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24th Africa Business Summit: From Potential to Progress- Building Africa’s next Growth Chapter

21 April 2026WheelerLBS Students, Upcoming Events, Wheeler InstituteEvents, LBS students

The LBS Africa Business Club will host the 24th Africa Business Summit, supported by the Wheeler Institute, taking place on London Business School’s campus on Saturday, May 2nd, 2026. This year’s summit theme, “From Potential to Progress: Building Africa’s next Growth Chapter”, focuses on business-led, homegrown models that address the continent’s pertinent development challenges and the opportunities…

Infrastructure as a Catalyst for Development in Latin America

20 April 2026WheelerLBS Students, Student-led initiatives, Wheeler InstituteLauren Mercado Manotas MBA2027, LBS students

At the 20th LATAM Business Forum, organised by the LATAM Business Club and the Brazil Business Club at London Business School on March 4th 2026, one idea stood out across very different conversations: development in Latin America in this era is highly dependent on infrastructure. Not only roads, ports or power grids, it is also…

The Edge of Equity: Deploying Adaptive Learning Tools in Low-Connectivity Classrooms

25 March 2026WheelerResearch we support, Student voice, Wheeler InstituteNasreen Begum MBA2027

The World Bank’s ‘Learning Poverty’ crisis presents a staggering challenge: the majority of ten-year-olds in low- and middle-income countries cannot read a simple text.[1] This is not simply an access problem. Even children who are in school are not receiving teaching adapted to their needs. For too long, development agencies have wrestled with a seemingly…

Planting Trees in Nicaragua: Tackling Dust Storms & Supporting Sustainable Peanut Supply Chains

12 March 2026WheelerStudent voice, Wheeler InstituteAri Deshpande MBA2027

Communities on the outskirts of León, Nicaragua have faced a dire environmental and public health challenge that has intensified over the past decade. Large-scale deforestation and intensive peanut farming have removed natural windbreaks, leaving soils exposed to strong seasonal winds. The result is tolvaneras, or dust storms, that darken the sky, disrupt daily life, and…

Sustainable entrepreneurship as the hope for transformation in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Case Study of Ghana

6 March 2026WheelerStudent voice, Wheeler InstituteWoraba Abban MAM2026

Ghana has a significant political history, as it was the first Sub-Saharan African country to achieve independence from colonial rule in 1957. Despite its role as a forerunner for economic freedom, the country continues to face significant challenges at the core of its development, including but not limited to frequent global economic shocks, fluctuating inflation…

Rebuilding the Foundation: Why Early Learning Matters for Africa’s Future

25 February 2026WheelerStudent voice, Wheeler InstituteJoanne Ngotho MBA2027, Student Voice

Across emerging markets, the pursuit of shared prosperity increasingly points to a quiet and often overlooked engine of progress: foundational learning. The ability to read, write, and reason by the early years of primary school shapes every subsequent stage of a student’s educational journey and a country’s economic trajectory. Yet, in many parts of Africa,…

Resilience Bonds: Financing Protection Before the Storm

19 February 2026WheelerStudent voice, Wheeler InstituteShivam Jain MiF 2026, Student Voice

When heavy rains once again pushed parts of Porto Alegre in Brazil underwater last year, it underscored a pattern across many emerging markets: climate shocks are arriving faster than cities can rebuild. For emerging economies, climate-related disasters can cost approximately 0.3% of GDP annually, yet nearly 70% of those economic losses remain uninsured [1]. Floods…

Leapfrogging Healthcare: Digital Health & AI in Resource-Limited Settings

11 December 2025WheelerStudent-led initiatives, Wheeler InstituteLBS students

Artificial intelligence (AI) and digital tools are often presented as the future of healthcare. But for countries such as Nigeria and South Africa, the question is more urgent: can these technologies help address today’s gaps in access, quality, and affordability? With the support of Wheeler Institute for Business and Development, London Business School Health Club…

Drop by Drop: The Project Maji Story

24 October 2025WheelerStudent-led initiatives, Wheeler InstituteLBS students

At a recent event organised and facilitated by LBS Social Impact Club, CEO and founder of Project Maji and LBS ExecEd alumni, Sunil Lalvani shared his journey of shaping a social enterprise that delivers sustainable access to clean water across rural Africa. The discussion traced Project Maji’s evolution—from a single site in Ghana to a…

Unleashing Human Potential: Andrée Simon on Redefining Poverty Solutions for Social Impact

15 July 2025Wheeler InstituteStudent-led initiatives, Wheeler InstituteLBS students

In a compelling fireside chat at the 2025 Social Impact Conference, hosted by the Social Impact Club of London Business School in collaboration with the Wheeler Institute for Business and Development, Andrée Simon, Global CEO of FINCA shared her vision for transforming global capital flows to better serve those most in need. Moderated by Rajesh…