The elusive quest for defining a business case
If defining and executing a business case was easy, many farmers and traders in developing countries would have become business people. In spite of persistent…
What if big organizations no longer have monopoly on knowledge?
Unprecedented disruption affecting the food retail sector across the globe is also spilling over into the knowledge industry. For some of the world’s biggest knowledge…
How can the predatory nature of development efforts be tamed?
Many rural communities in low income countries are fed up with the predatory nature of external development initiatives. According to the WordWeb dictionary, a predatory…
Balancing gender with technology and rural industrialization
Developing countries that have made commendable strides in using formal education to avail equal opportunities to men and women still have a lot of work…
Giving scientific knowledge an indigenous face in developing countries
The intersection between health and nutrition continues to be a gray area for ordinary people in many developing countries. There have not been serious efforts…
Nine nuances that define indigenous commerce
Although many people associate commerce with modernization, it is as old as the hills. To the extent, commerce refers to the exchange of goods and…
From number of beneficiaries to knowledge mobilization and use
In what probably signifies a new approach to achieving socio-economic development, a few policy makers and development agencies in developing countries are beginning to move…
When will developing countries stop importing knowledge?
It is lamentable that, in spite of setting up hundreds of universities and research institutes, developing countries continue to import knowledge. For instance, African countries…
More reasons for decolonizing banking systems in developing countries
While some developing economies are evolving rapidly, local banks are clutching onto colonial identities. For instance, in most African countries banking as a practice has…
Using informal markets to shape a developing country’s knowledge agenda
The world over, many resources are spent on conferences, agricultural shows and summits like the recent Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) held in the first…