Across the world the universal healthcare cost for patients is imbalanced, often inaccessible and unaffordable. Major barriers include long distances to health facilities, high transportation costs and long waiting times. Our team has seen an innovative case study in...

Nigerians consume over 39 million litres of Carbonated Soft Drinks (CSD’s) per year. In Lagos, the population exceeds 20 million people; who all live and work in one of the most congested cities in the world. Millions commute across the city every day, presenting a...

With the thrust of the COVID-19 pandemic, businesses have rushed to adapt to a new way of working – through the internet. This new reality has not been kind to the labour driven South African economy. However, for industries such as IT services, marketing and...

In 2020, Lighthouse Strategic Leadership, like many others, developed new working norms to adapt to the Covid-19 induced isolation. We had planned complex travel itineraries to meet and interview business leaders across Africa. However, with the sudden lockdown and...

Lighthouse has been involved in a long-term study of identifying alternative routes to market for chronic medicines in Uganda. This fascinating project involves geo-mapping of different levels of facilities, infrastructure throughout the country, considerations of the...

The Lighthouse team regularly walks the streets of informal settlements performing research into informal sectors. This market is continually evolving as the economic realities facing millions of consumers shift over time. The team recently observed the large growth...

Looking back, with the superpower of hindsight, we now know that the majority of models used to predict and manage the spread and impact of Covid-19 have been proven to be wrong. It’s clear that these models missed the target, but does that matter? If we see the...