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24 Oct 26

What would it take to make our cities liveable again?

What would it take to make our cities liveable again? At United Nations General Assembly’s review of the New Urban Agenda in July 2026, UN Secretary-General António Guterres made an observation that every global challenge eventually arrives at someone’s front door By Punita Maheshwari In Pune, India temperatures reached 35.9°C on 10 October, making it the […]
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16 Oct 26

Self-Made, Self-Funded: The “Heroines” of Middle India

Self-Made, Self-Funded: The “Heroines” of Middle India 62% of the women entrepreneurs in an RBIH–SALT study are self-funded. At Sankalp, funders, founders and researcher-authors talk about making finance work for women-led businesses. By Punita Maheshwari Heroines: That is the word the report At the Helm: Women Entrepreneurs Transforming Middle India chose for the women entrepreneurs it […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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From Paper to Platform: #SankalpChangemakers features Willfred Chege, Co-Founder, Zendawa a startup digitising Kenya’s Neighbourhood Pharmacies

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

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 […]
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