Innovation
By Mythili Sampathkumar | 23 March 2020
How we can learn from the Covid-19 pandemic to prepare for future global health disastersOnFrontiers caught up with David Milestone – an expert in our network in global health and innovation – about what we can already learn from the response to the COVID-19 pandemic to help the world better cope with the next pandemic or global health crisis because it is never too early to start preparing. By Marca Hagenstad | 15 February 2020
Think Tank Insights: Closing the LoopAn OnFrontiers -UNLEASH expert Marca Hagenstad is an economist with Circle Economics and a contributing author to the forthcoming Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report on the cryosphere. She tests splitboards for Backcountry Magazine and teaches snow science with Winter … By Sunday Ademola Bayonle | 27 January 2020
UNLEASH Insights: What Are the Important Aspects of Sustainable Development?When we talk about Sustainable Development, we may fall into a maze that we are too immersed with KPI or data. In fact, there are concrete aspects for sustainable development. It’s not something abstract, but in fact practical. An OnFrontiers-UNLEASH … By Morgan Johnson | 26 September 2018
An innovation disrupting foreign assistance delivery: remote technical assistance (RTA)International development and relief assistance increasingly turn to remote technical assistance for fast, quality knowledge access Whether it be a local market nuance in Bangalore or specific ways to improve quinoa crop yields, it’s no secret that tailored expertise improves … By Ryan Villarreal | 2 August 2016
Kenya: A Mobile Tech Economy, Ripe for InnovationThe proliferation of mobile phones integrated with financial technology in Kenya has opened up opportunities for innovation and investment, according to OnFrontiers telecommunications Expert, Les Williams. “Kenya stands out because of how it has leveraged the mobile platform and smartphone … By Petra Cahill | 11 May 2016
The Global Innovation Fund: Addressing the Pioneer Gap in Impact InvestingThe Global Innovation Fund is a London-based non-profit fund with a unique mandate: It has $200 million to invest – either in the form of grants or as risk capital investments – in social innovations that have the potential to … By Oddur Stefansson | 19 February 2016
What’s next? The New Wave of Innovations in Africa’s Mobile Financial ServicesWe are very excited to be launching our new monthly OnFrontiers Webinar Series. Kicking off this series is our webinar on; “What’s next? The New Wave of Innovations in Africa’s Mobile Financial Services” OnFrontiers spoke with our moderator for the … By admin | 21 April 2015
3D Printing: More than Manufacturing3D printing, also known as “additive manufacturing,” is a process of making three-dimensional solid objects from a digital file, one layer of material (usually plastic) at a time. Pretty much anything can be 3D printed, from spare parts for aircraft to musical instruments, weapons, apparel, organs, and potentially, other 3D printers, too. Most 3D printing is currently used in manufacturing to do cheap rapid prototyping and test products—PwC estimates that 67% of manufacturers are already using the technology. More and more companies are now starting to plan how they will adapt to the technology, considered by some as the trigger …