Creating impact
How to Write a Theory of Change That Funders Actually Fund
Most African social enterprise founders know they need a Theory of Change. Very few know how to write one that makes a funder want to…
Creating impact
Africa’s Community Health Worker Is the Continent’s Most Undervalued Social Enterprise Asset — That’s Changing Fast
84% of Africa’s community health workers are currently unpaid. The African Union wants 2 million of them deployed by 2030. In between those two facts…
Agritech
What the WEF’s Biggest Africa Report of 2026 Actually Means for Social Entrepreneurs on the Ground
The numbers from Davos are striking. Here’s what they mean for the person building a venture in Nairobi, Lagos, or Accra right now. Every January,…
Climate change
How African Social Entrepreneurs Are Turning Climate Challenges into Business Opportunities
The same problems destroying livelihoods are also creating the continent’s most exciting business models. Here’s a number that should stop you in your tracks: Africa…
Creating impact
Impact Risk Management
The Impact That Backfired The Rwanda community health project seemed perfect on paper. A European NGO would train local women as health workers, providing them…
Creating impact
Storytelling for Impact Brands
The Story That Backfired Grace had the perfect customer story for her Tanzanian solar energy company’s marketing campaign. Mama Halima, a rural vegetable seller, had…
Creating impact
How to Tell Your Full Story of Profit and Purpose
You may be running a social enterprise that’s changing lives. You’ve got loyal customers, a passionate team, and the numbers are finally starting to look…
Agritech
Tech-Enabled Financial Inclusion for Smallholder Farmers
Across Africa, smallholder farmers feed the continent — yet they remain some of its poorest citizens. They grow most of our food, but struggle to…
Creating impact
Policy Frameworks to Support Social Enterprises
Social entrepreneurs across Africa are solving some of the continent’s toughest challenges — unemployment, waste management, access to healthcare, climate adaptation — and they’re doing…
Circular economy
Circular Economy and Waste-to-Value Business Models
Africa has a waste problem. From plastic bottles littering our streets to mountains of e-waste piling up in dumpsites, the continent is drowning in materials…