Center for Emerging Markets

Start-up: Making banking more accessible in rural Africa

Thomas Kojo Addaquay, College of Engineering

Creating a digital platform to make financing accessible to smallholder rural farmers in Ghana

Conference: Sheding light on pandemics and Emerging Markets as important aspects of managing global health

Shelley Jeon, Bouvé College of Health Sciences & Brinly Meelia, Bouvé College of Health Sciences

Hosting the 2023 Northeastern University's Global Health Initiative annual conference with a special focus on emerging markets

Start-up: Signaling risk to the safety and efficacy of temperature-sensitive medications and vaccines

Benjamin Dottinger, Bouvé College of Health Sciences & Theodora Christopher, College of Science

Using technology to monitor the temperature of medications and vaccines, including in emerging markets

Case Competition: Host an emerging markets-themed International Business Case Competition

Adam Burroughs, D'Amore-McKim School of Business; Blake Masterson, D'Amore-McKim School of Business & Mithilesh Tulsian, D'Amore-McKim School of Business

Prototyping an NU-based case competition focused on Emerging Markets (organize by Northeastern University's International Business Club) 

Event: Beauty self-image and mental health in the Brazilian context

Maria Oliveira, College of Professional Studies

Organizing a panel discussion on beauty self-image and mental health in the Brazilian context