Impact as a Business Model
My first impression of Mackinac Island, Michigan, was that it smelled like my grandfather’s farm in Malawi. Specifically, cow dung. It was a familiar smell, although not one I had expected to encounter on an American island celebrated for its Victorian architecture, historic hotels, and tourist attractions.
Human Capital
Africa’s demographic future will not be secured by education alone. The harder task is building the people, firms and public institutions capable of converting human potential into productive capacity.
Africa’s Economic Map
The campaign for Africa’s “true size” corrects a longstanding cartographic distortion. The more consequential task is to build an African economy whose weight more closely reflects the continent’s geographic, demographic and productive potential.
The Bets Got Bigger
It has been the greatest honor of my life representing Malawian youth and [social] entrepreneurs in the inaugural cohort of the #BigBets fellowship, operationalized by the Rockefeller Foundation.
