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How can business support charities and NGOs’ vital work during and post COVID-19?
23rd April 2020, 4.30pm-5.30pm GMT. Charities, globally, are at the forefront of supporting the vulnerable. Now more than ever their work is critical and the needs are increasing every day. With charities heavily reliant on public and private sector funding, their survival and continued impact is at risk. How can businesses, small and large, help them continue their work during and post-crisis?
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How Kitovu is transforming the lives of smallholder farmers across Africa
In this #MeetTheMB100 interview, Emeka Nwachinemere, CEO of Kitovu, explains how their suite of data-driven agricultural products is enabling African smallholder farmers to reduce costs and post-harvest losses while increasing yields and incomes, leading to more secure livelihoods. This interview series is sponsored by EY and Hogan Lovells.
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Alan Jope

Alan Jope joined Unilever in the UK in 1985, subsequently working in North America for 14 years and in Asia…

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Alex Stephany

Alex Stephany is the Founder & CEO of Beam, the world’s first platform to crowdfund job training for homeless people…

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Alexander Fahie

Ethical Angel was founded by Alexander Fahie as a passion project while he was working as an investment manager. He…

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Amos Obi

Based in Nigeria, Dr. Amos Abi is an inventor and social entrepreneur. He leads the Hetaved Digito Edu-Preneurship Hub, which…

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Anitha Beberg

Anitha Beberg is the Founder and CEO of Seva Exchange, which works with organizations supporting blockchain for social impact and…

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Aqdar Maskur

Aqdar Maskur has a strong background in agriculture, community development, social entrepreneurship and climate change. He was British Council Indonesia’s…

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Brad Jones

Brad Jones is the CEO of Wave Money. Brad is an experienced executive specializing in digital finance, mobile money and…

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Christopher Miller

Chris Miller is the Global Activism Strategy Manager at Ben & Jerry’s, a unique position within the corporate world focused…

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Claudia Esparza

Claudia Esparza is the Founder and CEO of Nanas & Amas, the first Peruvian social franchise that has helped more…

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Dickson Ayuka

Dickson Ayuka is the Co-Founder and CEO of UjuziKilimo Solutions, an Agri-technology company empowering farmers to sustainably increase the farm…

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Elijah Amoo Addo

Elijah Amoo Addo is a Ghanaian chef and food stylist who has become a social entrepreneur through his creation of…

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Emmanuel Maduka

Emmanuel has over 3 years experience in rural development, program implementation and agricultural technology. In July 2018, he co-founded LifePro…

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Federico Miatton

Federico Miatton is the Co-Founder and CTO of Fantine.io, where he is currently leading the development of a platform that…

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Gabriel Chaman

Gabriel Chaman is the Co-Founder of Ally Mishky, an organisation that supports the sustainable production of agroecological and healthy products…

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Joseph Thompson

Joseph Thompson is the Co-Founder and CEO of AID:Tech, a company that provides digital identity solutions. Under his leadership, the…

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Mavis Nduchwa

Mavis Nduchwa was the Founder and CEO of Chabana Farms (Kalahari Honey) a honey aggregator from Botswana. Founded in 2015,…

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Mick Jackson

Mick Jackson is a serial entrepreneur, author and ex chart-topping rock singer. He is also the Founder and CEO of…

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Mike Brady

Mike Brady is a forward-thinking business executive, entrepreneur and non-profit leader specializing in using the power of business to drive…

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Peter Scher

Peter L. Scher is currently Vice Chair for JP Morgan Chase & Co., having previously served as Chair of the…

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Praveer Sinha

Praveer Sinha has over three decades of experience in the power sector and has been credited with transforming the power…

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Samson Ogbole

Farmer Ogbole Samson is the Team Lead for Eupepsia Place which uses technology as an enabler for Agriculture. Eupepsia Place…

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Sandra Kwak

Sandra Kwak is the Founder and CEO of 10Power, a company bringing renewable energy to global communities that lack access…

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Shiraz Jessa

Shiraz Jessa is the Founder and CEO of Bibimoney, a London-based Fintech company focusing on financial inclusion in emerging markets….

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Suleiman Kuchengo

Suleiman Kuchengo is a young leader and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) ambassador, passionate about creating opportunities and transforming the community…

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Tariq Al-Olaimy is Co-Founder and Managing Director of 3BL Associates, a people and planet strategy consultancy and Think-do-Tank that was…

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Wangiwe Joanna Kambuzi

Wangiwe Joanna Kambuzi is a social entrepreneur and community builder passionate about providing innovative solutions for socio-economic challenges in Malawi….

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Adam Rogers is a strategic communications consultant, advising Phoenix Design Aid, UN Volunteers and the UN Development Programme. Adam has…

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Bernie Hollywood

Bernie Hollywood OBE is a global charity consultant and fundraiser, board director and social entrepreneur, with a mission to generate…

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Gabriella Kisoi

Gabriella Kisoi is the Co-Founder and CEO of Kool Kibanda, a social enterprise that empowers fruit and vegetable vendors in…

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Josh Littlejohn

Josh Littlejohn is the Co-Founder of Social Bite, a chain of sandwich/coffee shops, operating across Scotland, which donates 100% of…

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Michael Walker

Michael Walker is the Founder and CEO of People Matter Malawi, a not-for-profit organisation that supports orphans, street children and…

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Wendy Martin

Wendy Martin is a Founder and former Chief Marketing Officer at For Good Causes UK, a FinTech service that enables…

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Gunther Jancke

Gunther is the Community Development Lead at Be the Business. He was previously Head of Relationships at Bootstrap Charity, a…

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Michael Hastings

Lord (Michael) Hastings of Scarisbrick CBE is Chancellor of Regent’s University London, independent peer in the House of Lords and…

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Alberto Macciani

Alberto Macciani is the Global Head of Home Brands, DTC, Sustainability and Communication at Saflio, one of the eyewear industry’s…

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Saskia Bruysten

A leader in the social business movement, Saskia co-founded Yunus Social Business (YSB) together with Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Prof….

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Freddy Vega

Freddy Vega is Co-Founder and CEO of Platzi, a fast-growing e-learning platform with an impressive 70% completion rate by students…

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Ashish Gadnis

Ashish Gadnis is the Co-Founder and CEO of BanQu, which was recently named to the TIME Magazine 2019 Innovations List. …

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Johnmary Kavuma

Johnmary Kavuma is a young environmentalist from Uganda. He is deeply passionate about changing people’s lives and saving the environment….

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Param Singh

Born in India, Param is a strong advocate of social startups and won many awards including Australia-India Young Entrepreneur of…

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Nasreen Ali Mohamed

Nasreen Ali is also the Founder and CFO of Cherehani Africa, a social enterprise that leverages mobile technology to provide…

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Alejandro De León

Alejandro has a degree in business in CUNEF (Complutense in Madrid), an MBA from IE and Brown University and a…

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Aime Rebecca

Aime Rebecca is an entrepreneur with over 10 years experience in business startup and management. After leaving DR Congo as…

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Nnaemeka Ikegwuonu

Nnaemeka is a farmer, community radio agricultural presenter, Founder and CEO of ColdHubs and Executive Director of Smallholders Foundation. He…

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Roberta Ventura

Roberta Ventura left her twenty-year career in Investment Banking and Asset Management in 2016, to run the Social Enterprise she…

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Fiona Farha Kirubi

Fiona (Farha) Kirubi is a partner at Gateway Global and head of Fintech and Leadership development for Africa. Her mission…

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Joyce Kamande

Joyce Kamande was born in a semi-arid in Central Kenya 28 years ago. She has 5 years “hands-on” experience in…

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Jairo Riveros

Jairo Riveros is a strategist leader in financial services, passionate about financial inclusion, the use of data and analytics, and…

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Adeshina Adewumi

Adeshina is the Co-Founder and CEO for One Kiosk Africa, an online retail platform leveraging technology to connect small and…

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Divin Kouebatouka

Divin Kouebatouka is the Founder and CEO of Mvutu, a technology platform providing end-to-end agricultural services to farmers, including distribution…

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Irene Etyang

Irene Ikarede Etyang is a Food Scientist and the Founder of Already Foods, a company that undertakes development and processing…

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James Mwangi

James Mwangi is CEO and Group Managing Director at Equity Group Holdings – a financial services holding company based in…

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Sofie Blakstad

Sofie is the Co-Founder and CEO of hiveonline – sustainable digital finance for the next billion. Prior to founding hiveonline,…

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Aaron Fishman

Aaron Fishman is the Founder and CEO of East Bali Cashews (EBC) – a cashew processing business with a factory…

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Jason-Louis Carmichael

At Tibu Health, Jason leads company strategy and growth and is always on the look-out for great talent that can…

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Aline Sara

Aline is the Co-Founder and CEO of NaTakallam, an award-winning social enterprise that hires refugees and displaced persons and their…

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Manu Chopra

Manu is working on tackling extreme poverty by providing dignified digital work to rural Indians. He’s currently the Co-Founder and…

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Anian Schreiber

While establishing sustainable solar energy in rural communities in West Africa, Anian discovered the untapped potential of the cocoa fruit….

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Aniket Doegar

Aniket is the Co-Founder and CEO of Haqdarshak Empowerment Solutions, a social impact organisation working on easing access to welfare….

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Emeka Nwachinemere

Emeka is a technology enthusiast passionate about the transformation of Africa into the global food hub. How will the world…

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Eleanor Harry

Eleanor is the Founder and CEO of HACE: Data Changing Child Labour. She has worked on child labour for over…

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Lieselotte Heederik

Lieselotte is the Co-Founder and Director of Nazava Water Filters and a Development Expert in Micro Finance and Women Empowerment….

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Luni Libes

Luni is a serial entrepreneur and investor, most recently: Fledge, a global network of impact-oriented accelerators; Africa Eats, a pan-African…

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Fahad Ifaz

Fahad is the Co-Founder and CEO of iFarmer, which aims to provide end-to-end solutions for smallholder farmers. He believes that…

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Francescah Munyi

Francescah is a transformational social entrepreneur with a natural passion for farmers and the environment. She founded KOFAR Kenya, where…

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Martha Montoya

Martha is the CEO of Agtools, a Machine Learning and AI platform, providing real-time data of Specialty Crops – fruits,…

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Srinivas V Bandlamuri

Shrinivas is Founder, CEO and Director at Aspartika Biotech, who have developed a sustainable model for creating a zero-waste discharge…

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Victor Ndiege

Victor has over 18 years’ experience in impact investments, market systems and public private partnerships. Prior to joining Kenya Climate…

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Victoria Kisyombe

Victoria is the Founder of Selfina, a company in Tanzania that provides micro-leasing to widows and young girls. Victoria is…

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Abe Tarapani

Abe Tarapani is the CEO of Atlas AI, a geospatial AI startup that helps organisations anticipate changing societal conditions to…

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Ajaita Shah

Ajaita Shah is the Founder & CEO of Frontier Markets, India’s premiere rural-assisted social commerce platform. With over 18 years…

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Andrew Bownds

Plastic is a very visual problem in Uganda being burnt on roadsides and dumped in waterways. Passionate about creating green…

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Babatunde Akin-Moses

Babatunde Akin-Moses is Co-Founder & CEO of Sycamore, a peer-to-peer lending fintech platform that connects lenders to borrowers. The company…

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Chidi Nwaogu

Chidi Nwaogu is a tech entrepreneur and software developer. He founded, grew and sold two successful tech startup companies before…

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Jones Ntaukira

Jones Ntaukira, Co-Founder and Managing Director of Zuwa Energy, has been a trailblazer in solar pay-as-you-go solutions in Malawi since…

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Mark Matovu

Mark Matovu is the Founder & CEO of Nampya Farmers Market. He left the family farm ten years ago to…

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Pankaj Prakash Mahalle

Pankaj is the Co-founder & CEO of GramHeet, a social enterprise that leverages cutting-edge technologies to provide integrated post-harvest services…

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Claire Blanckenberg

Claire Blanckenberg is an innovative thinker and an entrepreneur at heart. She has an ability to look at processes and…

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Gilad Gershon

Gilad is an experienced agritech entrepreneur and investor, who is deeply passionate about utilizing cutting-edge technologies in solving real world…

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Sunday Silungwe

Sunday Silungwe is  the Co-Founder & Director of Communication at Good Nature Agro, a social enterprise that works with Africa’s…

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Teresa Njoroge

Teresa Njoroge is the Founder & CEO of Clean Start Africa. She founded it after being wrongly imprisoned with her…

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Angelique Timmer

Angelique Timmer is the Chief of Impact at KoinWorks, Indonesia’s leading credit-led MSME neobank, where she oversees impact investing and…

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Biju Mohandas

Dr. Biju Mohandas is a Partner & Global Head of Healthcare at LeapFrog Investments, a leading private equity firm dedicated…

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Denica Riadini-Flesch

Denica Riadini-Flesch is an Indonesian economist turned social entrepreneur, author, keynote speaker, and advocate for women & Nature. As the…

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Dhiraj Dolwani

Dhiraj Dolwani is the Co-Founder & CEO of B2R Technologies, implementing his passion of technology-enabled social change. B2R implements rural…

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Jansen Durham

Jansen Durham is the Co-Founder & CEO of Fixa, a company digitising workforce management and financial services for businesses operating…

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Ravi Bhushan Gupta

Colonel Ravi Gupta is the CEO of RuralShores, an IT Enables Servicews company engaged in creating jobs in rural India….

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Shivang R. Dave

Shivang R. Dave is the Co-Founder & CEO of PlenOptika, where he has led the development of an innovative vision…

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Timi Oke

Timi Oke is the Co-Founder & CEO of AgroEknor, a leading agriculture business focused on transforming the African agriculture value-chain…

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Manish Kumar Meena

Manish Kumar Meena is the Founder of Verdant, India’s first climate-smart, tech-enabled platform focused on sustainable animal husbandry and dairy…

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Patrick Mkoma

Patrick Mkoma is the Co-Founder & CEO of RUMO Energy, pioneering an innovative rent-to-own business model. The aim is to…

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Severiyos Gabriel

Severiyos Gabriel is the Founder & CEO of AIDONIC a pioneering Swiss fintech for the public sector that empowers humanitarian…

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Olawale Adebiyi

Olawale Adebiyi is the CEO of Wecyclers Nigeria, the pioneering plastic collection and recycling company in Nigeria. The Wecyclers model…