[Mzungu = foreigner = white person. Buy One, Give One (BOGO) is a cause marketing strategy where companies charge a premium on products in Western markets and donate a cheaper version of the product in poor countries. While it has been a successful marketing strategy for western companies (like TOMS Shoes), it inhibits long-term economic growth in developing countries.]
Globalization
Frame Changers #59: UN-American Engagement
Frame Changers #46: Plug and Play Cows
[As I just discovered, a Turkish company, Ser-Gün, offers solar panels that can be mounted on donkeys as a way to support sheepherders. Wonder how the donkeys feel about their new payload and improved social status.]
Frame Changers #40: Food for Thought
[If we can have 3G networks across the world, why can’t we have food? Can we prioritize long-term food security where farmers across the world are on a level playing field?]
Frame Changers #31: Poverty Begins at Home
[Over 15% of Americans live in poverty. Racial and ethnic minorities, women, children, and families headed by single women are particularly vulnerable to poverty.]
Frame Changers #28: John Galt 2020
[Social Entrepreneurs build sustainable enterprises that prioritize social returns. They create win-win solutions for all stakeholders; they launch movements. Hats off to the social innovators and entrepreneurs of the world.]
Frame Changers #27: African Entrepreneurs’ Privilege
Frame Changers #25: Bring Back the Middlemen
[Millions of smallholders depend on millions of trusted middlemen to get their produce into the marketplace. Removing them makes sense only if the new systems and relationships are reliable and truly sustainable. Read Kochia Chronicles; Mzungu Memories- A Conversation over Busaa for examples of how outsiders can disrupt trade relationships and supply chains.]
Frame Changers #15: Hunger Games
Frame Changers #13: The Tyranny of TEDx
