Event Archive: 2015

November 6, 2015 - Aga Khan Foundation Canada hosted an Executive Masterclass on the Harvard Business School case study, Roshan: Light at the end of the tunnel in Afghanistan.

November 5, 2015 - In 2003, when the Aga Khan Fund for Economic Development established the Afghanistan mobile company Roshan, there was virtually no telecommunications infrastructure in the country. Some Afghans actually had to walk to a neighbouring country to make a phone call. Today, Roshan’s 1,000 towers reach more than six million subscribers.

November 2015 - From the overthrow of “Baby Doc” Duvalier to recovery from the devastating 2010 earthquake, award-winning documentary photographer Maggie Steber has spent more than three decades working in Haiti. Delving deeper than sensational scenes of poverty and desperation, Maggie’s work brings Haitians’ stories to life with photographs that highlight beauty and humanity in unexpected places.