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The Legatum Foundation today announced a donation of $150,000 to the Ebola Crisis Fund, a fund established to help prevent the spread of the deadly Ebola virus in West Africa. The current outbreak of Ebola, centred in Sierra Leone and Liberia has…

Over 1.5 billion of the world’s impoverished people are affected by a group of parasitic, bacterial but treatable infectious diseases. Mark, Alan, Nicolas, Liam and Sebastian will take on a seven-day challenge to summit Africa’s highest peak, Mount…

This year, World Health Day is shining a light on the devastating impact of vector-borne diseases. These diseases cause more than one million deaths each year and leave hundreds of millions more debilitated, disfigured, blind or just too sick to…

Find an innovative way to serve the average person in a low-income country. Develop your own business plan. Convince investors. Make a healthy profit for yourself and your investors by providing economically viable solutions. These are the…

Principles before profit is a term not often associated with the investment community. For Dubai-based Legatum Group, a privately owned firm that manages billions of dollars in assets, creating wealth through value investing gives it the freedom to…

The 2013 Legatum Prosperity Index™ was launched today by the Legatum Institute. The Index, which ranks nations according to extensive wealth and wellbeing factors, reveals that global prosperity has risen over the past five years, largely due to…

October 10th, 2013 marks the launch of the Centre for Entrepreneurs - the Entrepreneur's Think Tank. The Centre - a non-profit joint venture between the Legatum Institute and Luke Johnson - will defend entrepreneurs and promote the economic, social…

We are proud to announce that Legatum's new headquarters has won this year's prestigious 'Interior Design of the Year: Office' award. Internationally acclaimed architects, Pringle Brandon Perkins + Will, were commissioned to design the interior in…

Legatum relocated its global headquarters to Legatum Plaza in the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) on the 7th July 2013.  This nine-level building is located in the prestigious Gate Precinct and enjoys a unique position between the iconic…

Mark Stoleson, CEO of Legatum, tells Forbes India that what happened in the Andhra Pradesh microfinance sector was an aberration, but it almost killed off the entire sector. Mr. Stoleson answers questions about Indian policy makers, investment in…