Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship

Our Mission
What do we do?
History
Impact
Our Partners
Board
Team
FAQs
Contact Us

Profiles
Map
Search and Selection Process
Social Entrepreneur of the Year
What is a social entrepreneur?
Resources

Publications
Cases

Videos
Podcasts
Newsletters
Social Media

Social Entrepreneur Summit
Award Celebrations
World Economic Forum Events

Search Social Entrepreneurs

search by:
name

organization

or
area of impact

sector

type of organization


Recent winners Latin America - The Winners Central America - The Winner South Africa - The Winner Switzerland - The Winners Germany - The Winner South Africa - The Winner India - The Winner Brazil - The Winner Asia - The Winners ALL Winners

Shaping Africa's Transformation
19 Social Entrepreneurs will be participating in the World Economic Forum on Africa 2012 - Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 9-11 May 2012

Download their short profiles

The Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship provides unparalleled platforms at the regional and global level to highlight and advance leading models of sustainable social innovation. It identifies a select community of social entrepreneurs and engages it in shaping global, regional and industry agendas that improve the state of the world in close collaboration with the other stakeholders of the World Economic Forum.

The Social Entrepreneurs of the Year in Africa

Bethlehem Tilahun Alemu
soleRebels
Ethiopia

Sameer Hajee
Nuru Energy Group
Rwanda

Paul Scott Matthew
North Star Alliance
South Africa

Andrew Muir
Wilderness Foundation
South Africa

Seri Youlou and Thomas Granier
Association la Voute Nubienne
Burkina Faso.

News Release
Blogs from Ethiopia