Spark South Africa is on a mission - to search across the country for female startup founders who have launched a venture that exists to improve the lives of women and girls. The SHE programme believes that women are the best levers for change in South Africa, and it recognises that female founders need help if they are to succeed. And, they need that help now.
Read moreLesley Erica Scott inventor of 'Smartspot TBcheck' wins top Innovation Prize
Lesley Erica Scott receiving her award for Social Impact and a US$25 000 prize
SKHIRAT, Morocco, May 14, 2015 --- The African Innovation Foundation (AIF) honoured three winners of the 2015 edition of the Innovation Prize for Africa (IPA) at a glittering ceremony hosted in Skhirat, Morocco. Lesley Erica Scott, the South African inventor of 'Smartspot TBcheck' was awarded the Special Prize for Social Impact, receiving a US$25 000 prize. The 'Smartspot TBcheck' is a device that provides a solution for measuring the accuracy of machines used in the diagnosis of tuberculosis.
Read more6 Women founders of social ventures selected 2015 Acumen East-African Fellows
The selections for Acumen's fourth cohort of East Africa Fellows were announced on 1 February after a competitive application process. This year’s Fellows are fighting poverty and changing lives across East Africa through unique social initiatives that range from providing much-needed ambulance services to helping make hygienic sanitation more accessible and affordable to empowering young women to start viable agro-enterprises and more.
Read moreCelebrating Africa’s Inspirational Women Social Entrepreneurs in January
Lionesses of Africa is celebrating Africa’s women social entrepreneurs this January. During this month we will feature the continent's leading social-preneurs and bring you the latest news on the rise of social enterprises that are focused on making Africa a better place.
Read moreJanet Shaw - The startup story of a social entrepreneur and her Zulu Beadwork Project
Janet Shaw, founder of the Zulu Beadwork Project
A social entrepreneur creates a Zulu beadwork collaboration that empowers, uplifts and celebrates the talents of South African craftswomen.
Read moreRwanda’s Drakkar Ltd. Wins USAID’S Global “All Children Reading" Award
Source: IGIHE.com | Published on September 17, 2012
Drakkar is working in cooperation with the Rwandan Education Board (REB) and the Educational Development Center in three districts in the Southern Province in Rwanda. The project’s goal and theory of change are to encourage a culture of reading in Rwanda by: providing support to, and training of, school-based mentors to improve teachers’ instructional practices, including through the incorporation of read aloud approaches; Increasing access to Kinyarwanda storybooks in targeted schools and local bookstores; and developing local capacity to produce Kinyarwanda stories, including through a national story writing competition designed to develop a children’s book market for authors.
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