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Anna Peters of Endeva discusses the newly published study “Inclusive Business Policies – How Governments can Engage Companies in Meeting Development Goals. What emerged as a concept for companies to create new markets at the base of the global income pyramid is increasingly reaching the agendas of governments and donors around the world for a number of good reasons:

The official launch of the IB Forum for the Western and Southern Region took place on the 10th of December 2013 at the Holiday Inn in Bulawayo. The event was opened by the Mayor of Bulawayo, His Worship Mayor M. K. Moyo. The event attracted close to 70 participants from academic and research institutions, private companies, agricultural producer associations, government, NGOs and individual entrepreneurs. In addition, four umbrella bodies namely, BSDCZ, ZNCC, ABUZ and Empretec brought several members.
The Programme for the Launch was as follows:

If the word ‘case study’ conjures up an image of a glossy 2-pager with lots of pictures and little analysis, think again. Today we (the Business Innovation Facility) are delighted to launch a series of seven ‘deep dive’ case studies, each analysing an inclusive business, with candid explanation of the highs and lows of the companies’ journeys to date, and drawing lessons for the future.

At the BCSDZ Annual Conference on “GREEN BUSINESS AND ACTION 2020”, Mr Elton Mudyazvivi (Senior Economic Development Adviser, SNV Zimbabwe) presented an update on IB in Zimbabwe along with examples of projects currently ongoing.
Please contact us for more information info@inclusivebusiness.org.zw

Companies of all sizes are actively testing and rolling out inclusive business models, but relatively few of them have achieved their full potential of improving livelihoods and companies’ economic bottom line.

Inclusive Business Insights - The Insider - September 2013
In our latest BIF insider "Scaling Inclusive Business – Why do some successful IB pilots fail to scale”, Jack Newnham identifies and examines seven broad reasons why some inclusive businesses do not go to scale. The publication draws on a range of examples (mostly not related to BIF), illustrating which hurdles could and could not be overcome to successfully scale. Most importantly, it draws out some implications for how companies can plan for scale when conducting a pilot.