The reflection on Jacqueline Novogratz's The Blue Sweater critiques the development industry's approach to poverty, highlighting its failure to acknowledge cultural exploitation and privilege dynamics. While it values moral imagination and distributed leadership, it emphasizes that true poverty requires more than market solutions; it needs cultural change alongside economic intervention for effective alleviation.
Category: Solutions to Industry Challenges
The GPT‑5 Revolution: A Playbook for African Founders
The last AI wave wrote copy. This one runs companies. In this edition I unpack GPT-5’s impact on African founders: collapsing cost curves, multilingual-by-default products, and moats built on trusted local data. You’ll get 7 plays to close the gap (edge-first design, data commons, compliance-as-UX), 5 launchable business models, and a vendor checklist to stay regulator-ready.
Businesses should engage politicians
Businesses should engage with politicians so as to ensure viable policy environments for their businesses to grow. As a small buisness owner how will you work with politicians to grow your business? Tell me in the comments. https://youtu.be/dguyzOLDJQc?si=N-CtEwDcwAAeG7Jy
Geopolitics is major headwind for business in 2024
Happy New Year! GeoPolitics will present a major risk to scale up startups in 2024. What should entrepreneurs and small businesses do to ensure their businesses thrive in this era of increased geopolitical tensions? Let me know your thoughts in the comments. #entrepreneurship #smallbusiness #africa #geopolitics #adebayoalonge https://youtu.be/IbsXGhIP9iU?si=m_esCPRlOsj4J__a Businesses will need to navigate geopolitics in … Continue reading Geopolitics is major headwind for business in 2024
Stopping the Carbon Offset Fraud
In order to solve the fraud in the Carbon offset market,there should be a global registry of all exisiting trees globally which should be managed under a public program. The private sector should have its own registry for trees it helps plant.
Web3 Shows Huge Potential In Africa
The African continent, given its young demography, large diaspora, propensity for cross-border trade and volatile local currencies, is well positioned to exercise soft power to drive innovation, as well as benefit from Web3 technology. In this article, Sam Ade Alonge (Founder/CEO of Storspay) shares his insights from the State of Web3 report published by Emurgo Africa, in collaboration with PwC.
Adebayo Alonge speaks at King’s College London’s 2020 Fight The Fakes Week
Adebayo Alonge will be speaking at the 2020 King's College London Fight the Fakes Week. He will discuss the impact of falsified medicines on Africa's peoples and healthcare systems. He will dissect the role RxAll is playing to solve this problem. And propose how other entrepreneurs can also join the fight.
Adebayo Alonge Speaks At Hello Tomorrow Japan
Join Adebayo Alonge as he speaks on RxAll's growth journey since winning the Hello Tomorrow 2019 Global Challenge.He will be speaking on December 10, 2020 at Hello Tomorrow Japan between 5pm to 7pm Tokyo Time.
Solving Unethical VC Practice in Africa
African Entrepreneurs need to work together to improve VC conduct in Africa
RxAll is disrupting pharmacy orders & deliveries in Africa
RxAll is disrupting medicine orders and deliveries in Africa using a digital platform






