Articles on the Network in general
Africa’s demographic transition is underway. In 2030, around 1 billion people in Africa will be between 15 and 64 – the so-called working age population. This corresponds to an increase of approximately 40% compared to 2018 (AfDB, 2019). These demographic changes represent a considerable opportunity. Countries in which the largest share of the population is […]
In this post, we highlight an interview from Siemens Stiftung’s recent report ‘How Digital Solutions May Enhance Social Financing’ with Dr. Sebastian Groh, Founder and Managing Director of SOLshare.
For Siemens Stiftung’s newest report ‘How Digital Solutions May Enhance Social Financing’ we talked with Karen Hitschke, Managing Director of Yunus Social Business, about the need of personal interaction for social entrepreneurs.
In this post, we highlight an interview of Siemens Stiftung’s newest report “How Digital Solutions May Enhance Social Financing” with Huseyin R Demirhisar, CEO, Co-founder and Managing Partner of the BiD Network.
In this post, we highlight an interview conducted with Henri Nyakarundi, Founder of African Renewable Energy Distributor (ARED), which originally appeared in Siemens Stiftung’s newest report ‘How Digital Solutions May Enhance Social Financing’.
There is no event, publication or discussion about social financing that doesn’t point to the mismatch between the provision of capital supposedly designated to create impact and the financing needs of social enterprises. Innovative forms of financing have been designed in the last years, including patient capital, crowdfunding or social impact bonds, and the amount […]
In this 11-part blog series, we will be checking in with our empowering people. Award (epA) 2019 winners to see what they’ve been up to since our most recent award ceremony in Cairo last July. Check out what’s new with Livox! Below is an interview with Carlos Pereira, CEO of Livox.
The empowering people. Network consists of approximately 60 social enterprises, spread all over the world, from the Philippines to the U.S., South Africa to Europe, and Argentina to China. Usually we meet in person in different constellations 2-4 times a year for epWorkshops, training sessions, and sometimes the whole epNetwork cohort gets together, like at […]
In this 11-part blog series, we will be checking in with our empowering people. Award (epA) 2019 winners to see what they’ve been up to since our most recent award ceremony in Cairo last July. Check out what’s new with BLUETOWN! Below is an interview with Emil Damholt, Impact and Commercial Project Manager at BLUETOWN.
In this 11-part blog series, we will be checking in with our empowering people. Award (epA) 2019 winners to see what they’ve been up to since our most recent award ceremony in Cairo last July. Check out what’s new with AUTARCON! Below is an interview with Philipp Otter, Deputy Managing Director at AUTARCON.
