Africa Forward is a groundbreaking initiative co-created by members of the African Chapters of Catalyst 2030
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Africa Forward – Empower Skills, Embrace Diversity, Shape the Future
This panel will address the Job Creation and Skills Development pillar of the Africa Forward Blueprint, focusing on strategies and initiatives to enhance job creation and skills development in the social innovation sector. The discussion aims to provide actionable...
Empowering the Next Generation of Social Entrepreneurs: Lessons from Catalyst 2030’s Africa Forward February Forum
African stakeholders in entrepreneurship were urged to collaborate in creating an ecosystem that supports social entrepreneurship.
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Africa Forward Changing Narratives
The social enterprise ecosystem needs more recognition and resources from local governments to achieve its true potential in addressing key systemic issues facing Africans on the continent. Mapping the ecosystem of NGOs and social entrepreneurs will encourage local...
Africa Forward – Social Impact, Sustainable Funds
In Sub-Saharan Africa, social enterprises play a crucial role in addressing pressing societal challenges, yet many struggle to secure sustainable financing beyond traditional sources. This panel will explore approaches to financial empowerment, aiming to catalyze...
Africa Forward Funding Pillar
Most of the funding on the African continent goes to non-African social entrepreneurs and organisations, effectively reproducing colonial era power structures. To truly achieve systems change in Africa, this funding must be given directly to African organisations.
Africa Forward Job Creation & Career Counselling
In what is expected to be Africa’s century, social entrepreneurs can play a catalytic role in driving inclusive and sustainable economic development on the continent. This session brings together public, private and social enterprise leadership to explore how...
Africa Forward – Let’s Talk Ecosystem Strengthening: Data, Policy & Perception
This panel will focus on perspectives from the Social Innovation Sector Development, highlighting key strategies to strengthen the social innovation sector in Africa. The session aims to explore the role of data collection, policy reform, and perception shifting in...
Africa Forward Training and capacity development
The dominant neocolonial narrative of African social entrepreneurship as being necessarily dependent on non-African expertise is a false one: there is sufficient leadership skills and talent within the continent to address the systemic issues faced by Africans. A...