2023 Project: The call for help came from one of our Frontrunners in Malawi. The need was for a motor boat to act as a water ambulance to get pregant women to the mainland for C-section births before either mother or the baby died due to the long lake crossing in manually rowed boats. The solution involved a team of …
Dr. Brooke Newman Talks About Reducing Carbon and Redirecting Overages for a Greener Supply Chain
View PostA Conversation with Stefanos Fotiou – Director of the Office of SDGs in the FAO of the United Nations
Stefanos Fotiou is an expert on the UN Sustainable Development Goals with many years working within the United Nations organization in a variety of roles that support expertise and current leadership. Working in the FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN) out of his headquarters in Rome, he talks with Frontrunners Innovate host, Mary Kurek, and co-host, Ambassador Richard …
Imari Walker-Franklin is an Environmental Engineer Chasing the Serious Impact of Microplastics
Imari Walker-Franklin is an Environmental Engineer Chasing the Serious Impact of Microplastics as an activist for people and planet.
Breast Cancer Hope for African and Caribbean Women – Surgeon and Survivor Stories
View PostLina Constantinovici Helps Innovators Shorten the Gap Between Funding and Commercialization
Lina Constantinovici is a problem solver, but, before that, she was a researcher. Before that, she worked in a place where innovation was rampant, but, the trek toward commercialization for most innovation was long, laborious, and often a threat to the innovation, itself. Lina founded Innovation 4.4 to bring a solution to the innovator community and breathe new life into …