Op-Ed DevEx Humanity simply can’t afford to wait another 15 years for partial progress. World leaders launched the Millennium Development Goals in 2000 to address inequities in human rights, but after 15 years and only partial progress achieved, an even larger group of global leaders launched an even more ambitious set of objectives to reach …
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- The importance of patient experience and engagement - Chris LeGrand, CEO, BroadReach
- Strategies to keep patients on treatment - Dr. Tshabalala, Chief Director: Strategic Health Programmes, KwaZulu-Natal Department of Health
- How technology has revolutionized disease management and how care is delivered – Chinny Ogunro, CEO, WellSpring Health and BroadReach Consultant
- Empowering patients to stay on treatment and how targeted communications can drive better outcomes - KP Yelpaala, Founder and CEO, access.mobile
Q&A with Microsoft EVP Worldwide Commercial Business, Judson Althoff
Big Data, Disruptive technology, Emerging economies, Health, Sustainable DevelopmentDevelopment budgets in jeopardy — time to embrace digital transformation Public and private organizations working in emerging markets face intense and unrelenting pressure to radically boost efficiency and create sustainable outcomes as public funding, previously earmarked for development, declines. Judson Althoff, executive vice president of worldwide commercial business at Microsoft, believes that digital technology could play …
Healthy citizens, healthy economies
Africa, Big Data, BroadReach, Disruptive technology, Health, Social Entrepreneurs, Sustainable Development5 ways to leverage technology for inclusive growth Inclusive growth for all citizens of the African continent is the rallying point for the 2017 World Economic Forum on Africa. To that end, we challenge leaders convening in Durban, South Africa, to embrace the multi-faceted definition of human health captured in the opening principle of the constitution …
Pivoting from Slow Start to Strong Finish
Africa, Analytics, Big Data, BroadReach, Disruptive technology, Social Entrepreneurs, Sustainable DevelopmentHow Data-Driven Solutions Can Transform the SDGs “Slow Start Towards Sustainable Development Goals” – that’s hardly the headline conclusion the global development community was hoping to read in the recent survey of 500 professionals across six sectors and seventy-four countries, titled “Evaluating Progress Towards the Sustainable Development Goals,” conducted by GlobalScan and SustainAbility. The Sustainable …
Together, We Are Creating Meaningful Change
Africa, BroadReach, Shared Value, Sustainable DevelopmentDear Friend, 2016 underscored that social entrepreneurship is truly a “force multiplier” — a definition coined by USAID to celebrate the power of public-private partnerships. Together with you, our clients and partners across global development organisations, government ministries and private companies, we are working to unlock human and economic potential for populations in need. During …
Frost & Sullivan Healthcare Data Analytics Best-Practices Report — Free Download
Africa, Analytics, Big Data, HealthBroadReach Honored with 2016 Visionary Innovation Leadership Award We are proud to receive the 2016 Visionary Innovation Leadership Award from Frost & Sullivan and to be able to offer you a free download of their Healthcare Data Analytics Best-Practices Report. After a thorough analysis of the competitive healthcare data analytics market, Frost & Sullivan credits …
McKinsey & Company Report on Africa – a must read
Africa, Sustainable DevelopmentRealizing the potential of Africa’s economies “Governments will have to play a stronger role in unleashing renewed dynamism. Six priorities emerge from this research: Mobilize more domestic resources, aggressively diversify economies, accelerate infrastructure development, deepen regional integration, create tomorrow’s talent, and ensure healthy urbanization.” We believe that a data-driven foundation will drive government priorities to …
Data strategies from Colleen McLaughlin, Director Client Delivery
Analytics, Big Data, Shared Value, Sustainable Development5 things to know before diving into data-driven decision-making from Devex Most development professionals understand that data analysis can help them do their jobs better. In theory, it sounds great. But in practice, how should one go about kick-starting or ramping-up data-driven decision-making? Devex asked a handful of experts for suggestions. Here are five of …
Development partners need more answers, not necessarily more data.
UncategorizedSolving the data conundrum: How to leverage tech and ‘big data’ for impact From Devex #DataDriven In recent years, both the volume and number of data sources have increased at unprecedented rates: In fact, a staggering 90 percent of the data that currently exists today was created in the last two years, according to technology and …
Advocating for harnessing the disruptive power of technology
Big Data, Disruptive technology, Social Entrepreneurs, UncategorizedThanks to Katherine Milligan for highlighting how technology catalyzes behavior change that improves impact on a scale that matters. Three ways to harness the disruptive power of technology Harness social entrepreneurs as source of disruption Procurement is power Overhaul the way we see data “…much of public sector not aware of all disruptive technologies & …
Markle sums up the indispensable value of data for Africa & the world
Africa, Analytics, Big Data, Sustainable Development, UncategorizedAfrica: Data Key to Unlocking Africa’s Development Prospects … data is knowledge, and knowledge is power. It is the power to put African needs and priorities first when determining domestic development agendas and plans. It is the power to ask and answer the questions most pressing to Africa’s people. And it is the power to …
1.2 billion opportunities — The Economist Special Report on Africa
Africa, Social Entrepreneurs, UncategorizedWriter Daniel Knowles points to the promise We couldn’t agree more with Knowles that Africa’s market of 1.2 billion people holds huge potential for innovators who look past the commodity boom’s ending and the very real challenges on the continent to the opportunities to support 54 countries’ leaders in boosting the productivity of their people, …
Public & private leaders agree: Africa’s future looks bright
Africa, Analytics, Social Entrepreneurs, Sustainable Development, Uncategorized10 Reasons to Watch Africa in 2016 – Caroline Kende-Robb, Africa’s Progress Panel’s Executive Director, shares her view of unfolding scenarios Africa’s time has come. Having spent the last twelve years working in partnership with governments, donor groups, NGOs and private companies to bring systemic improvements to the wellbeing of people on the African continent, …
Davos 2016 confirms — social entrepreneurs, our time has come
Analytics, Big Data, Social Entrepreneurs, Sustainable Development, UncategorizedSocial entrepreneur: an on-the-ground agent for immediacy, a hothouse of innovation, and a connector of industry with the developing world for mutual benefit. I just returned from Davos 2016, invited to attend with my small cohort of fellow 2015 Social Entrepreneurs of the Year, awarded by the World Economic Forum (WEF)/Schwab Foundation. “Social entrepreneur” is …
To prevent the SDGs from failing, think of them as one cause
Analytics, Big Data, Sustainable Development, UncategorizedWEF Agenda published our framework for approaching the SDGs to maximize outcomes on Nov 13 2015. Read more from World Economic Forum
2015 Nobel Prize in Medicine for discoveries that reduce mortality of world’s poorest populations
Health, Malaria, Sustainable Development, UncategorizedI am thrilled that three scientists who have focused on the world’s most devastating parasitic diseases — Elephantiasis, River Blindness and Malaria —will share the 2015 Nobel Prize for Physiology/Medicine. These debilitating diseases affect hundreds of millions of people annually, overwhelmingly citizens of the developing world. The press release issued by the Nobel Prize elaborates …