Director of the Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship and Head of Foundations including the Young Global Leaders and Global Shapers at the World Economic Forum.
Dr Bonnici is a public health physician, university professor, social change practitioner, foundation leader and author of The Systems Work of Social Change, awarded the Best Non-Profit Management Book of 2022.
His career is rooted in front-line medical and humanitarian work and he has worked extensively with public sector, civil society, business and philanthropy to build progressive and catalytic partnerships.
He is a Rhodes Scholar, Archbishop Tutu African Leadership Fellow, Visiting Fellow at the University of Oxford and Academic Fellow at the University of Geneva, and was the former Founding Director of the Bertha Centre for Social Innovation & Entrepreneurship, University of Cape Town.
Multilateralism, the interconnected system underpinning many global development institutions, is undergoing renewal to address multiple, interconnected crises. Climate change, increasing ...
In the US alone, it is estimated that the widening racial wealth gap will cost the country up to $1.5 trillion in economic growth by 2028. This will constrain GDP growth by 6%. A record n...
Social innovators around the world must use innovative approaches and unwavering dedication to navigate complex systems and dismantle barriers such as limited access to finance or lack of...
Violent conflict, rising geopolitical tensions, economic uncertainty and mounting climate fears have triggered a dangerous breakdown in trust. In today’s polarised world it is easy to los...
With all the buzz surrounding artificial intelligence (AI), it came as a surprise to many when “rizz” was announced as Oxford University Press’ 2023 Word of the Year. Regardless of where ...
The world is facing a series of disruptions that will fundamentally alter our lives: transitioning to net-zero, nature-positive world, a fracturing global political order, the proliferati...
In this an era characterized as a “polycrisis”, we are in dire need of solutions to tackle the root causes of global risks such as geo-economic confrontation, the cost of living crisis, t...
When Russian aggression in Ukraine turned into a full-scale invasion earlier this year, millions were displaced and businesses were disrupted. The situation prompted social entrepreneur K...
The social economy is advancing rapidly, with enterprises driven by the principles of equity and justice – rather than profit – now improving the lives of hundreds of millions of people a...
Imagine living in a remote village in Ogun State, Nigeria. You suffer from hypertension, arthritis, and poor eyesight. You are dependent on medication, but the nearest pharmacy is in Lago...
A lot can happen in two years – especially when our future is at stake. While the COVID-19 pandemic has inflicted massive economic and social damage on the world, it has also prompted an ...
Social entrepreneurs matter now more than ever. Purpose-driven social enterprises, which measure success by the good they do rather than the profits they make, have been on the front line...
The COVID-19 pandemic has been no ordinary crisis. The worst health emergency in more than a century has been compounded by growing inequality and rapidly rising food and energy prices th...
As the world looks beyond the devastation of COVID-19 and confronts fresh dislocations caused by climate change, economic turmoil and war, the urgent need to bolster efforts towards the s...
我们应该如何使世界变得更好？我们缺的不是资源、解决方案或技术，而是聪明才智。我们需要研究我们如何扮演好公民、政府和企业的角色，从而促进转型。社会创新者和服务他人的系统颠覆者，为使世界成为一个更加公正、可持续和公平的地方提供了独特的见解。施瓦布基金会（Schwab Foundation）的社会创新者群体已经影响了来自190多个国家的7.22亿人的生活。
