Private capital can change the face of social impact in markets where policy encourages it. Of the many geographies, Colombia, India and South Africa on three different continents present opportunity for social impact through high quality childcare.

  1. Macro reasons such as population growth, need to add women to the workforce and aspiration of populations matched by willingness to embrace change.
  2. Specific features such as an evolved financial system, low cost of mobile data or insitutions for training that are levers for change.

Private capital might begin at the top of the pyramid but it helps whole societies to move to a new normal. My reasons here for private capital and these specific nations. Followed by a short note on technology. Ending with a coda.

Private capital should invest in childcare for both impact and commercial returns

Colombia, India & South Africa are primed to make progress on childcare and early education

Technology: AI opens many possibilities*

Coda