A for-profit mindset for nonprofit success | Tolu Oyekan

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🗓️ 7 February 2023

⏱️ 14 minutes

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How can nonprofits accelerate their impact and move the needle on intractable problems? Looking to bring the urgency of a profit motive to every initiative, inclusive finance promoter Tolu Oyekan shows how scalable, data-driven solutions are expanding access to banking and financial services across Africa -- and shares the mindset that can help any business meet its goals with speed and precision.

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0:00.0	Ted Audio Collective
0:11.0	You're listening to Ted Talks Daily, I'm your host, Elise Hugh.
0:14.6	Tolloo Oyakin works on challenges like housing, financial access, and resilience to climate
0:20.6	change.
0:21.8	But he crucially infuses the approaches of four profit companies into his non-profit
0:27.4	work.
0:28.5	In his 2022 talk from Ted at BCG, Tolloo explains how he does that and how this approach
0:34.5	is already making a difference.
0:37.3	After a short message.
0:42.0	Support for Ted Talks Daily comes from Airbnb.
0:45.5	When you're staying at an Airbnb, you might be like me.
0:47.9	Wondering, could my place be an Airbnb?
0:50.1	And if it could, what could it earn?
0:52.0	You could be sitting on an Airbnb and not even know it.
0:55.0	Maybe you have a spare bedroom where friends and families stay every few months.
0:58.3	You could Airbnb it, makes some extra money, instead of letting it sit empty.
1:02.7	Your kids have gone off to university and you suddenly have an extra bedroom or two.
1:06.2	Whether you could use a little extra money to cover some bills or for something a little
1:09.7	more fun, your home might be worth more than you think.
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1:18.3	What's up with the weather?
1:22.6	If you're confused about climate change, there's a show for you.
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