Leadership

The Center officially kicked off our multi-year collaboration with the Government of Botswana, marked by a series of exciting events including the first Foundry Fellow Reunion in Africa, the start of our 12-week early-stage entrepreneurship program with over 31 startups and the preparations for exci...

"Africa doesn’t want our pity; it needs unity. It needs a reminder of its centuries of history and rich ancestry. It needs voice, not silence. It needs investment not just in Africa, but with it."

Ask most people to point to Central Asia on a map, and chances are they’ll hesitate. Yet this region spanning vast steppes, celestial mountains and centuries of history sits at the crossroads of civilizations, resource-rich, culturally layered, and geopolitically central. So why does it remain on th...

In 2019, when Tunisia launched the Startup Act, the ecosystem was still young. A handful of incubators and accelerators existed—mostly concentrated in the capital, Tunis, and operating within high-income circles. There was an urgent need to democratize access to knowledge about tech entrepreneurship...

Advancing Innovation, Economic Agency, and Global Competitiveness across Global Growth Markets

From corporate-unicorn partnerships to the power of local trust, here how our Entrepreneur-In-Residence Andrea Kates outlines the real-world imperatives facing entrepreneurs, scaleups, and executives alike. The blog previews upcoming topics in the series, including AI in emerging economies, infrastr...

The Legatum Center for Development and Entrepreneurship at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) celebrated over 15 years of advancing innovation and entrepreneurship by unveiling its 15-Year Impact Report at the "Innovation in Global Growth Markets: Prosperity Through Entrepreneurship" Co...

Twelve Legatum Fellows from seven countries explored Egypt’s entrepreneurial environment, connecting markets and strengthening ties across Africa.