Welcome to the LGT Impact Fellowship Blog
Our local teams and Fellows across five world regions post on social entrepreneurship, developments, trends, challenges and other relevant topics about the impact investing sector in developing and emerging countries. For more information about us, visit our websites on LGT Venture Philanthropy and LGT Lightstone. We hope you enjoy the read.
Your LGT Venture Philanthropy and LGT Lightstone Team
What do you get when you cross an experienced American environmental professional with a young environmental NGO in China?
By Linda Greer, LGT Impact Fellow for the Institute of Public and Environmental Affairs, Beijing, China Can such a person meaningfully accelerate reductions in industrial pollution from some of the largest factories…
Educational Partnerships in Kenya
My name is Martha Kamundi, an LGT Impact Fellow in the 2018 cohort. I am working with Bridge International Academies (Bridge) in Nairobi, Kenya, as an Academics Fellow within the Learning Innovation…
Trailblazing the E-Commerce space amongst Low Income Consumers in Kenya
By Mwansa K. Chalwe, LGT Impact Fellow 2018, Commercial Planner at Copia Kenya When one mentions Kenya, the first thing that probably comes to mind is an Olympic or Marathon runner crossing…
Financial Consulting for Private Schools in India
LGT Impact Fellow Spotlight: Smiti Sahoo Smiti is working as a Fellow for our Portfolio Organisation Varthana in India. Thinking of Schools, the initial associations that come up are academic pursuit or…
LGT Impact Fellow Spotlight: Raliat Sunmonu
Raliat Sunmonu, LGT Impact Fellow 2016Senior Director, Africa Program Management at Accion The LGT Impact Fellowship offers experienced business professionals the opportunity to work full-time for one year with impactful organizations and…
Reflections on ten years of the LGT Impact Fellowship
Since its inception in 2009, the LGT Impact Fellowship (called the iCats Program when it began) was created to help LGT Impact and LGT Venture Philanthropy’s portfolio companies bridge talent gaps in…
LGT Impact Fellow Spotlight: Amandeep Singh
Amandeep is a 2012 LGT Impact Fellow and currently works at Clinton Health Access Initiative in Cambodia as Director – Country Support, Global Vaccines Delivery The LGT Impact Fellowship offers experienced business…
Journeying into the (Un)known
By Gayatri Suri – LGT Impact Fellow 2018 “Follow your passion” – a phrase that is more elusive than it sounds. This phrase has challenged me time and again in my five-year…
A vegan in the Maasai Mara
By Sarah Hardin-White – LGT Impact Fellow 2018 Since beginning my LGT fellowship with Maasai Mara Wildlife Conservancies Association (MMWCA) this fall, one of the things I have struggled to square the…
I am a passionate impact investor, however, in another life, I would be a wildlife tourism guide in the Maasai Mara private conservancies, because it matters!
by Heidi Foppa – LGT Impact Fellow 2018 I have just returned home after having spent the most incredible time in the unique Maasai Mara for my work assignment and first on-site…