Kwangu-Kwako: Raising the standard of living for families in Nairobi’s slums
Kwangu-Kwako’s hard work over the past two years led to their first sale of multiple housing units last July. The venture builds homes fro...
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Spotlight on Danyaal Raza: Co-founder of EWB Western Chapter
Danyaal’s prolific history with EWB has transformed him into an experienced advocate and leader in Canada. He co-founded the Western Unive...
M-Shule: Bridging the education gap in Kenya using mobile phones
M-Shule’s mobile platform is bridging the education gap in Kenya by helping provide personalized learning to the 12 million students enrol...
Spotlight on Jakub at Mest: Developing Africa’s Pipeline of Tech Entrepreneurs
MEST is a non-profit youth training program and incubator based in Ghana focused on building a pipeline of entrepreneurs and new businesses ...
Bloom Impact: A mobile marketplace of financial services for entrepreneurs
Ghana-based financial tech venture Bloom Impact is helping micro, small and medium sized enterprises (MSMEs) access financial services throu...
Spotlight on Elizabeth & Ruth: Building Numida’s connections with entrepreneurs
Elizabeth and Ruth helped Numida improve how entrepreneurs interact with the mobile application. Numida noticed that retaining its users was...
Financing a Future Without Poverty
Traditional international aid models based on simple transfers of wealth or knowledge aren’t enough to solve the persistent problems of po...
Making Change Happen through EWB’s Day of Action!
Every year, EWB invites 60-70 young leaders to Ottawa for workshops and a Day of Action. The 3-day event builds participants’ understandin...
Spotlight on Erin Flanagan: Finding her voice at EWB
Erin credits much of what it took to reach her current role as Director of Policy at the Office of the Minister of Natural Resources Canada...