The World Works on WhatsApp: From Nairobi to Islamabad, how WhatsApp is transforming livelihoods

​Host: Caribou

​Drawing from new research by Caribou and the Gates Foundation, this session explores how WhatsApp has become the default livelihood platform for many low-income men and women across Nigeria, Kenya, India and Pakistan.  This is an interactive, hands-on session designed for collaborative analysis and sense-making.

​If WhatsApp is to truly work for everyone, practitioners need to understand these dynamics as a system, not a tool.

​This session will explore what it would take to design interventions, policies and partnerships that build on where and how entrepreneurs already operate.

​Groups compare maps, test interpretations, and translate insights into practical questions for programme design, policy, and future research. The format is fast-paced, collaborative, and intentionally accessible, enabling deep engagement with complex evidence in a short time.

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​This venue has a capacity of 60.