Press Releases & News

“What we have done with WeTu is to co-create with communities. That means we’re transferring skills to people”. Tarwish Lemeeh from WeTu describes how communities at Lake Victoria not only profit form the social enterprise’s solutions but are also directly involved in their development.

From November 14 to 16, Africa's largest music conference will bring together music professionals, artists and experts in Kigali. It offers a platform to experience and shape the continent's rapidly growing music industry.

“Red STEM Latin America network connects institutions and communities from different, countries and organizations with a common goal to transform the way we learn sciences”. Listen to our next voice: Martín Bascopé from the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.

The kiosk has actually empowered the community as well”, Joyce Onyach, Lower Nyatike Water User Association, explains how the entire community is involved in the Safe Water Enterprise project and strengthened through trainings, job creation and improved health.

In CUNA's nursery, mangrove seedlings are continuously grown and matured in the hands of local caretakers and citizens for further planting. CUNA strengthens plural learning in the public space and seeks to generate social and environmental interaction.

“The Design Thinking approach encourages teachers to introduce creative and critical thinking to create suitable learning environments. Listen to our next voice Dr. Claudia Nicolai from HPI d-school.

“Health, hygiene and development are things that go together.” - Sareen Malik from Cewas is committed to social entrepreneurial solutions for menstrual hygiene in order to promote empowerment and social development. Find out more in our video series “15 Voices - 1 Vision”!

“Kenya has great resources to actually fuel the electric mobility sector.” - Hanna Salian of GIZ Kenya introduces Kenya’s innovative e-mobility sector and emphasizes the importance of public-private-philanthropic partnerships. Find out more in our video series ‘15 Voices - 1 Vision’!

“Make@thons enable students to solve more complex problems, acquire problem-solving skills, and think creatively”. Our next voice of the "15 Voices – 1 Vision" video series, Prof. Dr. Marco Beeken explains how students develop innovative solutions to address pressing issues in the annual Make@thons.

"We’re looking at an entire ecosystem, improving livelihoods for all stakeholders involved,” - as part of the video series ‘15 Voices - 1 Vision’, Celeste Tchetgen Vogel from eWAKA talks about environmentally friendly solutions to the challenges of last-mile logistics in Africa that benefit all stakeholders.