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Christina is a maize farmer in Tanzania. Unbeknownst to her, she has been storing her maize harvest incorrectly, in holey plastic containers that often easily become weevil infested. Sadly, this …

Last month, 17 teams working to mitigate resilience-related risks around the world submitted their solution statements for the Global Resilience Challenge (GRC), a grant competition to seek the most promising …

A version of this post originally appeared on LinkedIn. Making Cents International is forming and facilitating a network of organizations who offer demand-driven training for digital jobs and job placement to …

A version of this post also appeared in The Daily Nation. KEY TAKEAWAYS SHARE THIS When the African youth population doubles to 400 million, there will be more young people entering the workforce …

For cities, it's no longer "if" they'll be hit by a disruption, but when—and how long it will take for the city to get back on course. But as I've said …

Late last year the Foundation launched a series of collaborations to explore the potential for online work to expand the employment landscape for young people in Africa. In Kenya and …

It's no surprise that when we develop new work at The Rockefeller Foundation, we look for ways to integrate the voices of beneficiaries and stakeholders. Without taking into account their …

A version of this post originally appeared in The Independent. Today, some of the world's most influential policymakers and business leaders will come together in London at the 2015 Conference on …

For years, consumer product and marketing firms have utilized user-centered product development approaches to attune their offerings to customers' needs and wants. Increasingly these human-centered design (HCD) techniques are being …