The surprising value of waste
MIT spinout Sanergy is impacting the entire ‘sanitation value chain’ — from franchised toilets to waste collection and conversion — in Nairobi’s Mukuru slum.
Kenya under the microscope
MIT economist Tavneet Suri explores finance, agriculture and even politics in her homeland of Kenya — and elsewhere in Africa.
Mobile money helps Kenyans weather financial storms
New study shows how electronic cash transfers help people cope with income problems.
An economist with a goal
MIT senior Jonathan Tebes sees economics as a way to alleviate poverty in the US, Tanzania, and beyond.
Study shows projected climate change in West Africa not likely to worsen malaria situation
MIT study combines new model of malaria transmission with global forecasts for temperature and rainfall.
An entrepreneur aims to work in Africa
Graduate student Sarah Dimson is hatching plans for renewable energy and affordable housing in Tanzania.
Re-thinking ethnic favoritism in politics
Study shows ethnic-based distribution of goods in African politics is not continuous, but instead intermittent and limited in scope.
Putting a price on adaptation
Researchers use new method to calculate the impacts and adaptation costs of climate change
Students take their LGO tools to African clinics
Students in Global Health Delivery Lab course help deliver health care to resource-limited areas in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia
Power to the people
From afar, MIT grad student Chidube Ezeozue devotes energy to his fellow Nigerians.
A ‘green’ Sahara was far less dusty than today
Research points to an abrupt and widespread climate shift in the Sahara 5,000 years ago.
Graduate student David Sengeh gives back to Sierra Leone
Media Lab doctoral student created a competition to help youth in his home country create their own solutions.
Sloan student is dressed for success — in her own line of clothes
Aminata Kane MBA ’13 aims to have a positive social impact on the African continent while making great-fitting clothes.
Climate change: a developing challenge for poor nations
MIT and U.N. researchers team up to tackle some of the heftiest climate change challenges developing countries will face as they confront an uncertain future.
Student teams tackle Third World health care issues
LGO students add operations expertise to ghdLab projects