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Social Innovation in Africa
Social Innovation = New approach + Unmet social need
Africa = Numerous unmet social needs
THE NEED: Cheap, affordable and clean electricity to meet household needs of low income families
“She comes to understand that economic development and social change cannot be imposed from without. They must be sought and grasped by the individual pursuing opportunities for self-realization.”
Pamela Hartigan Director, Skoll Centre for Social Entrepreneurship
In a review of the book for the Stanford Social Innovation Review, Spring 2009
THE NEED: How to share information on hot spots and safe zones during a crisis
THE NEED: How to differentiating between genuine and fake drugs
The Need: Decent toilets in low-income urban centres
THE NEED: How to get basic financial services to people in the rural areas
THE NEED: Decent but affordable housing for low-income urban and rural dwellers
THE NEED: Improving access to clean water for rural and impoverished households
Hippo Water Roller Project
Measuring social impact
Our governments?
Our Universities?
African Social
Innovation Fund
Government donor
agencies
Private Foundation
s
Social Venture Capitalis
ts
Corporate Social
Investment
African Governmen
ts
African Social Innovators
Regional & Global
Organisations
Finance?
Tech Innovation Hubs?