Read about our latest developments, ideas, events, theories and supporters.
Corona in Africa – not the biggest problem
I get increasingly annoyed about how the Global North is talking about Corona in Africa. In mainstream media (and in most discussions), there are two lines of argument that dominate debate. One is alarmist in nature: it talks about virus variants “raging through South Africa” or the “alarming” lack of vaccinations and testing on the continent. The other professes to be moral: it talks about equity and how unfair it is that Africa doesn’t get its fair share of vaccinations.
April 2021 Newsletter
Things are beginning to fall into place for us, but it hasn’t always been an easy ride. Today, I want to write about both successes and drawbacks.
Our view of the world: better is not good enough
The world is getting better. You don’t hear this very often, esp. these days with COVID and climate change pushing new disasters on us almost weekly. But, with the exception of environmental degradation, the history of the last few hundred years is a history of...
It’s not just a question of hygiene
Most children in Uganda, especially in rural areas, do not receive any sexual education. Girls are caught completely unawares of their first period. This makes them vulnerable in several ways: They are made fun of at school when they experience leakage during their...
Rethinking Development Aid
Impacc was born in 2019 out of a frustration with the standard project approach to development aid: Money is used to start a project; when all is spent, the project ends and a new project starts with new money, often in the same place. We believe that there is a...
Business as a force for good
We use the tools of business to meet social challenges. We identify local green business ideas that have already had first proof of concept and help them grow by scaling their business through a franchise system into other regions and countries. Our aim is...
February News
We have been picking up speed in the last few months, so we’ll change the rhythm of our updates from quarterly to once every two months. Today you will read about our funding breakthrough that allows us to digitise our model, new additions to the team that strengthen our tech capacities, and new ventures on the horizon that see us “go West”.
November Newsletter
Welcome everyone to our latest newsletter. Since August we have made great progress in creating green jobs for poor people in fragile states. For a start, Mirembe Nnaassuna, MakaPads CEO, has found an ingenious approach to increasing demand and building...
August 2020 Newsletter
Impacc is an international social business NGO that creates green jobs for poor people in fragile states. We build and scale businesses where markets don’t yet work for the poorest. We find innovative business models that have the potential to create local, green...
May 2020 Newsletter
First two ventures ready to go My co-founder Jochen and I went to Kenya, Ethiopia and Uganda right before the lockdown and negotiated Letters of Intent for the creation of Impacc Stoves Ltd. in Ethiopia and MakaPads impacc in Uganda. In Ethiopia, practical...