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Staff during the MMH workshop Boehringer Ingelheim, one of the world’s leading pharmaceutical companies, and Ashoka, the world's largest network of social entrepreneurs, have held a co-creation workshop for the ‘Making More Health’ (MMH) Accelerator in Nairobi, Kenya. The MMH Accelerator program supports social entrepreneurs in the healthcare space to strengthen and scale their work.   The program brings together some of the best experiences in social innovation and global health to improve access to healthcare systemsacross Sub-Saharan Africa. Along with capacity building as well as technical and financial support to develop, pilot and test their co-creation ideas with Boehringer Ingelheim and Ashoka, the social entrepreneurs participating in the program will receive trainings on business model innovation, market strategy and scaling models. Through the accelerator process, social entrepreneurs participating in the Accelerator will have access to a network of profession...

Have you been on holiday but feel as though you’re still tethered to your office? Have you drawn disapproval from your loved ones for needing to “just check work email quickly” when everyone wants to go to the beach? You’re not alone: a new British Airways survey has found that most breadwinners only feel they’re out of their boss’s reach when they travel at least 1 600km from the office. A third say they only really let go of work when they take a long-haul flight from the UK to, say, Florida, Australia or Africa. Sue Petrie, British Airways’ Commercial Manager for Southern Africa, says that while the survey was conducted in the UK, it’s safe to suggest that breadwinners in other countries feel similar pressures. “Access to digital media means that potentially anyone, anywhere can have access to their office, clients, colleagues and suppliers. While that can make your business competitive and efficient, it can also make it hard to switch off, even when you’ve earned a break. Th...

EFG Hermes, a leading financial services corporation serving institutional and individual investors in frontier emerging markets, has for the first time been ranked as the number one frontier market brokerage firm in the Extel Survey 2018, advancing from the 9 th place last year. The nod from the high-profile industry survey comes just two years into EFG Hermes’ drive to expand beyond the Middle East and North Africa into frontier emerging markets, specifically East Africa with a base in Nairobi. “The awards reaffirm our view that independent, thought-provoking research remains critical to the investment process. Our East Africa research team, based in Nairobi, has been at the forefront of this with insightful analysis across multiple sectors but specifically in the oil and cement sectors where stand-out reports were published during the last 6 months,” says EFG Hermes CEO, Ali Khalpey. “We have enjoyed considerable support from Institutional Investors and anticipate to furth...