Interesting Stuff

Stay tuned for more developments here! In the meantime here is a list of useful links:

Global & Regional Social Enterprise / Governance — Asia, Africa & Global South

1. Africa’s 2.18 million social enterprises are rewriting the continent’s growth story
   https://www.weforum.org/stories/2025/12/africa-s-2-18-million-social-enterprises-are-rewriting-the-continent-s-growth-story/ World Economic Forum

2. Unlocking Inclusive Growth, Jobs and Development in Africa (2025 report)
   https://reports.weforum.org/docs/WEF_State_of_Social_Enterprise_Africa_2025.pdf World Economic Forum Reports

3. Understanding the nature of social enterprise in Africa: insights from Zimbabwe (2025)
   https://gala.gre.ac.uk/id/eprint/50455/7/50455%20SVOTWA_Understanding_The_Nature_Of_Social_Enterprise_In_Africa_%28OA%29_2025.pdf University of Greenwich+1

4. Social Enterprise Ecosystems in South Asian Countries — World Bank (2024)
   https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/entities/publication/14f1d0d9-1c77-52d5-a51b-0b92ab7d1a0f Open Knowledge Portal

5. Social enterprise as political work: perspectives from the Global South (2025)
   https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14719037.2024.2418025 Taylor & Francis Online

6. Impact Investing and Social Entrepreneurship in Southeast Asia — post-pandemic trends (2025)
   https://magnascientiapub.com/journals/msarr/sites/default/files/MSARR-2025-0017.pdf magnascientiapub.com

7. Social enterprises and the Sustainable Development Goals — lessons from Ghana (2024)
   https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10668-024-05359-x SpringerLink

8. Asia’s social entrepreneurs and inclusive growth: “Do well, do good, do sustainably” — overview of social enterprise across Asia (2022)
   https://globalfocusmagazine.com/asias-social-entrepreneurs-and-inclusive-growth-do-well-do-good-do-sustainably/ Global Focus Magazine

9. Social enterprises in Africa: blending business models with NGO missions — overview article (2024)
   https://www2.fundsforngos.org/articles/social-enterprises-in-africa-blending-business-models-with-ngo-missions/ FundsforNGOs

10. The top local employers in East Africa — mapping development-sector and social-enterprise employers (Devex)
    https://www.devex.com/news/the-top-local-employers-in-east-africa-110340 World Economic Forum+1