LGT Impact Fellowship – Making a lasting impact on the world

Africa

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…more

19th June 2019,

LGT Impact Fellow

India

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…more

13th June 2019,

LGT Impact Fellow

Europe

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…more

1st April 2019,

LGT Team

India

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…more

22nd February 2019,

LGT Team

India

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…more

7th January 2019,

LGT Impact Fellow

Africa

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…more

18th December 2018,

LGT Impact Fellow

Africa

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…more

16th November 2018,

LGT Impact Fellow

Africa

On a mission to bring a solar fridge to market

by Michael Emmerson - LGT Impact Fellow 2017 Frederic Tudor was an American merchant in the 1800’s to whom we all owe a debt. The Ice King of Boston, Mr…more

26th September 2018,

LGT Impact Fellow

Africa

What Do Parents Want for Their Children’s Education?

by Svyatoslav Pashchenko - LGT Impact Fellow 2017 When I think of boarding school, the first image that comes is an elite preparatory school. It’s certainly not something I thought…more

28th November 2017,

LGT Impact Fellow

India

Sliding Down the Indian Rabbit Hole

by Pete Troiano - LGT Impact Fellow 2016/17 I remember the exact moment it started. My bank card got rejected from every ATM I tried to use. The screen displayed…more

21st November 2017,

LGT Impact Fellow

India

Social Mapping – How colorful hues are making door-to-door surveys more effective

by Prianka Sharma - LGT Impact Fellow 2017 A 4 hour journey from Indore in the wee hours of the morning and we arrived in Pipal Tola – a village…more

13th October 2017,

LGT Impact Fellow

India

Celebrating the Girl Child… for the Wrong Reasons

by Kausha Shah - LGT Impact Fellow 2017 Bundi- my last frontier. On my assignment interviewing Educate Girls’ stakeholders, I had already travelled to Udaipur, Pali and Jhabua. I had…more

22nd September 2017,

LGT Impact Fellow