduces the inaugural cohort of Legatum Foundry Fellows. Meet the 2021 Legatum Foundry Fellows Ehi Binitie, Rancard …

By: Dina H. Sherif I am often asked why I am so passionate about building fellowships or spaces for like-minded people to come together to learn and reflect, not just …

For decades, information and communication technologies (ICTs) have variably impacted people, enterprises, and societies depending on their degree of readiness in terms of human capital development, digital infrastructure dissemination, infostructure …

When Affiong Williams founded her snack-food company ReelFruit in Nigeria in 2012, she soon discovered she had to go beyond the typical managing and marketing required to put any new …

The rise of the bottom up, and surprising lessons and leadership from Africa and other rising markets Christopher M. Schroeder Today I had, as I often do, a long call …

The Legatum Center at MIT is excited to introduce a new cohort of 19 entrepreneurs into the Legatum Fellowship. The Legatum Fellowship is a competitive program designed to help aspiring …

This is the second in a series of posts from our conversations at the 2021 Lauder Africa Symposium with the Lauder Institute at The Wharton School. The Symposium focused on …

In March, the Legatum Center for Development and Entrepreneurship teamed up with the Lauder Institute at The Wharton School to host the 2021 Lauder Africa Symposium. The Symposium focused on …

2020-2021 was an exceptional year for the Legatum Fellowship. Even as the most well-established businesses struggled during the pandemic, starting a new venture was even riskier, if not folly. But …