Cause

Community & economic development

Posted by

Saul G.

Chief Executive Officer, ThinkImpact

Our mission

ThinkImpact builds social businesses to alleviate poverty in rural Kenya and South Africa. We aim for our alumni to become America’s next generation of entrepreneurs, policymakers, CEOs and philanthropists who view development differently: with more critical thinking, creativity and commitment.

What we do

Our model centers around our Innovation Institute, an intensive, multi-year program for aspiring young American social entrepreneurs. The Institute provides American undergraduate and graduate students opportunities to engage their entrepreneurial spirit through:

1) A ten-week summer scholar’s program in rural Africa,

2) Nine months of comprehensive social entrepreneurship training in the U.S for select Scholars Program alumni,

3) A year-long fully funded fellowship in Africa, during which the social business is scaled.

This comprehensive framework cultivates leadership while fulfilling an urgent need to harness untapped markets in rural Africa through the creation of social businesses.