Using machine learning to help small businesses and individuals source loans
emerging markets
A Data Company From The Middle East Disguised Itself in Spotify-Suit
Music piracy in the Middle East is serious. A solution came from a startup from Lebanon, and it benefits from machine learning to keep its users away from illegal consumption of music.
Unlocking access to medicine in developing countries through digitization
Novartis is a digital pioneer in developed countries, but has struggled to increase patient access in developing countries. How can Novartis use digital technologies as a catalyst to redesign fragmented distribution systems?
Go-jek or go home
Can a motorcycle-hailing app disrupt Indonesia’s informal economy?
From Facebook to finance: how kountable uses social media data to generate credit scores
A FinTech develops an innovative approach to credit decision-making in developing economies.
Alibaba is disrupting a traditional Financial Services industry in China.
Alibaba’s financial service arm, called Ant Financial offers a range of financial services, such as payment, micro-loans, a digital bank, wealth management and others, disrupting traditional financial services industry in China.
Water Water Everywhere, Not a Drop to Drink
Water tables in emerging markets are dropping at alarming rates. What will corporations do about it?
Life in a Box – How Klabin Reinvented Itself
Is packaging the carbon scourge of the universe? You just moved to Cambridge and now you need to buy everything so you can call your new place ‘home’: from toilet paper to a new mattress. You start to buy online, but all that packaging pilling up is starting to concern you: is it the worst decision for the environment?
Nike’s race against climate change
Nike is not “just doing it” when it comes to corporate environmental protection initiatives — they’re acing it.
Gennia: Long-term Vision in a Chaotic Environment
Despite the lack of clear rules and policies, Genneia embrace renewables and become the first mover to develop windfarms in Patagonia.