Visit Endeva at the Engagement Fairbindet Convention on May 25!
This year’s Engagement Fairbindet convention touts the slogan, “Developing the Future 2012 – We are building the future, get involved!” and will bring together over 4,000 people committed to doing just that. Endeva will be...[more]
Egypt Country Profile Author Invited to Speak about Inclusive Business
Due to her work authoring Endeva’s Inclusive Business Country Profile on Egypt, Pascale Nader was invited to speak on the topic of Inclusive Business, specifically from the Egyptian context, at a recent event. The Cairo...[more]
GIZ, Endeva, and CII-CESD hold Energize the BoP! Practitioners’ Workshop in New Delhi
The GIZ hosted the „Energize the BoP“ workshop, in collaboration with the CII-ITC Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Development (CII-CESD) as an official side event at the Asia Competitiveness Forum 2012. At the workshop,...[more]
Piera holds guest lectures on inclusive business at Swiss universities
Associated Expert Piera Waibel recently held two guest lectures for master students at the University of Applied Sciences in Business Administration Zürich (for Prof. Dr. Sybille Sachs) and at the University of Applied...[more]
Solveig presents at the Geneva Forum on Social Change
Solveig Haupt represented Endeva at the 2012 Geneva Forum on Social Change, which took place from 20-21 April.
Solveig presented the findings from endeva’s Bringing Medicines to Low-Income Market report in a 30-minute session....[more]
Rustam Speaks at TEDx Delhi on his Social Enterprise Journey
Endeva Associated Expert Rustam Sengupta was recently invited to participate at TEDx Delhi as a speaker. He spoke about his entrepreneurial journey with his social enterprise, Boond. Boond works to create entrepreneurs who sell...[more]
Martin publishes chapter in Microinsurance Compendium
Endeva associated expert Martin Herrndorf has co-authored a chapter entitled “Teaching Elephants to Dance: The Experiences of Commercial Insurers in Low-Income Markets” with Janice Angove (Wits University, South Africa) and...[more]
19.4.2012: CSR Europe workshop on challenges and opportunities of inclusive business in Barcelona
As part of its Enterprise 2020 initiative on inclusive business models, CSR Europe will host a workshop on challenges and opportunities of inclusive business in Barcelona on April 19, 2012. The initiative is supported by Endeva's...[more]
20.4.2012: Workshop on scaling up inclusive business at Aalto University, Helsinki
Aalto University in collaboration with Finpro invites Finnish companies and their partners to jointly discuss how to create sustainable business and build inclusive innovation ecosystems in collaboration with the Base of the ...[more]
Bringing Medicines to Low-Income Markets Featured on Center for Health Market Innovations Blog
On March 22, the Center for Health Market Innovations featured one of Endeva’s latest publications, Bringing Medicines to Low-Income Markets. The publication was commissioned by the GIZ and financed by the BMZ and Sanofi....[more]
Energize India! on April 26
The next "Energize the BoP!" Workshop will take place in New Delhi, India, in the context of the Asia Competitiveness Forum on April 26, 2012. The workshop is hosted by GIZ and implemented by our Energy Practice...[more]
Zafi joins Endeva and HERi Solarkiosks
Zafi Rasoloheritsimba is joining Endeva as an Associated Expert! Along with with Clau, Zafi has spent the past months developing a business model for solar kiosks in Madagaskar. By following the previous link, you can...[more]
Endeva held a workshop on innovating sustainable business solutions with people living in poverty
How can people living in poverty be integrated into the development of sustainable business solutions?
During an interactive workshop at the 3rd Bonn Conference on International Development Policy 2012, Endeva’s managing...[more]
Meeting the producer of my sweater's cotton on Facebook - impossible?
Consumers and producers are intrinsically connected in complex global value chains. Global companies coordinate these chains, or rather, networks of mutual value creation. How can they influence the way we produce and consume?...[more]
"Bringing Medicines" Practitioners' Workshop a Success!
How can a company tap the growing market for pharmaceuticals in developing and emerging countries, enabling low-income patients access to quality medicines at affordable prices? To find answers to this question, 19 participants...[more]
"Bringing Medicines" Launch Event held at BMZ
On 23 January, “Bringing Medicines to Low-Income Markets: A Guide to Creating Inclusive Business Models for Pharmaceutical Companies” was formally launched at the 3rd Base of the Pyramid Sector Dialogue.
Over 100 guests came...[more]
Clau is our new Director Energy
We have just promoted Clau to become our "Director Energy". With this, she is also our first non-founding director. This is to acknowledge and reflect Clau's outstanding work with Endeva from the very beginning of our...[more]
New video on market research at the BoP - insights from Madagascar
At Endeva, we take an empirically grounded approach to inclusive business development. In order to develop a business model for solar kiosks, Clau and Zafi have spent 10 weeks in Madagascar to understand the target group...[more]
Associated Expert Rustam Sengupta featured in Manager Magazin
Manager Magazin has published an article on Endeva Associated Expert Rustam Sengupta and the work he's been doing with his social enterprise, Boond. Boond means "water drop" in Sanskrit, wholly appropriate for a company...[more]
Innovating with the Poor at Bonn Conference on January 30/31
Endeva hosts a workshop on "Innovating with the Poor" on January 30th during the 3rd Bonn Conference on International Development Policy. The interactive sessions will enable practitioners from NGOs, development...[more]
Energize the BoP in Nicaragua on January 19!
Our Energy Business Model Generator comes to Latin America. On January 19, our partners from MicroEnergy International will offer the training for energy business models in low-income markets as part of the Rio12 conference...[more]
Market research must be smart and ongoing
Based on their experiences in Madagascar, Claudia Knobloch and Zafi Rasoloheritsimba asked "What type of market research is effective at the BoP" at the 10th Inclusive Business Lunch. To introduce the topic, they...[more]
Training energizes Schneider Electric and four new trainers
The Energize the BoP Training was conducted for the third time on December 1 and 2nd, this time at the GIZ office in Berlin. Among the participants was a representative of Schneider Electric's BipBop Programme, which implements...[more]