What do pink hens, digital twins, and mighty microbes have in common? MIT – and global changemakers seeking to transform their regions.

Humans are built for the connection that comes from community. It gives us strength and more often than not, comfort. For entrepreneurs who are solving complex societal challenges in countries that are unpredictable and rapidly evolving – being a part of a community is often a matter of survival.

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...

Sometimes, an MIT Sloan Action Learning team is so successful that it calls for an encore. That’s what happened for MBA ’25 students Shawn George, Neha Golakia, Trung Nguyen, and Nisha Patel when they teamed up again for a Global Entrepreneurship Lab (G-Lab) project in Brazil after a successful ASEA...

RenewCO2 is an emerging company that designs processes for converting carbon dioxide into useful industrial products. Recently, the company tapped two students from MIT Sloan's Entrepreneurship Lab (E-Lab) to investigate the potential market for formic acid, a compound that could be useful in a vari...

The MIT Sloan Climate Catalysts event included lightning talks by three community members making a difference in the climate space.

"We must be antifragile," writes Bill Aulet. "This is at the core of what we strive to do as entrepreneurship educators: create antifragile humans and teams."

This blog by Dr. Nadia Shalaby explores the critical link between fertilizer production and food self-sufficiency in global growth markets. Tracing the history of the Haber-Bosch process and its outsized impact on modern agriculture, Dr. Shalaby examines why Africa—despite rapid population growth—re...

A conversation covering the systemic issues facing entrepreneurs from marginalized communities and discussed the changes that are needed in our cultural, economic, and educational systems to catalyze their growth.

As the world becomes increasingly interconnected and technology-driven, deep technology is emerging as a pivotal force shaping the future of nations. Nowhere is this transformative potential more evident than in Africa, a continent brimming with untapped opportunities and a thriving ecosystem of in...