Meet the Team

Till ran both for profit companies and a global NGO and has always strived to bridge the gap between the social and the private sector. As global CEO of Welthungerhilfe (a German food- and nutrition-security NGO with 2,500 staff in 40 countries and a budget of 250mio$), he championed innovation and impact. Previously, as Marketing, Sales and Innovation Director for consumer goods company, Procter & Gamble, he built innovation methods and processes to rejuvenate P&G’s global salon portfolio. 

With his wife Carolin, a journalist, they have three daughters and three chicken. Till is an enthusiastic but sadly untalented surfer and avid urban farmer.

Jochen, a human geographer with an Executive MBA from EMST Berlin, is a seasoned development professional who has spent decades working in West and East Africa with local community-based organisations. As country director in West Africa and later Head of Innovation for Welthungerhilfe, he created and led the organisation’s global social business portfolio with award-winning innovations such as the Child Growth Monitor, a new way to detect child malnutrition via digital technology.
Together with his Ethiopian wife and their three daughters, he lives in Addis Ababa and leads our Social Ventures there.
In his youth, he wrote a book explaining global politics as a soccer match, so he typically gets his football analogies right (whereas Till usually gets them wrong).

Anne catalyzes innovation through social businesses that stimulate economy in Africa by creating an enabling environment to harness skills, provide technical expertise and capital, to spur and accelerate social-economic transformation, increased job creation and improved quality of life at the base of the pyramid. She has over fifteen years’ experience in Business strategy modeling and startup investment & facilitation, working with various incubation Lab across Africa.

Anne also serves as Vice Chair Person at The Association for Start Up and SME Enablers of Kenya (ASSEK)

Anne is a hopeless adrenaline junkie who does not like hiking or rock climbing, but loves sampling new cultures and history

Allanis a passionate venture builder expert who worked with early-stage and growth-stage enterprises across diverse geographies and sectors to reengineer their business process and offers advisory support. Furthermore, he has been a business research consultant at Intellecp Advisory Services.
Allan graduated from the Catholic University of Eastern Africa with a Bachelor’s degree in Commerce, majoring in Finance.

Aside work, Allan is an environmental enthusiast, who enjoys gardening and planting trees to preserve the natural environment.

Sidale has a substantial experience in the media production industry with an insatiable appetite for changing the African Narrative.
Her work has been published in both local and international outlets which include, Switch Tv, Al Jazeera English, ITV News, Mongabay News, and The Daily Beast among others.
She is really excited to bring positive stories about Africa to life through working with Impacc by showcasing how its ventures are driving change.

When not working you are most likely to find Silale in a cosy corner reading non-fiction books or watching football. Her
zeal for storytelling gets its flair from her passion for reading books.

After co-founding two successful startups (wave energy and water guns), Rike has switched sides and now uses her experience in startup financing, crowdfunding and venture building to attract donors to Impacc’s startups. As a trained anthropologist with experience abroad in the USA, Japan and Greece, Rike dreams of traveling to distant shores, but realistically swims more often in her children’s ball pool.

Ankais an experienced product manager for digital customer journey. Before joining Impacc, she was responsible for the digital customer journey for van customers at Mercedes-Benz Germany, but much preferred to tinker with a social media platform for surfers in her free time.
Anka studied in Germany and China
and has a master’s degree in Industrial Engineering and Management.

When Anka is not exploring different countries, you can find her cycling, or in Berlins Boulder Gym’s.

Jannes is the managing director of fair narrative. The journalistic and activist platform offers communication for sustainable campaigns, initiatives, authorities, brands or companies. In addition to Impacc, he currently covers topics such as the situation of refugees at the EU’s external border, hygiene for the homeless, and personalities such as Arved Fuchs as a press officer.

For twenty years, Jannes has worked as a journalist, for ten he has founded non-profit entities such as clubkinder e.V., the international species conservation NGO Nepada Wildlife, or GoBanyo and for thirty he tries basketball and reading books.