Series #2: Beyond tech: What can a fish cage teach us about inclusive growth and business sustainability? At Lake Victoria in Kenya, our System Changer Network partner Wa-Wa Kenya is advancing a transformative model that connects aquaculture, women’s empowerment, and healthcare access—with valuable lessons for business leaders worldwide. In partnership with Rio Fish Farm, Wa-Wa…
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The future of innovation is relational
Leadership Lessons from Bungoma: Innovation Starts with Listening—and Should Be Mirrored Globally In Bungoma County, Kenya, local farmers recently took part in a practical training on how to set planting beds for drip irrigation. The result? A 50% boost in water efficiency. This simple, low-tech intervention is more than just smart farming—it’s a powerful reminder…
Exposure to Other Realities: A Key to Growth and Bridging Inequality
Series #1: Exposure to other realities is not a luxury—it’s essential for growth, development, and innovation. And it’s a powerful tool for bridging the gap between rich and poor! In the past weeks, I’ve shared insights from our colleagues and leaders , managers from different countries, who visited the System Changer Network India, engaging with…
Engaging for a better world – Are you a CSR leader or decision maker in a company?
Change starts with understanding the root causes and by building relationships of trust with vulnerable communities – key learnings from experiences onsite. Because understanding and listening before deciding how to engage makes a big difference! Every village differs. Women development is cool. But not if we forget about men development. Have you ever thought about…
Are you interested to invest in society, to support the most vulnerable and to make the gap between rich and poor smaller – while creating a win for you and your employees?
Then experience first what you invest in and then decide where you become active! This not about financing a project, it’s about understanding the needs, working on solutions together with communities and to see how you can make the biggest impact to enable the needy to empower themselves! From theory to practice – that’s what…
Leveraging AI for Inclusive Impact in Vulnerable Communities
Artificial Intelligence can be a powerful tool for non-government organizations to drive change, particularly in vulnerable communities. In countries like Kenya, AI is already transforming sectors like agriculture, healthcare, and education. However, if access to AI isn’t democratized, it could widen the gap between rich and poor, marginalizing vulnerable populations further. To prevent this, investing in digital literacy and local capacity-building is crucial for fostering inclusive growth and sustainable development. Would you be interested in contributing to this initiative?
Change starts with understanding the root causes and by building relationships of trust with vulnerable communities – key learnings during our 2nd leadership insights week
Regularly, we invite our colleagues from Boehringer Ingelheim to one week Making More Health insights weeks in Kenya. Why? Simply to make them experience what you can never realize and understand while sitting in your offices or reading articles and presentation slides. Experiencing and interacting with vulnerable communities is key! As human beings we tend…
Our Making More Health centers in Kenya are becoming number 1 to develop vulnerable communities
Our Making More Health center, GAASPP, started in 2020. Today, it is a pilot center for the whole region to support vulnerable communities in many aspects.
Working with youth communities in Kenya
If we want to make the world a better, a more sustainable one, we have to to start from where the people are and to understand their needs first. This means in community based countries as Kenya to understand the community structures, too! Community plays a central role in the Kenyan social fabric, influencing various…
Looking for interesting investment opportunities? Our system changer network partners from Kenya get 1st international recognition
Our System Changer network Kenya activities reach Finland
Our SCN Kenya partner Wa-Wa: A new building to create income opportunities for underserved communities at Lake Victoria
After launching an own center in 2023 for fisher communities who live at the poverty line investing in more health, income generation activities, education and environment , now the next steps are happening. Close to Homabay in the next weeks a new building with 4 classrooms will be finalized: tailoring, beauty, soap and detergent production…
When sustainability investments have some bad site effects…
Sustainable is good. Thinking sustainably, acting sustainably. Investing sustainably and, above all, in an impactful and socially entrepreneurial manner is a big trend. But what if there are unwanted side effects? Yesterday, I was in a children’s home in Tarikere, India. 25 girls between 11 and 17 years live there.“There are still food supplies for…
Go Kenya, go future! 