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📅 And just like that, it is March already. Time

📅 And just like that, it is March already. Time flies so let us have a look on what is to come in 2021 - get your calendars ready and #SaveTheDate!

🌱🚀 Of special importance to usdue to our "A greener Future for East Africa´s Youth" program is the East Africa Social Business Forum on Youth Entrepreneurship, from 10-11 April 2021.

🌍 The summer is covered with Social Business Day end of June - a platform to bring together the global social business community to discuss latest developments.

👉 The Global Social Business Summit and Academia Conference from November 5-8 will feature multiple events in which we collaborate with many of our partner organizations.
@grameencl @yunussportshub @yunussocialbusiness

#EASBF #SBD2021 #GSBS2021 #SBAC2021 #SocialBusinessDay #NoGoingBack

🎉 More than excited to be part of the Social Bu

🎉 More than excited to be part of the Social Business Youth Summit 2021 tomorrow.

🌱 SBYS is the pioneer youth forum hosted by YY Ventures, in an attempt to gather and immerse youth from all over the globe in the world of social business via learning from and interacting with social business experts.

👉 We look forward to hearing our program manager Kate exchange ideas with other environmental and social business experts in one of many interesting sessions.

Sign up here and see you tomorrow: https://summit.yy.ventures/

#socialbusiness #youth #SBYS

👏 Our Zero Plastic Waste Cities team in India j

👏 Our Zero Plastic Waste Cities team in India joined forces with @recityindia, @godrej_group, Swachatha Corporation, Puducherry Municipality , Sathayalaya School and ITI women Polytechnic College to help clean up Puducherry.

📢 The following was removed from the environment in just one day, :

- 172 kg of plastic
- 20 kg of glass bottles
- 11 kg of clothing rags
- 31 kg of mixed inert waste

🌱 Together we can raise awareness on environmental pollution and waste leakage to end plastic in the environment. With the set-up of our recycling social business we will create sustainable impact on closing the loop on plastic materials and in providing improved jobs and income opportunities.

#socialbusiness #endplasticwaste #circularcities #circulareconomy #sustainability #cleanup #cleancities #environment

📌 SAVE THE DATE - Thu, 4th March, 6:30 pm EAT

📌 SAVE THE DATE - Thu, 4th March, 6:30 pm EAT

🚀 Are you interested in joining GrowUp Incubator? Join us at our upcoming info session to learn more and to clarify your questions!

Signup here: https://bit.ly/growup_infosession

🌱 It’s time for your green Social Business to GrowUp! GrowUp is a 6-month incubation program that has a goal to support and grow skills on early-stage entrepreneurs in the field of waste management that have proven their concept and are looking for support on how to scale their social business and become self-sustainable.

💡 What to expect at the info session?
• Info about GrowUp
• Eligibility
• Application process
• Timeline
• Q&A

👉🏾 We are now accepting applications. Please apply here until the 21st of March 2021: http://bit.ly/growupsocialbusinesses

🚀 For more information about the GrowUp Incubator visit http://bit.ly/growupincubator

#socialbusiness #eastafrica #incubator #GrowUp #GrowUpIncubator #environment #wastemanagement #greenbusiness

🌍 Part of the Yunus Environment Hub team spent

🌍 Part of the Yunus Environment Hub team spent the last two weeks in Kenya to analyze the solid waste situation in Nairobi and Mombasa. We visited several low income neighborhoods and met with youth groups and community based organizations who are the only stakeholders collecting waste from households once a week earning a very small fee.

🗑 Since there is no waste segregation in place, everything is dumped at informal dump sites and the groups try to take out some recyclables such as plastic bottles, carton, cans and glass. Mostly with their bare hands and without any kind of protective gear or tools.

♻️ Our aim is to advance the groups through capacity building to enterprises and set up a MRF social business to which these groups will bring the collected waste. We also plan to cleanup the informal dump sites and install organized transfer stations and support the collectors to improve source segregation together with local partners.

#environment #socialbusiness #endplasticwaste #3zeros #wastemanagement #Kenya #Nairobi #Mombasa

❓🌱 Are you passionate about helping green Soc

❓🌱 Are you passionate about helping green Social Business entrepreneurs to grow and create higher social and environmental impact? Do you have experience in the East Africa context as well as expertise in waste management, entrepreneurship or in the areas of early-stage business development?

❗️🚀 Then this is your chance to become a mentor of our GrowUp Incubator, a 6-month program designed for early-stage social business entrepreneurs that have an impactful solution for sustainable waste management in Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi, Uganda, Ethiopia and Tanzania.

🗑️♻️ With your help we could address an urgent issue of waste overproduction by supporting further growth of innovative solutions for waste management in East Africa!

Please review the ToR (http://bit.ly/growupToR) and apply here until 21 March 2021: https://bit.ly/growupmentors

For more information about the GrowUp Incubator visit http://bit.ly/growupincubator

#socialbusiness #eastafrica #incubator #GrowUp #environment #wastemanagement #greenbusiness

📌 SAVE THE DATE - Wed, 17th Feb, 5:30pm EAT

♻️ Last but not least - Circular Ethiopia Webinar 3 on Idea and Problem Framing will wrap up our mini-series on social business and the circular economy.

🎓 We have had great speakers from @social_enterprise_ethiopia @ellenmacarthurfoundation and Technology and Innovation Institute Ethiopia and are more than glad to once again be joined by an amazing guest.

📢 It is our honour to introduce industry expert Nzisa Kioko from Circle Innovation who will share her experiences and be available for questions as well.

All you need to do is sign up here: https://circular-ethiopia.eventbrite.de

#socialbusiness #CircularEthiopia #Ethiopia #circulareconomy #socialimpact #digitallearning

🚀 It’s time for your green Social Business to

🚀 It’s time for your green Social Business to GrowUp!

💡 The GrowUp Incubator Program, by Yunus Environment Hub, is opening a call for applications for green Social Businesses working on innovative solutions for sustainable waste management in Kenya, Ethiopia, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda and Burundi.

📈 The GrowUp Incubator will support Social Businesses that have the potential to scale and create great environmental and social impact. During the 6-month program, entrepreneurs will receive:

● Tailored mentorship based on their needs
● Interactive capacity building workshops
● Networking opportunities with local partners and peer-to-peer support

GrowUp is looking for Social Businesses that:
● Have an impactful solution for sustainable waste management
● Are beyond testing stage
● Have a product/service on the market for 6 months - 3 years
● Have accumulated sales to date of approx. 10,000 - 25,000 USD (not necessarily profitable yet)

👉🏾 Apply here until 21 March 2021 (link also in bio): https://bit.ly/growupentrepreneurs

🗑️ In many growing African cities, waste management is a major environmental and social issue. The overproduction of waste risks negative impacts on our air, water, soil and people. Apply and act now!

🌱 For more information about the GrowUp Incubator visit http://bit.ly/growupincubator

#socialbusiness #eastafrica #incubator #GrowUp #environment #wastemanagement #greenbusiness

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📌After a great first webinar, we are excited to

📌After a great first webinar, we are excited to continue our Circular Ethiopia series on Wednesday, 10th February, 3 pm EAT!

♻️ Join our session about entrepreneurial opportunities in a circular economy and get the chance to listen to industry experts.

📢 We are excited to introduce Nick Jeffries from the @ellenmacarthurfoundation and Tewolde Mulu Mekoyete from the Technology and Innovation Institute, Ethiopia who will be our guest speakers.
Please register here: https://circular-ethiopia.eventbrite.de

@social_enterprise_ethiopia
#socialbusiness #CircularEthiopia #Ethiopia #circulareconomy #socialimpact #webinar

📌 SAVE THE DATE - Friday, 5th February, 3pm EAT

📌 SAVE THE DATE - Friday, 5th February, 3pm EAT

♻️ Circular Ethiopia is kicking off its first stage and we warmly invite you to join us and @social_enterprise_ethiopia in the first of three webinars!

👉 Register for free and make sure to also save your ticket for the upcoming webinars here: https://circular-ethiopia.eventbrite.de

🌱 You will get expert insights into how to get started to create a sustainable social business to advance a circular economy as Melat Yosef and @bruktytigabu will share their experiences.

#socialbusiness #CircularEthiopia #Ethiopia #circulareconomy #socialimpact #webinar

♻️ We are conducting a Feasibility Study to ex

♻️ We are conducting a Feasibility Study to explore and develop social business solutions to address the issue of textile waste in Ethiopia together with @_studio_nima_ and are looking for a local consultant.

📌 Quick Facts:
- Ethiopia-based Consultant
- strong background in textile and fashion
- part time basis in February and March 2021

👉 This is you? Feel free to reach out for further details!

📢This is not you? Please spread the word and reach out to your networks, you might know someone who is the perfect fit!

#ethiopia #consultant #textiles #socialbusiness #eastafrica
@leonhard_nima

🇪🇹♻️Ethiopia is going Circular! 📢 We

🇪🇹♻️Ethiopia is going Circular!

📢 We are proud to kick off yet another program on the African continent which leverages social business to promote circular economy opportunities. We introduce to you: Circular Ethiopia!

💡 A series of open webinars and great speakers, 4 weeks of individual mentoring for selected Ethiopian social businesses all of which culminates in a Demo Day in April to showcase the innovative solutions! Thank you @social_enterprise_ethiopia for your support!

Everything you need to know: https://yunusenvironmenthub.com/circular-ethiopia/

You can already register for a ticket for the webinar series starting on Feb 3: https://circular-ethiopia.eventbrite.de

#socialbusiness #CircularEthiopia #Ethiopia #circulareconomy #socialimpact #digitallearning

📢 "We change the world one purchase at a time"

📢 "We change the world one purchase at a time"

🍊 This is the ambitious goal of @plazanaranja.co , one of our finalists of this year´s Student Social Business Idea Contest

🌱🚀 To learn more about the social business or to check out the online store offering socially and environmentally friendly products to conscious consumers, follow them on social media and visit their website: https://www.plazanaranja.co/

#socialbusiness #3zeros #consciousconsumption #greenrecovery #colombia

❓ Do you have an idea that can solve a social or

❓ Do you have an idea that can solve a social or environmental problem and you would like to create a social business with it?

📢 As part of our "A Greener Future for East Africa’s Youth" program you can still sign up to "StartNow”: Our online course for Social Business Plan Creation.

🌱 If you are based in Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania or Ethiopia, join our self-learning platform to advance your business plan in an online-offline experience within an 8-week course accompanied by mentors.

Applications now open until 25th January: https://www.yystartnow.com/login

#socialbusiness #mentoring #eastafrica #StartNow

👉 We have extended our deadline! 🌱 Would yo

👉 We have extended our deadline!

🌱 Would you like to start this year by sharing your experiences and knowledge with social business entrepreneurs in East Africa?

📢 Enroll in our StartNow platform to support the 8-weeks program designed for early-stage social business entrepreneurs that will solve the social and environmental challenges in Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi, Uganda, Ethiopia and Tanzania.

⏱️ With a 2-hours per week commitment, you will facilitate and encourage the social business entrepreneurs to bring their ideas to life.

Applications open until 25th January: https://www.yystartnow.com

Join us in our WhatsApp group where we will be sharing more details: http://bit.ly/StartnowMentors

Find more info on our East Africa mentors’ program here: https://yunusenvironmenthub.com/greener-future-for-east-africas-youth/

#socialbusiness #mentoring #eastafrica #StartNow

💡 Make your Social Business knowledge count and

💡 Make your Social Business knowledge count and pass it on!

🌱 You can actively grow the social business community by becoming part of our 8-week StartNow program which kicks off January 25th for the first time and will continue on a rolling basis to support more than 500 entrepreneurs tackling environmental issues in the East African region over the next three years.

❓ You are not sure whether you are suitable to become a mentor for our StartNow learning platform for green social business entrepreneurs in East Africa?

👉 Join our Mentors´cafe in our whatsapp group and get in touch with any questions you might have on Monday, 18th January, 5pm EAT

Link: bit.ly/StartnowMentors

#socialbusiness #eastafrica #mentoring #StartNow #environment

👉 This is YOUR opportunity to grow the social b

👉 This is YOUR opportunity to grow the social business community!!!

🌱 Would you like to start the year sharing your experiences and knowledge with social business entrepreneurs in East Africa?

📢 As of today you can enroll in our StartNow platform to support early-stage entrepreneurs that will solve the social and environmental challenges of the East African region. (link in bio)

Find more info of our East Africa mentors program on our website or join us in our WhatsApp group where we will be sharing more details: https://chat.whatsapp.com/KS12emZKbhw3guI37E2w1V

#socialbusiness #mentoring #eastafrica #StartNow #digitallearning

📢 We have teamed up with @worldview.education t

📢 We have teamed up with @worldview.education to support them in the Cities of Tomorrow Challenge supported by @unhabitat and many more!

🍃🏙 The youth entrepreneurship challenge was launched last year on #worldcitiesday and offers high school students a platform to learn more about smart and sustainable cities and how to turn their creative ideas into social impact.

🌱🚀 Yunus Environment Hub will contribute its expertise on social business solutions for environmental issues to help educate the next generation to contribute to a world of three zeros: Zero Poverty, Zero Unemployment and Zero Net Carbon Emissions

Learn more on www.worldview.global/cot
@cot_byworldview

#COTbyWorldview #SDG11 #FutureSake #FutureCities #sustainablecitities #entrepreneurship #socialbusiness #3zeros

📅 SAVE THE DATE - January 4th, 2pm CET 📢 We

📅 SAVE THE DATE - January 4th, 2pm CET

📢 We won´t lose time and start the new year off with more exciting events! Next Week, our Managing Director Christina Jäger will join the 10th episode of the YSBC Lecture Series by Yunus Centre.

🌱 The episode will talk about “Experiences of a Social Business which is dedicated to creating Green Social Businesses” so get ready for more insights into Yunus Environment Hub and its work and values!

As always, free and easy to register: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_HJTyM2S0Sl2slMe17SBvBA

#YSBC #YSBCWebLectureSeries #LectureSeries #Lecture10 #SocialBusiness

💡 For the upcoming year let us all work togethe

💡 For the upcoming year let us all work together to change this common misperception that products which have served their primary purpose have no other value, reach their end of useful life and immediately turn into waste!

❓ Let us first remind ourselves of this on a regular basis and make sure to reflect on our own consumption behaviour. What do we throw away, what do we purchase and what do we actually need? You can be your own critic the way nobody else could!

♻️ Equally important is to share this knowledge as decades of the make-take-dispose paradigm have left us stuck in a linear system we comfortably follow. Often without realizing that there is a more beneficial alternative!

#quote #inspirationalquote #spreadtheword #circularity #circulareconomy #endplasticwaste

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