“A social enterprise is not a hospital – it’s a business!” Betty Ikalany graduated from the SE Outreach Accelerator one year ago and a lot has happened since then. She’s won international awards, worked with MIT to develop her cookstoves and increased her sales with over 500%. We had the privilege of visiting Betty and her […]
Betty Ikalany impressed us from day one when she contacted us to inform us she wished to start her a briquette-making industry targeting some of Uganda’s most vulnerable populations: women carrying the HIV/AIDS virus and the young unwed mothers that are often ostracized by society. A year on, we are happy to report on Betty’s […]
Supporting locally-run, woman-led businesses is a key element of the Alliance’s gender strategy to increase the role of women in the sector and to address gender issues to scale adoption. Through the Women’s Empowerment Fund (WEF), the Alliance works with small and medium enterprises that are run by women, such as Appropriate Energy Saving Technologies […]