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"Sympathetic joy is a heartfelt gratification that accompanies the awareness of another’s wellbeing. It’s a joy entirely devoid of expectations. Instead, it carries one of life’s greatest pleasures: celebrating the happiness of others." Ellen…

"It is time to reclaim capitalism as a moral force", Boris Johnson, said as he launched Tim Montgomerie's Vision of Capitalism project, at the Legatum Institute. The free market works, Johnson told an audience of politicians, policy-makers, and…

The Economist looks at the issue of modern slavery, asking the question; how do we reduce bonded labour and human trafficking? The article highlights the work of the Freedom Fund, the world's first private donor fund dedicated to ending modern…

We are proud to present to you the winners of the Legatum sponsored 2014 Africa Awards for Entrepreneurship. The winners were announced on the 6th November at a glittering gala dinner hosted by the African Leadership Network in Kigali,…

The 2014 Legatum Prosperity Index™ offers a unique insight into how prosperity is forming and changing across the world. Now in its eighth year, the Index assesses 142 countries, representing more than 96% of the world’s population and 99% of global…

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…