The world population will reach 9.1 billion by 2050. For Africa, which is projected to be home to about 2 billion of these global citizens, farm productivity must accelerate at a faster rate than the global average to avoid continued mass hunger. Fortunately, digital technology is providing a solution. Read via Harvard Business Review

Many organisations, particularly United Nations agencies, are taking an innovative approach to streamlining their hiring process while building pipelines of underrepresented groups at the same time. Their solution: talent pools. Here is how your organisation can employ best practices to create talent pools of your own.

In this quick, inspiring talk, Zubaida Bai presents her clean birth kit in a purse, which contains everything a new mother needs for a hygienic birth and a healthy delivery — no matter where in the world (or how far from a medical clinic) she might be. Watch here (6 mins)

At the recent Ashoka and Robert Bosch Stiftung ChangemakerXchange event in Singapore, we heard from the team behind The Picha Project – a Malaysian social enterprise, which empowers refugee communities through a food catering and delivery business. One to remember for your next visit to Kuala Lumpur.