expertise 2022 blogpost strategy

Can all entrepreneurship be social?

With the new global strategy we developed in 2021, we want to take further steps to leverage the power of entrepreneurship to reduce child poverty, inequality and environmental issues.

Shifteh Malithano

ghana 2022 impact story change leader story

Reclaiming the life of a slave child

When James Kofi Annan was 6, the youngest child of an illiterate family, he was sold into child slavery. He worked as a child fisherman in Lake Volta in Ghana. His working day started at 3am and ended at 8pm, and was full of physically demanding work. He was malnutritioned, abused, didn’t have access to medical care, education. He didn’t have any rights.

2022 impact story change leader story Bulgaria

Turning one of the poorest regions in the EU into an attractive digital industry hub

Emiliyan Kadiyski and Teodor Kostadinov were born in Vratsa, Bulgaria - one of the poorest regions of the European Union. There are almost no functioning large businesses, educational levels are low and the entrepreneurial spirit is lacking.

2022 impact story change leader story Ethiopia

Building a strong and inclusive tech society by teaching children how to code

Nathan Damtew studied computer science at the University in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. When he started his education, he struggled to understand and learn how to work with programming. A big reason for this was that he had no introduction to coding before he started University. That’s when the idea came of introducing coding much earlier for children and youth, in order to prepare them for future education.

2022 news

March 2022 at a glance

New victories of our Change Leaders, amazing opportunities for social entrepreneurs, strong partnerships and many more highlights from March.

global 2022 news

January 2022 at a glance

Explore the highlights from January to get inspired by our social entrepreneurs across different markets.