Sustainable business in Africa (VI/VI): Turning waste into value
By Samuele Tini, Host of The Sustainability Journey podcast This is part six of a six-part series on sustainable business practices in Africa. You can find part one here, part two here, part three here, part four here, and part five here. The world will be turning all eyes on Ottawa this month for the […]
Sustainable business in Africa (V/VI): Purpose in the wild and the case of Emboo River
By Samuele Tini, Host of The Sustainability Journey podcast This is part four of a six-part series on sustainable business practices in Africa. You can find part one here, part two here, part three here, and part four here. We continue our journey to explore real sustainability business cases in Africa, in collaboration with B […]
Sustainable business in Africa IV/VI: Bees with purpose — Upendo Honey
By Samuele Tini, Host of The Sustainability Journey podcast This is part four of a six-part series on sustainable business practices in Africa. You can find part one here, part two here, part three here, and part five here. We continue our journey to explore real sustainability business cases in Africa in collaboration with B Lab Africa. Global market […]
Sustainable business in Africa (III/VI): Spring Valley Coffee in Kenya
By Samuele Tini, Host of The Sustainability Journey podcast This is part three of a six-part series on sustainable business practices in Africa. You can find part one here, part two here, part four here, and part five here. In our recent article, we explored the sustainability business case in Africa with BLab Africa’s director. […]
Sustainable business in Africa (II/III): B Lab Africa
This is part two of a three-part series on sustainable business practices in Africa. You can find part one here. Setting the stage: sustainability’s relevance in Africa In my previous article, we delved into the merits of one particular sustainability certification: the B Corp certification. We thoroughly examined its advantages, drawbacks, and future outlook. Yet, a […]
Mantaray Africa Certifies as a B Corporation
Mantaray Africa is now part of a community of over 6 200 businesses globally who have certified as B Corps. Mantaray Africa is certified as a B Corporation (or B Corp), joining a growing group of companies reinventing business by pursuing purpose as well as profit. Mantaray Africa has been certified by B Lab, the […]
Best for the World Discontinuation
Important Announcement: Best for the World Discontinuation Best for the World, our annual celebration of businesses achieving high scores across the five pillars of the B Impact Assessment, will be discontinued from 2023. In the 10 years it has been running, Best for the World has been much loved as a motivating force for B […]
B Lab Africa 2023 Summit
By Janet Ndugire, Senior Account Manager, Gong Communications Last week, hot on the tail of the inaugural Africa Climate Summit the week before, I had the privilege of attending the B Lab Africa Summit 2023, hosted by B Lab Africa at Strathmore University in Nairobi. The event was themed, ‘Innovating a Sustainable Future for Africa: Business […]
How can you integrate the environmental, social and economic dimensions?
Nairobi, Kenya-Ecommerce in Africa is on the rise. There will be “half a billion e-commerce users by 2025, which will have shown a steady 17% compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of online consumers”—source International Trade Administration. How can you integrate the environmental, social and economic dimensions? As part of the B corp month, we discussed […]
Are Millennials influencing a shift in business priorities?
Though social impact is not a new concept, it is moving closer to the forefront of corporate concerns as social responsibility becomes a priority for consumers. Today’s customers are demanding that companies practise good and ethical business that goes beyond lip service. The majority of these consumers are Millennials who make up the fastest growing workforce. […]