Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair discusses the importance of partnerships in working with African nations.
How Scholarship Can Help Alleviate Extreme Poverty
Stanford students and faculty partner with Kenyan organizations to test ways to reduce urban poverty through novel applications of mobile phone technology.
In the New York Times, a 2008 Stanford MBA alumnus explains how he now fights terrorism by trying to bring choices to extremely poor Kenyans.
Researchers share results and ideas for tackling extreme poverty through innovations in institutions, management, and technology
Sustainable farming requires growing enough product to sell at a reasonable price in reachable markets. Entrepreneur Laurent Demuynck hopes to increase the yield of mushrooms for Rwandan farmers, thereby making this nutritious, but currently expensive, food a staple in the country.
Online technology challenges citizens to build better societies, not just revolt against bad ones, Google Ideas leader Jared Cohen says.
A 2005 Stanford MBA says that mobile technology devices are revolutionizing banking and other services in Africa, similar to the way computers revolutionized industrialized countries.
Building a fair-trade manufacturing business in Liberia is helping entrepreneur Chid Liberty realize a goal. "You can make money and do good at the same time," he told a Stanford University audience.
In a Stanford course, Jane Chen finds her passion is saving babies