Partner Stories
November 25, 2020 |
By Joachim Ewechu & Liz Karungi | CEO & Community Manager at
SHONA
Intentionally creating equitable value for everyone involved in the success of East African businesses. SHONA is an East African business development services (BDS) company that supports entrepreneurs to build successful Good Businesses in Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania.
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September 7, 2020 |
By David Auerbach | Co-founder
Sanergy
Managing upwards with proximity, candor, focus, diversity, and communication. Sanergy creates bold urban sanitation solutions for booming cities.
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August 7, 2020 |
By Bart Burstein | Co-founder at
Pace Able Foundation
Business basics that are working (and not) for our partners during the crisis.
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May 29, 2020 |
By Olivia Mugabirwe | Executive Director at
PeerLink Initiative Uganda
How community-based organizations can shift their mission during the pandemic, without losing their vision. PeerLink Initiative Uganda is a children, youth and women focused not-for profit, non-governmental organization.
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April 3, 2020 |
By Bart Burstein | Co-founder at
Pace Able Foundation
“Must do” guidance for grantees learned from the 2008 recession. And the COVID-19 advice we gave our partners.
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December 21, 2019 |
By Laura Brown | CEO at
PEAS
Four reflections for a successful CEO transition. PEAS is a not-for-profit which has established one of the leading secondary school networks in Africa.
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October 23, 2019 |
By Kate Hyder | Senior Manager, Advisory Quality and Innovation at
Root Capital
Lessons learned about reporting requirements, new system adoption, and on-the-ground partners. Root Capital is a non-profit social investment fund partnering with agricultural businesses to improve communities around the world.
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September 17, 2019 |
By Neelam Sakaria | Senior Associate, Search & Selection at
Echoing Green
Eight criteria for evaluating startup social innovators and rising entrepreneurs. Echoing Green is a global nonprofit organization that provides fellowships, seed-stage funding, and strategic support to social entrepreneurs globally.
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August 25, 2019 |
By Jehiel Oliver | Chief Executive Officer at
Hello Tractor
What our cross-sector collaborations have taught us about joining forces to achieve impact at scale. Hello Tractor offers technology for smarter, better maintained, and more profitable tractors now powered by artificial intelligence for better and faster decision making.
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July 30, 2019 |
By Molly Burke | CEO at
Cycle Connect
How digging into our start-up roots helped us chart our best path forward. Cycle Connect increases income for smallholder farmers in East Africa through productive asset financing and training.
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