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24 Sep 26

Where India’s Startup Capital Goes, and Where Its Craft Economy Doesn’t

The Culture Track at Sankalp Bharat asked what it takes to build cultural brands outside the cities investors already know, and why should conversation land in Tier 2 cities like Lucknow By Punita Maheshwari Bengaluru, Delhi NCR, and Mumbai together raised roughly $8.7 billion of the $11 billion India’s startups pulled in during 2025, about 79% […]

17 Sep 26

#SankalpChangemakers: Dr. Lorraine Muluka on the Pregnancy That Doesn’t End at the Clinic Door

#SankalpChangemakers: Dr. Lorraine Muluka on the Pregnancy That Doesn’t End at the Clinic Door Malaica on why maternity care in Kenya needed to stop switching off between appointments By Margaret Nakunza A mother can leave a perfectly good antenatal appointment and still spend the next four weeks alone with her questions. No one to call when something feels […]

#SankalpChangemakers: Dr. Megha Phansalkar Is Turning Handicraft Into a Supply Chain

September 9, 2026
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#SankalpChangemakers: Dr. Megha Phansalkar Is Turning Handicraft Into a Supply Chain By the time a Tisser jacket reaches a hanger, it has already traveled across India, through at least three states, without a single mass factory touching it. Dr. Megha Phansalkar held up that jacket at the Sankalp Bharat Summit 2025 to explain how Tisser […]

04 Sep 26

Inside Founder’s Table: What Three East African Operators Actually Look for in a Hire

The hire that breaks you looks a lot like the one that saves you, until it doesn’t: three East African operators explain the difference By Simran Silaich We hosted the second edition of our Founder’s Table — bringing together Roy, CEO of HealthX Africa, Danilo Frison, founder of Tafuta Associates and Kaya Talent, and Kirinya Kithinji, Director at Wylde International, for […]

02 Sep 26

From Firewood to Fortune: #SankalpChangemakers features Vincent Ubeling, Founder, Green At Mind and their Clean Cooking Revolution in Kenya

From Firewood to Fortune: #SankalpChangemakers features Vincent Ubeling, Founder, Green At Mind and their Clean Cooking Revolution in Kenya How one founder turned solid waste into smokeless stoves, and turned smoke-filled kitchens into safer, more productive homes – Every day, millions of households across Kenya’s semi-arid regions light a fire with firewood collected at real […]

From Paper to Platform: #SankalpChangemakers features Willfred Chege, Co-Founder, Zendawa a startup digitising Kenya’s Neighbourhood Pharmacies

August 27, 2026
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From Paper to Platform: #SankalpChangemakers features Willfred Chege, Co-Founder, Zendawa a startup digitising Kenya’s Neighbourhood Pharmacies How a pharmacist’s own frustration with last-mile delivery became a platform now connecting over 820 pharmacies across Kenya By Margaret Nakunza Neighbourhood pharmacies handle roughly two-thirds of Kenya’s primary care and dispense an estimated 60% of the drugs sold across […]

From Waste to Wearable: #SankalpChangemakers features Revival Earth’s Fight to Redesign Global Textile Waste

August 18, 2026
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From Waste to Wearable: #SankalpChangemakers features Revival Earth’s Fight to Redesign Global Textile Waste How Yayra Agbofah is turning Ghana’s biggest second-hand clothing market from a symbol of fashion’s waste problem into a hub for circular design By Edwin Methu and Punita Maheshwari Kantamanto Market in Accra is one of the largest second-hand clothing markets in […]

14 Aug 26

Why India’s Sugarcane Belts Need a Multi-Actor Platform for Water and Soil

CO AUTHORS Shailesh Nagar, Partner-NRM, Intellecap & Dr Sangita Ladha, Consultant, Intellecap A few years ago, while travelling through the Chandrabhaga valley in Himachal Pradesh’s remote Pangi landscape, I found myself puzzled by an obvious absence. Here was a steep, powerful gorge — the kind of terrain that, almost anywhere else, would have attracted hydropower […]

07 Aug 26

When the “Unprecedented” Becomes Routine: What Europe’s Summer of Heat Tells the Global South

By Punita Maheshwari & Anish Moda Paris just recorded its hottest day in history. Twice, in the same week. On 24 June 2026, the national average temperature hit 30.0°C, breaking a record set the day before — beating marks set in 2003 and 2019 — with the town of Pulluau touching 43.8°C. France issued a Red Alert across 58 […]

28 Jul 26

A Women-Led Aggregator Is Rewriting Who Controls Kenya’s Fish Supply Chain: #SankalpChangemakers features Angela Odero, Co-Founder and CEO of Rio Fish Limited

A Women-Led Aggregator Is Rewriting Who Controls Kenya’s Fish Supply Chain: #SankalpChangemakers features Angela Odero, Co-Founder and CEO of Rio Fish Limited Along Lake Victoria’s Kenyan shore, a decades-old practice known locally as jaboya has forced many women fish traders into transactional sex with fishermen just to secure the day’s catch. The practice is well documented by researchers and […]

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Where India’s Startup Capital Goes, and Where Its Craft Economy Doesn’t

#SankalpChangemakers: Dr. Lorraine Muluka on the Pregnancy That Doesn’t End at the Clinic Door

#SankalpChangemakers: Dr. Megha Phansalkar Is Turning Handicraft Into a Supply Chain

Inside Founder’s Table: What Three East African Operators Actually Look for in a Hire

From Firewood to Fortune: #SankalpChangemakers features Vincent Ubeling, Founder, Green At Mind and their Clean Cooking Revolution in Kenya

From Paper to Platform: #SankalpChangemakers features Willfred Chege, Co-Founder, Zendawa a startup digitising Kenya’s Neighbourhood Pharmacies

From Waste to Wearable: #SankalpChangemakers features Revival Earth’s Fight to Redesign Global Textile Waste

Why India’s Sugarcane Belts Need a Multi-Actor Platform for Water and Soil

When the “Unprecedented” Becomes Routine: What Europe’s Summer of Heat Tells the Global South

A Women-Led Aggregator Is Rewriting Who Controls Kenya’s Fish Supply Chain: #SankalpChangemakers features Angela Odero, Co-Founder and CEO of Rio Fish Limited

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