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Business Call to Action>News & Events>BCtA & Guardian Labs: Improving lives through business innovation
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Solar-powered connectivity is a vital service for low-income communities in rural settings.

Business solutions for poverty eradication

18 Dec 2020 Since its launch, the aim of Business Call to Action (BCtA) has been to accelerate progress towards...

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In Asia and sub-Saharan Africa, smallholder farmers contribute to 80% of food produced. Agricultural technology can help lower the risks they face and allow for better planning.

How agritech can enable resilience in small farming communities

11 Dec 2020 For Shantilata Sahu, a farmer in India’s Odisha state, low soil fertility and old farming methods...

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Saahas Zero Waste is an Indian socio-environmental enterprise working in waste management and resource recovery.

Impact management: lessons from the private sector

30 Nov 2020 For many companies worldwide, measuring success isn’t limited to financial outcomes – social and...

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ACRE Africa works with smallholder farmers via a peer-to-peer network of trusted locals to educate them on insurance

Inclusive innovative insurance: pragmatic solutions for the economically vulnerable

23 Nov 2020 Whether it is health issues, climate change or a global socio-economic crisis such as that caused...

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BLUETOWN provides internet services to underserved communities across Asia, Africa and South America

Building bridges with bytes: how businesses are closing the digital divide

18 Nov 2020 Rose sits in front of a laptop in central Ghana, and across the globe in China the blue glow of a...

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Spanish company Supracafe sources its coffee beans directly from female farmers in Colombia

Inclusive business is a key solution in the post Covid-19 world

08 Jul 2020 By Sahba Sobhani, director, Istanbul International Centre for Private Sector Development; Luciana...

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Pollinate Group is a social enterprise in India and Nepal which enables low income women to distribute products such as solar lights and cooking equipment.

Solar lights, digital finance and acai berries from the Amazon: how three inclusive businesses are tackling poverty

29 Jun 2020 A tiny solar lamp provides light to a family under a tarpaulin tent in India, saving them from...

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The Female Supervisors Leadership programme at DBL Group has led to professional advancement of staff. Mosammat Khadija has been promoted from line worker to supervisor.

Emerging trends and top priorities in the world of inclusive business: a Q&A with the UNDP

19 Feb 2020 Why is it so important to include non-traditional development actors, such as the private sector,...

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AkiraChix in Nairobi runs ‘bootcamp’ programmes for women who want to learn to code

Lessons from emerging economies: how women in tech can be drivers of growth

30 Jan 2020 The world is facing a technology skills gap. From Brazil to China to Kenya, a shortage of 85...

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Kinshasa is predicted to be Africa’s second largest city, growing to 75 million people in the next 50 years.

Africa's population is booming – it's time for business to catch up

18 Dec 2019 With a median age of just 19.4, Unicef predicts that by 2050 two in five of the world’s children...

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Turkcell paired with Turkey’s Commodity Exchange to initiate the Women Developers of the Future project.

Feeding future demand with women developers: how Turkcell is helping to close the gender gap in ICT

04 Dec 2019 Constantly innovating, the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) sector is ravenous for...

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Shubham provides housing finance solutions for thousands of families with informal incomes

Can measuring social impact improve your business?

30 Oct 2019 About 80% of all people employed in India work in the informal sector, with limited access to...

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