Which type of startups to select this year was one of the topics of our Impacc Team Offsite meeting that we have just concluded in Ethiopia, from where I write these lines. How to communicate our approach in a way that incorporates both African and European perspective and how to leverage our diverse team so that everyone can give their best were others. Our team spends most of the year connecting remotely from Nairobi, Addis, Berlin, Munich, Hamburg, so it’s a great luxury to meet, discuss, fight, laugh, plan and party twice a year in person. This time it was in Arba Minch in Southern Ethiopia where we planned out the year (we want to fund ten startups and create 1,000 jobs, amongst others) and got energized for the months ahead.
The Impacc Team Meets in Ethiopia
By Till Wahnbaeck
March 1, 2023
About Till Wahnbaeck
Till Wahnbaeck
Ex-CEO of Welthungerhilfe and private sector General Manager, champion of innovation.
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.
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