Every two years since 2000, the World Business Development Awards (WBDA) have been recognising companies who directly address development challenges while going about their business.  This year, IBLF, the ICC and UNDP—who jointly run the WBDA—have decided to take the award ceremony to Rio+20.  The awards will be at the end of the Business Day (19^thJune), with many Brazilian and international dignitaries in attendance.

This is a…

How do successful partnerships between social entrepreneurs and big businesses get going? What are the essential building blocks involved? What are the challenges that might arise moving forward? What are the benfits and costs of partnering with social enterprises?

Join the live discussion on Thursday 22nd March,…

In Nigeria, emphasis has traditionally been placed on the oil and gas sector of the economy in terms of income…

The BIF Bangladesh Team has always been a proactive member of the business and development sectors. Together as a team, we have attended multiple workshops where we visualized a future where IB models would be led by successful NGO-Business partnerships. The workshops, such as the one hosted by RBPB (Responsible Business Promotion in Bangladesh), a CARE Bangladesh program, had excellent discussions featuring distinguished speakers to promote partnership.

This is why when we decided to…

Innovations Against Poverty, the new challenge fund by Sida, had a successful start last year with hundreds of entrepreneurs getting engaged and nearly 30 companies receiving financial support. The funding and outreach is now increasing to also target middle income countries in the Middle East and North…

With less than three weeks go before the closing date for nominations, the World Business and Development Awards today announced the ten-member international judging panel charged with determining award winners in 2012.

Organizers today issued a final call for businesses to submit successful initiatives in linewith the Rio+20 UN Conference on Sustainable Development. All organisations, regardless of size or location, engaged in innovative business models delivering both commercial…

Innovation and Value Addition: Key to Private Sector Growth was the theme for the Zambia Association of Chambers of Commerce & Industry (ZACCI) AGM Workshop held on 2^nd December 2011 in Lusaka.

Andrew Kambobe was invited to make a presentation on access to finance and value addition. He introduced inclusive business and the type of support offered by the Business Innovation Facility and…

The Rio+20 UN conference on Sustainable development will feature a high profile award. It will award small and large organisations that can demonstrate inclusive business activities leading to progress in achieving one or more of the Millenium Development Goals. It should show some innovation in its approach to do so.

Sida has decided to become a partner of the WBDA and are encouraging you as inclusive business practitioners to submit your proposals. The deadline is 25 March. All info…

Do you have a successful inclusive business model that is both commercially successful, and is contributing to development?

The International Business Leaders Forum (IBLF), the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) have just launched a call for nominations for their World Business and Development Awards 2012.

The Awards are the pinnacle of recognition for how companies can, through their core business activities, help…

The Business Innovation Facility (BIF) in collaboration with The Convention on Business Integrity (CBi) organized an Executive Roundtable on…

Dalberg Global Development Advisors will be hosting two events in India for potential G20 Challenge applicants and other members of the inclusive business community. Events will take place in Mumbai and Delhi in January.

The G20 Challenge on Inclusive Business…

Two great events were recently held across two locations in Zambia, jointly organised by BIF and IAP. The events detailed ‘What is Inclusive Business?’ and offered an opportunity for Zambian entrepreneurs and business people to share their own inclusive business ideas.  Click here to review our event document in more detail and explore the various case studies…

The G20 Challenge on Inclusive Business Innovation is a global search for businesses with innovative, scalable, and commercially viable ways of working with low-income people in developing countries.

The Group of 20 and IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, have launched this online competition to find the best examples worldwide of businesses in developing countries that provide critical goods, services, and livelihood opportunities in financially, environmentally, and socially…

Multi-commodity exchange of India’s Gramin Suvidha Kendra Initiative

Thursday, 29 September, 2011 

9:00 am NY/2:00 pm London/3:00 pm Johannesburg/6:30 pm New Dehli

Webinar will last approximately one hour.

Business innovations that improve lives: Ideas to action

Community of practice event

 

17th June…

The Sankaalp Forum 2011 is an exiting two day event that brought together social entrepreneurs in Mumbai, India at the beginning of May. It is organised by Intellecap which is a partner to the Business Innovation Facility.

Discussions focused on inclusive business in 5 different high impact sectors:…