Last mile distributors of off-grid solar (OGS) standalone products report finding it increasingly difficult to identify and procure quality, price-competitive products, due to challenges throughout the value chain…

This brand new research from the Global Distributors Collective, supported by Transforming Energy Access, provides an in-depth look at the progress and impact of The GDC members and explores last mile distribution trends…

The Covid-19 pandemic affects all businesses across geographies and sectors. Inclusive businesses and their low-income customers…

Why are so few organizations selling beneficial products at the base of the pyramid (BoP) successful? This is not simply a story of companies failing…

What are the critical funding gaps for last-mile distributors (LMDs)? Find out in the research we conducted with the Global Distributor's Collective (GDC), on The growth and fundraising journeys of last mile distributors (LMDs)…

This report brings together insights from interviews and peer learning workshops with 23 CDC investees and GDC members operating in the energy, agriculture, health, water, e-commerce and fastmoving consumer goods (FMCG) sectors, along with sector-wide research.

Achieving the SDGs by 2030 will require the involvement of the private sector, this view has become a reality in the past years. As many donors, the SDC…

This workshop dug into the opportunities and challenges of selling beneficial products through online channels, including…

The Covid-19 pandemic affects all businesses across geographies and sectors. Inclusive businesses and their low-income customers…

Over the past 10 years, a large network of off-grid solar (OGS) product manufacturers and distributors have been tackling the electrification challenge in Sub-Saharan Africa…

Over the last decade, many multinational corporations have attempted to set up inclusive businesses…

The ‘Last Mile Distribution: State of the Sector report’, written by Hystra along with the Global Distributors Collective (GDC)’s…

Today’s social and environmental challenges are putting new pressures on companies, international development agencies, and investors…

The energy access landscape has been moving rapidly in the past few years: new technologies, emerging leaders, Pay-as-you-Go, momentum for renewables, etc…

Between 2013 and 2016, Hystra supported the Toilet Board Coalition, a global coalition of leading companies, investors, sanitation experts…

Check out this interactive discussion with Hystra and a panel of leading companies including Danone Ecosystem Fund and Juhudi Kilimo, hosted by Business Call to Action.

Watch this webinar and learn more about how pioneering organizations across the world have sustainably increased the income and livelihoods of millions of smallholder famers and why farmers should be considered as active partners rather than aid-recipients.

Pioneer companies and organizations have sustainably increased the income and livelihoods of millions of smallholder farmers…

A silent revolution is underway, as entrepreneurs challenge prevalent notions of business motives and methods to invent market-based solutions to eradicate social injustice…