Africa – A Continent with Huge Potential for Social Innovation
The following interview with Patricia Jumi, Managing Director and Co-Founder of GrowthAfrica, occurred as a follow-up to the ‘Innovative Financing for Social Entrepreneurs‘ round table discussions in Cairo.Read more...
Call for ConsultancySiemens Stiftung is calling for Consultancy support. The project carried out by Siemens Stiftung aims at identifying the potential of social enterprises to create jobs in Africa. Intervention guidelines for development and financing partners to promote this job potential are to be developed.Read the call
Digging into Details for Purposeful ImpactAt this year’s epWorkshop in Cairo, storytelling for social entrepreneurs and a specific peer coaching approach called ‘The Systemic Swiss Knife’ were both a focus. Barbara Börner, a senior expert with extensive storytelling and peer coaching experience, worked with participants on both approaches.Learn more...
How This Civil Engineer from London Turned on the Taps in the PhilippinesStephen, a Civil Engineer based in London, made the decision to step away from his full-time role to contribute to finding a solution for Philippine’s water crisis as an epExpert. Hear directly from Stephen about his experience leveraging technology for social good!Read more...
A Savvy Perspective: Pools of Capital Allow for Customized Support and Larger Impact CreationThe following interview with Gagandeep Bakshi, Director & Head of Investment Banking at Intellecap, occurred as a follow-up to the ‘Innovative Financing for Social Entrepreneurs‘ round table discussions in Cairo.Read more...
An Expert Interview: Liberalizing Data and Increasing Liquidity in the Social Capital Market through TechnologyThe following interview with Barnaby Nelson (The Value Exchange) & Franziska Reh (Uncap – Unconventional Capital) occurred as a follow-up to the ‘Innovative Financing for Social Entrepreneurs‘ round table discussions in Cairo.See more here...
Expert Round Table and Resulting Report Point to Fresh Financing Approaches for Social EntrepreneursCarola Schwank, Head of epN/Development Cooperation, speaks to fresh insights within the new ‘Innovative Financing for Social Entrepreneurs' report and how the Foundation's partners and round table participants helped shed new light on social development’s biggest hurdle: financing.Read more...
Innovative Financing for Social EntrepreneursNew report presents results and reflections from Siemens Stiftung’s international Expert Round Table in Cairo and points to fresh financing approaches – a first step on the way forward to promising solutions.Read more...
Building a Social Enterprise From the Ground Up – the Story of Imara TechAn interview with Imara Tech co-founders, Elliot Avila and Alfred Chengula - their story of building a social enterprise from the ground up and how the Tanzanian-based start-up has persevered through struggle and failure to end up where it is today.Read more...
La historia de TRIEX: nuestra travesía como “empresa gestionada por empleados y propiedad de los mismos”Entrevista con la fundadora y directora de TRIEX, Ana Luisa Arocena, sobre la fundación de TRIEX, sistemas de residuos peligrosos en Uruguay, y como TRIEX fue pionera en las gestión de residuos peligrosos donde antes no había otra alternativa.Lea más....
The TRIEX Story – Our Journey as an ‘Employee Owned & Operated Company’An interview with TRIEX founder and director, Ana Luisa Arocena, on the creation of TRIEX, hazardous waste systems in Uruguay, and how TRIEX pioneered some hazardous waste management that previously didn't have alternatives.Read more...
Two Special Award Winners Epitomize What it Means to be Social EntrepreneursTo recognize a Water & Sanitation initiative that fits the bill as a smart, technical solution, Knorr-Bremse Global Care presented a €20,000 Special WASH Award. Furthermore, Siemens Stiftung presented the €10,000 Community Prize to the organization that received the most votes in our online community voting.Get inspired...
The Future Looks Bright – a Spotlight on our Top 3 epAward2019 WinnersThe latest empowering people. Award (epAward) ceremony held in Cairo in July, 2019 honored the important work of our new empowering people. Network (epNetwork) members. Here is a profile on our Top 3 winners highlighting current projects, what is in the pipeline, and more.Read more...
Recognizing our respected jury membersRepresenting some of the world’s foremost social development organizations, our jury played a major role in selecting the winners of this year’s epAward in Cairo and more. We are grateful for your tremendous contributions to epNetwork and look forward to collaborating with you in the future.Meet our jury here...
Meet the epAward 2019 Winners!After almost a year or work, three rounds of evaluation and a final pitching session in front of the international jury, we are proud to present the winners of the empowering people. Award 2019!Meet the winners
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