Tag: Innovation
Interview
Building block with potential
Heike Baumüller, senior scientist at the Center for Development Research ZEF at the University of Bonn, on the trend towards agricultural apps for Africa's small farmers.
Interview
Uber for farmers
The Nigerian start-up Hello Tractor wants to make agriculture more efficient, says spokeswoman Priscilla Asonibare.
Interview
Fish hooks are not enough
Efosa Ojomo believes that his home country Nigeria can make a leap out of poverty in the coming decades through market-creating innovations. He himself would like to continue on the path of his mentor Clayton Christensen.
Interview
The world looks at Europe
Alexander Baumgartner, CEO of the packaging group Constantia Flexibles, sees the plastics industry being challenged worldwide to increase the proportion of recycling. In order for Europe to remain a pioneer in environmental issues, he wants a uniform European framework instead of individual action measures.
Market-creating innovations
See new markets
For politicians, non-voters are a hotly contested target group. At the same time, the situation is different in business: too few entrepreneurs have radar on those who do not have access to existing products. The concept of market creating innovations by Harvard professor Clayton Christensen should change that.
corporAID Multilogue
Doing Business in Africa
Vienna, 9. March 2020
The corporAID multilogue “Business in Africa” gave tangible insights into relevant success factors and discuss how entrepreneurs can react and adapt to the specific challenges and demands in these markets.
news flash
Display in progress
Like almost no other format, world exhibitions offer a high-profile forum for future topics and innovative solutions. The next EXPO, which will take place on October 20, 2020 ...
Valuable raw material
Bamboo: grandiose grass
Not only pandas and panpipe players appreciate bamboo: the plant is a sought-after raw material for products as diverse as socks and toothbrushes, dashboards and parquet floors, scaffolding and wind turbines.
Interview
Green steel
The Austrian Markus Roselieb builds buildings out of bamboo in Thailand, a "fascinating building material with an image problem".
Hidden Champion
Crystal clear from Asia to Africa
SFC Umwelttechnik is one of those small Austrian companies that are right at the forefront of the world: thanks to a clear focus, first-class solutions and proximity to the customer.