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Design for financial inclusion: Lessons learned & reflections from IDDS Kenya 2018 Blog | Sep 05, 2018 | Julio Lavalle, 2015 D-Lab Scale-Ups Fellow Design for financial inclusion: Lessons learned & reflections from IDDS Kenya 2018
Bridging the Gap: The Role of Incubators in Supporting India’s Entrepreneurs Blog | Sep 04, 2018 | Rachita Mehrotra, MIT D-Lab Monitoring & Evaluation Fellow, Summer 2018 Bridging the Gap: The Role of Incubators in Supporting India’s Entrepreneurs
Teaching the Engineering Design Process in Lopburi, Thailand Blog | Sep 04, 2018 | Katherine Wang, D-Lab: Education & Learning student, spring 2018 Teaching the Engineering Design Process in Lopburi, Thailand
Following up on Energy I class projects in Uganda and Kenya Blog | Aug 28, 2018 | Danielle Gleason, D-Lab: Energy Student (MIT '20) Following up on Energy I class projects in Uganda and Kenya
Navigating Entrepreneurship in Kampala: Achieving Sustainability through Self-Discovery Blog | Aug 27, 2018 | Tom DeMaio, MIT D-Lab Monitoring & Evaluation Fellow, Summer 2018 Navigating Entrepreneurship in Kampala: Achieving Sustainability through Self-Discovery