Nobel laureate Esther Duflo and ANDE’s Devin Chesney discussed evidence-driven aid, entrepreneurship, and how to scale what truly works. Read or watch here the interview presented during the ANDE Global Annual Conference in Cancún on September 30.
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Participants discussed Mexico’s $1.7B impact investing growth, women as central to energy transitions, and more.
Women-led agribusinesses take center stage at IFIF 2025 in Tamale, connecting with investors to bridge financing gaps.
The first day of the ANDE Global Conference 2025 spotlighted challenges and opportunities, from rethinking aid priorities to building ecosystems and measuring real impact.
Global leaders unite in Mexico to rethink entrepreneurial ecosystems—shifting from exclusionary design toward inclusive, co-created systems that empower communities worldwide.
On September 22 at Climate Week NYC, ANDE and partners convened investors, leaders, and youth innovators to explore holistic capital strategies
Drawing on insights from Villgro's SAAF Cities report and ANDE's Investment Guides, this analysis examines the financial barriers and opportunities shaping circularity's growth.
Three practitioners share honest lessons on how to set up practical workplace accommodations, how venue failures became learning opportunities, and why inclusive budgeting isn't just good ethics—it's smart business.
What Our Members Want to Discuss in 2025—a sneak peek into the curation process for the Global Annual Conference agenda
Drawing on insights from Villgro’s SAAF Cities report and ANDE’s Investment Guides, this blog unpacks the common challenges and opportunities that can shape a stronger, more inclusive pathway for circularity.
The Heifer International expert emphasizes inclusive, sustainable development that strengthens women, youth, and marginalized groups to build resilient livelihoods and systemic agricultural change.
Our latest SGB Finance Series session explored how Impact-Linked Finance is rewarding enterprises for achieving measurable social outcomes. Check out the key lessons shaping the next wave of innovative finance.
Revisit the conversations that are transforming impact measurement. Members can access recordings of the virtual learning series.
Elevating business development services for lasting impact in the Global South.
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Business development service (BDS) programmes, such as accelerators and incubators, are increasingly looked to as promising ways to help entrepreneurs enhance their business skills, expand their networks, and access investment. In Fiji, there is a small but quickly growing entrepreneurial ecosystem supported by over a dozen BDS programmes. This report seeks to characterize the BDS landscape and form recommendations for its continued growth based on international research and established best practices from other ecosystems across the globe.
In this report, the authors assess the practices of Fiji's BDS providers against the SCALE principles, a set of recommendations published in 2021 by the Argidius Foundation which reflect global best practices for BDS provision. This study identified a total of 21 BDS programmes in the Fijian ecosystem administered by 14 service providers, including eight accelerators, five incubators, and eight additional programmes such as co-working spaces, grantmaking facilities, and technical assistance. Based on desk research and interviews with programme managers, the authors assessed Fiji’s accelerator and incubator landscape as moderately applying the SCALE principles.
The concept of gender-lens acceleration has taken hold in recent years, with various toolkits outlining how to be more gender inclusive at every step of the acceleration process, from selection to programming and alumni support. However, it is not well understood how effective these strategies have been in producing more equitable outcomes for women. This report aims to fill that information gap by synthesizing the research on accelerating women-led ventures, exploring case studies of two accelerator programs in Asia that have outsized impacts for such ventures, and spotlighting other programs with unique program models or perspectives.
Every entrepreneur operates within an ecosystem that determines the access to talent, finance, and markets that they need to grow their business. ANDE’s Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Maps serve as a tool for stakeholders to learn about the organizations providing support to small and growing businesses (SGBs) in a specific city, region, or country.
This mapping identified 140 organizations and nearly 170 distinct resources supporting entrepreneurs across Ethiopia. The online mapping provides a filterable directory of these organizations, categorized by sector, location, and support type. The mapping is complemented by a report analyzing the data and synthesizing key trends in the ecosystem.
