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Drink Pitch Mingle
Drink Pitch Mingle is a networking series organized by IsraelDev where members are invited to meet and mingle with other Israeli...
Jan 20, 2015


Financing Projects for Developing Markets
Ron Margalit is the managing director of Lonomics, an investment consulting firm focusing on impact financing for emerging markets. Ron...
Dec 30, 2014


Israelis Innovating for Africa
As part of Global Entrepreneurship Week Israel, the Pears Program hosted a panel discussion on Israelis Innovating for Africa, at...
Nov 20, 2014


Young South African Entrepreneurs Visit Israel
September 15 - 19, 2014 The South Africa-Israel Forum (SAIF) partnered with Investec to organize the first-ever Young Entrepreneurs pilot...
Sep 15, 2014


Kenyan tech delegation brings entrepreneurs to Israel
September 15 - 19, 2014 The Pears Program for Global Innovation in partnership with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs hosted a delegation...
Sep 15, 2014


Opportunities and Challenges in East Africa
Duncan Onyango, Director of Acumen East Africa shared his insights on social investment trends in the rapidly growing East African market...
Jun 4, 2014


Doing Business for the Base of the Pyramid
The Pears Innovation for International Development Program partnered with Microsoft Ventures to provide a lecture on entrepreneurship and...
May 25, 2014


Social Enterprises Scaling Impact
Pamela Roussos, Director of Strategic Alliances at the Global Social Benefit Institute at Santa Clara University in the Silicon Valley...
Apr 3, 2014


Reaching Tomorrow’s Markets - Business Strategies for the Base of the Pyramid
Pears Innovation for International Development Program in cooperation with the Sofaer International MBA Program and the Israeli Export...
Mar 4, 2014


Innovations In Agricultural Development
Roy Steiner, Deputy Director in the Global Development Program of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation spoke about today's most promising...
Jan 29, 2014


Can Entrepreneurship Be a Tool for Economic Development in Frontier Markets?
The Pears Innovation for International Development Program in partnership with StarTAU organized a lecture by Daniel Isenberg of the...
Jan 2, 2014


The Harambe Tel Aviv Colloquium
The Harambe Tel Aviv Colloquium was organized as an opportunity for Israelis to learn about and find opportunities related to the growing...
Dec 19, 2013


Grand Challenges in Global Health
Dr. Peter A. Singer visited Tel Aviv University to share his knowledge and expertise and spoke about some of the huge potential of...
Nov 26, 2013


Round Table Discussion on Water and Sanitation in Africa
The Pears Innovation for International Development Program hosted a roundtable with Mr. Doucoure, CEO of Water and Sanitation Africa...
Oct 24, 2013


Moving Forward from the MDGs Towards a Sustainable Future
SID Israel, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, MASHAV and IsraelDev hosted Mr. Nikhil Seth, Director of the Division for Sustainable...
Oct 22, 2013


Make Profit and Change the World - Pre-event for Dev4Dev Hackathon
The IsraelDev Network and Terralab Ventures in partnership with the Pears Innovation for International Development Program held an eye...
Oct 14, 2013


The Global Fair Trade System - Should We Care?
Esther Guluma, one of Israel’s leading experts in international development, led a discussion about the importance of Fair Trade. Esther...
Aug 14, 2013


Discussion From the Field: Ground-Level Perspectives on Youth Development in Post-Conflict Contexts
James Statman shared his experiences on the nature of international development interventions; the contexts, challenges and joys of the...
Jul 11, 2013


ICT for Open Government
Dr. Jennifer Shkabatur shared some of her knowledge and experience in working with ICT for Good Governance in the developing world and...
Jun 20, 2013


Working to End Global Hunger
One of TIME’s 100 most influential people, Ertharin Cousin, spoke about her experiences addressing the challenges of global hunger as the...
Jun 19, 2013

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