Acumen Academy and IKEA Social Entrepreneurship East Africa Accelerator @PlusAcumen
Acumen Academy and IKEA Social Entrepreneurship East Africa Accelerator  @PlusAcumen
Uploaded November 2021 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Acumen and IKEA Award $50,000 to Support Social Enterprises to Scale Impact Further.

Today, the world needs courageous leaders with the audacity to rethink and reinvent tired and traditional solutions to complex problems. Acumen and IKEA Social Entrepreneurship teamed up for the second consecutive year to launch a 19-week program designed to equip social enterprises in East Africa with the technical tools, knowledge, and networks needed to design strategies to affect greater social impact.

Read more about the participating teams and grant recipients here: acumenacademy.org/blog/Ikea-cohort-2nd-scale-impact

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