We still remember the moment vividly—the one that would define the direction of our start-up and change our lives forever. It was October 2012, and we sat in a dimly lit Java House café in Nairobi, ...

Alistair Wilson, CEO of School for Social Entrepreneurs, recently made a compelling argument about the limitations of universities in advancing social entrepreneurship. Chief among Wilson’s concerns ...

Social enterprises exist to address the social problems that are often ignored by traditional capitalism. I am often asked if social entrepreneurship or social enterprise is compatible with capitalism ...

An opportunity for significant investment and mentorship for Cambridge start-up social enterprises is launching – culminating ...

Yet the term seems to be more often associated with people who intend to make a profit, but whose work is targeted toward long-term socio-economic change. Think Bill Gates, with his current ...

A social enterprise is an enterprise where at least 50% of the profits are invested back into a charitable cause. The aim is to have a social mission and to make a social impact. There is no single ...

Industry Insight from Ethical Corporation Magazine, a part of Thomson Reuters. November 11 - Our planet faces a devastating loss of nature. Over a million plant and animal species are on the brink of ...

The Social Enterprise Accelerator is offered to students in the summer between their first and second year, supporting student founders in the development of their social impact startup. During the ...

Each year, the climate crisis intensifies, threatening the livelihoods of billions. Yet, amid this growing emergency, social, or impact enterprises—businesses prioritizing purpose and profit—are ...

The private sector is undergoing a seismic transformation, driven in part by the climate crisis, Covid-19, and extreme financial inequality. These external factors have prompted the world’s corporate ...

In February 2025, the HBS New Venture Competition received 36 entries to the Social Enterprise Track, from student teams across Harvard University. After an extensive review and deliberation process ...

The Nationalist Party has called upon the government to bring into force the Social Enterprise Act, four years after Parliament's approval. It said on Friday that this act was approved in ...