Articles by Tayo Akinyemi
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Wednesday
December 15
2010iuMAP: Milaap Bridges the Gap for Microfranchisors
Capital investment is expensive and involves risk; if the already vulnerable entrepreneur fails to sell her inventory, she’s stuck with the liability. Inspired by his work with the business development team of SKS Microfinance, Anoj Viswanathan founded Milaap, a crowd-funded, low-cost, risk-tolerant capital model focused on microfranchises.
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Wednesday
August 25
2010Investing in Microfranchising: What Should I Know?
To date, this series has focused on the mechanics of microfranchising from the entrepreneurs’ s point of view. This post, second to last in this series, looks at microfranchise from the perspective of the investor.
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Wednesday
August 11
2010A Closer Look at “Conversion Franchising”
This post is the fourth entry in a series focused on microfranchising, a common way many social enterprises distribute their products. It is part of a series that introduces iuMAP, a web-based social enterprise database.
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Thursday
July 29
2010A Closer Look at the “Business in a Bag” Model
This post is part of a series that introduces iuMAP, a web-based social enterprise directory developed by Ayllu and launched in media partnership with NextBillion. It analyzes the "business in a bag" model of microfranchise, used by several social enterprises to expand their operations.
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Thursday
January 21
2010Shea Yeleen: Promoting Market Access for African Shea Producers
I was reminded of the "theory of resonance" while talking to Rahama Wright, social entrepreneur and founder of Shea Yeleen International, a nonprofit working to help African women secure sustainable livelihoods via shea butter production.
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Friday
January 15
2010Gates Foundation Supports Savings Accounts for the Poor
The Gates Foundation is at it again. On Wednesday, it announced $38 million dollars in funding to support programming that will give the poor safe, effective ways to house their savings. Six grants will go to 18 MFIs that offer microcredit but will "make savings accounts available to an initial 11 million poor people over five years."
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Tuesday
October 13
2009Ayllu: Scaling Social Enterprise through Microfranchise
Melissa’s journey began with two simple questions. First, what would happen if several social enterprises were located in the same community? Secondly, how can they be brought to scale? As you’ll soon discover, Ayllu is tackling this problem head on. With no further ado, Ayllu!
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Saturday
September 26
2009Africa Social Enterprise Forum 2009
As many of you know, today is the 2009 Africa Social Enterprise Forum in New York City, organized by Co-Chairs JerryAnne Heath and Magogodi Makhene. ASEC boldly confronts the notion that all the best thinking (and doing) in social enterprise comes from the West, and I applaud the organizers for making this distinction.
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