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Social enterprises driving global change on World Food Day

Every year on 16 October, World Food Day highlights important topics such as food waste, sustainable agriculture, biodiversity, and the challenges faced by fishing communities — all in an effort to combat climate change. This year's theme is "Hand in Hand for Better Foods and a Better Future”. It's the perfect opportunity for us to shine a spotlight on the incredible efforts of social entrepreneurs, who are making everyday life better for so many people and how they're creating a more sustainable and inclusive world.

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A better everyday life for people from vulnerable and marginalised groups.

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Our partnership with Acumen worked to strengthen the capacity of 34 social entrepreneurs in East Africa (Kenya, Uganda, Ethiopia, and Rwanda), to scale their businesses in order for them to increase the assistance for people who need it the most.


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East Africa Accelerator
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East Africa Accelerator 2021

Acumen and IKEA Social Entrepreneurship collaborate once again to co-create the 2021 accelerator programme to support another 14 social entrepreneurs in their work across East Africa.

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East Africa Accelerator
East Africa Accelerator
East Africa Accelerator

East Africa Accelerator programme 2020

Acumen and IKEA Social Entrepreneurship have co-created an accelerator programme that will strengthen the work of 19 social entrepreneurs across East Africa.

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East Africa Accelerator 2020 end of programme

In 2020 Acumen and IKEA Social Entrepreneurship co-created a five-month accelerator that strengthened the work of 19 social enterprises across East Africa. These pioneers for positive change scaled up their business and impact, reaching more customers, finding new partners and supporting more people living in poverty. How? Read their stories here and watch the following video:

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Starting in 2020, Acumen and IKEA Social Entrepreneurship teamed up to develop a scalable social enterprise model in East Africa. During the program, social enterprises learned the essentials of building a business model that can achieve both social impact and profitability.