Archive 2016

Jun 16

Adelante Shoe Co. by Peter Sacco

by tuftsigl

I’ve been here in Guatemala for just over two weeks now, working each day to develop the first Adelante Shoe Co. product line with a select group of craftsmen in Pastores. Each morning I catch a “chicken bus” into town — a tense 20 minutes of abrupt stops and high-speed swerves that leaves me dusty on Pastores’ main road.

Jun 16

African Entrepreneur Collective (AEC) in Kigali, Rwanda by Maggie Kellogg

by tuftsigl

As an intern this summer with the African Entrepreneur Collective (AEC) in Kigali, Rwanda, I’ve had the opportunity to see firsthand the challenges faced by businesses in the so-called ‘missing middle’.