Spotlight on Katie at Aspire: An affordable solution to end protein deficiencies and food security
Aspire Ghana is commercializing the sale of the edible insect, palm weevil larva, as an affordable and sustainable source of protein in Ghan...
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Steps toward Reconcili-ACTION at EWB, with Junior Fellow Kaitlyn Gillelan
Junior Fellow Kaitlyn Gillelan helped EWB launch the Reconcili-ACTION and Indigenous Engagement community team. In collaboration with our co...
Spotlight on Samuel Nderitu Wachieni: Crowdfunding micro-investments in agriculture to empower African farmers
Samuel developed the crowd-funding platform Crowd Farm Africa LTD. (CFAL), which is designed to attract investments that would empower Afric...
Spotlight on Rachel at Barcamp: Bringing people & ideas together in Ghana
Barcamp Ghana works to bring youth together for “un-conferences”, informal spaces for learning and training opportunities. Since its inc...
Youth mentoring youth: recognizing and investing in each other’s leadership
Mentorship within chapters plays a big role in the development of young adults into leaders for their peers, community and even across the g...
Spotlight on Jory Wong: Piloting LishaBora’s partnerships with milk traders part of Kenya’s informal dairy sector
In 2017, the Kenyan-venture LishaBora piloted a partnership program with milk traders to gain access to hundreds of fragmented and decentral...
GreenPath: Scaling sustainable farming
Ethiopian startup GreenPath is removing barriers that are preventing the country’s millions of smallholder farmers from earning a liveliho...
Spotlight on Joy Wahba: Advocating for improved public funding of rural water services in Malawi
EWB sees policy and advocacy work as vital to progress within the development sector. It isn’t just the Canadian Government that needs...
Development Finance Institute: Pushing for progress and meeting milestones
Through our recommendations and outreach, EWB helped shape the operations of Canada’s new Development Finance Institution (DFI), FinDev...