Twelve Legatum Fellows from seven countries explored Egypt’s entrepreneurial environment, connecting markets and strengthening ties across Africa. Cairo, Egypt, February 2023 – On January 21-26, the Legatum Center for Development …

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 …

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 …

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.

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 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 …

It’s one thing to know your customer, but it’s another to have lived alongside them. That’s why Meghan McCormick is sure her award-winning mobile business app OZÉ will be successful …