Social Enterprises Archives

Six ways social entrepreneurs can step up to help refugees

Half of refugees in the UK struggle to get employed. What can those of us working in the social impact space do to help them find meaningful work? In the recent WISE Ways to Lead webinar, hosted by Pioneers Post in partnership with NatWest, we heard from social enterprises working with refugees to answer just that. Read on for highlights, and watch the full discussion video.

Refugees and Migration, Social Enterprises

July 4, 2022

NaTakallam – where language learning meets social impact for refugees

Today, there are over 100 million forcibly displaced people in the world. NaTakallam, a social enterprise, is disrupting the way we typically think of humanitarianism, language learning and international development. By being the bridge to the private sector, NaTakallam provides vital work opportunities for refugees and conflict-affected individuals, including in Ukraine.

Refugees and Migration, Social Enterprises

June 20, 2022

How to social impact partner with Clive Allison and Nivedha RM

How to find your perfect social impact partner, and why partnering with social entrepreneurs is vital explain Clive Allison, Unilever and social entrepreneur Nivedha RM

Corporate Impact, Fostering Leadership, Global Goals, Livelihoods and Jobs, Measuring Social Impact, Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, Partnerships, Social Enterprises, Sustainable Employment

May 31, 2022

Sustainability Strategy & Innovation with Mario Elias Gonzalez

Sustainability Strategy & Innovation with Mario Elias Gonzalez. Leading thinking to drive responsible and inclusive business deep into the core of companies.

Business, Corporate Impact, Fostering Leadership, Global Goals, Intrapreneurship, Measuring Social Impact, Social Enterprises

May 20, 2022

Chocolate supply chains with Shawn Askinosie

How to build resilience chocolate supply chains? Social enterprise founder, ethical chocolate CEO: Shawn Askinosie shares his insights.

Agriculture, Business, Climate & Environment, Corporate Impact, Innovative Business Models, Livelihoods and Jobs, Measuring Social Impact, Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, Social Enterprises

April 13, 2022

Rosa Wang, mobile technology frontiers

Rosa Wang, social impact pioneer, examines how mobile technology frontiers are providing financial access, connectivity, identity and empowerment for people across the world – from Kenya to India.

Business, Corporate Impact, Finance and Investment, Measuring Social Impact, Social Enterprises, Technology

March 22, 2022

Jiselle and Cesar, On Gender Transformative Approaches

Cesar and Jiselle share some of their 30 plus years of experience working on women’s empowerment. Together they have recently been working on ‘gender transformative approaches.’ Cesar and Jiselle deep dive into what this means and the practicalities of implementing gender transformative approaches – for businesses everywhere, across value chains.

Agriculture, Corporate Impact, Gender, Innovative Business Models, Social Enterprises

March 8, 2022

Ayan Said, Voicing Voices

Ayan provides practical tools and tips to help us all, and particularly business decision makers to create the spaces for better communication.

Business, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Education, Fostering Leadership, Gender, Global Goals, Innovative Business Models, Measuring Social Impact, Racial Equity, Social Enterprises, Youth

February 16, 2022

Boda Boda, Economic Development and the Future of Work

The BodaBoda Safety Association of Kenya (B.A.K) currently has 1.4 million registered members. 1.2 million of these are between the ages of 18-35. As an association, our entire membership base is made up of small business owners. We are developing a framework to effectively upskill and reskill for the future of work.

Partnerships, Social Enterprises, Sustainable Employment, Youth

January 31, 2022

Are you a social innovator working to increase access to healthcare? Apply now!

Applications are open for the Entrepreneurs for Resilience Award 2022. This competition awards impact-driven, market-based organizations that contribute to building resilient societies. This year, the award targets enterprises that increase financial access to healthcare in low-income communities.

Finance and Investment, Health, Social Enterprises

December 21, 2021

Seeking entrepreneurs and SMEs that are innovating in the care economy

Business Fights Poverty is excited to be part of a new programme to transform the care economy and is seeking SMEs and entrepreneurs across our network to be matched with investors. Sign up by 10th December. Read on for more information!

Care Economy, Gender, Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, Social Enterprises

December 8, 2021

Failing to Win: Lessons from an entrepreneur who went ‘all in’

After backpacking across Africa in search of changemakers building scalable, high-impact businesses, Canadian entrepreneur Mike Quinn convinced his retired parents to mortgage their house and lend him $100,000 to co-found Zoona, one of the continent’s earliest fintechs. That risk paid off big time, as Zoona went on to process $2.5 billion of transactions and generate $26 million in income for thousands of micro-entrepreneurs across Zambia and Malawi.

Finance and Investment, Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, Social Enterprises, Technology

October 13, 2021

Zubair Junjunia

Meet Zubair Junjunia, he is an educational activist, social entrepreneur, and founder of ZNotes – the online learning platform which shares revision notes democratically for students by students.

Education, Social Enterprises

August 26, 2021

Growing Haiti’s food systems with determination and partners

Greater food sovereignty in Haiti would support local farmers and reduce the risk of hunger crises in the future. A growing network of organizations is pushing Haiti in that direction, allowing more Haitian farmers to support their own families while getting food to those most in need. Acceso Haiti is part of that expanding ecosystem.

Agriculture, Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, Social Enterprises

April 21, 2021

How Can Businesses Support Economic Inclusion for People in Extreme Poverty?

Before COVID-19, over 700 million people worldwide were living in extreme poverty. The pandemic could push an additional 150 million people into extreme poverty by the end of 2021. People experiencing extreme poverty already have limited access to health care, food, clean water, and public services. They face obstacles in accessing markets, employment opportunities, and financial services, and this inequality has only increased due to pandemic lockdowns.

Innovative Business Models, Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, Social Enterprises

March 23, 2021

Women entrepreneurs make changing norms the new norm

Female social entrepreneurs are more likely to change social and cultural norms through their work than their male counterparts, according to Ashoka’s 2018 Global Impact Study. Yet the mainstream idea of what makes a social initiative “successful” excludes the model used by many female entrepreneurs.

Gender, Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, Social Enterprises

March 23, 2021

What are the innovations that could shape and transform the next decade?

The World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) has released an issue brief outlining the business model shifts, emerging technologies and social innovations that could shape the next decade. The report is designed to help us think about the innovations that we can leverage in service of the SDGs, and those that we need to work harder to bring about.

Social Enterprises, Technology

September 3, 2020

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