📣 The judges have spoken... Ercília Mata Ubisse Daniel Buchbinder Deanna Hendricks Sage Rutakaza Ara Kusuma Uygar Özesmi We present to you the 11 winners of The #PowerofLocal Challenge!! 🎉 ABALOBI, Bridging Gaps, Somo, Sustainability for Resource Collectors Initiative, OceanHub Africa, FreshBox, AMBUVETS KONSULT LTD, Resilience From Within, Expo Favela Innovation Brasil, Doorstep Flexiflow Prosperity Initiative, & Ukuzola! Hailing from South Africa🇿🇦, Uganda 🇺🇬, Kenya 🇰🇪, Indonesia 🇮🇩, Zimbabwe 🇿🇼, Nigeria 🇳🇬, Brazil 🇧🇷, and Cameroon 🇨🇲, these #smallbusiness ecosystem builders are supporting small businesses through: 📍Engaging and co-creating directly with community members to develop impactful programs and capacity building 🤝 Connecting small business owners and microentrepreneurs to resources and facilitating market access and linkages ⚡️ Defying the status quo and forging new paths and systems for small businesses to flourish And so much more! 🎉 CONGRATULATIONS to these incredible projects – thank you for showing the world the POWER of LOCAL and for all of your work supporting your communities! Learn more about The #PowerofLocal Winners and Finalists here: https://lnkd.in/ea6WrsN2
Excited to see the ecosystem support layer recieving this support and recognition from Ashoka. INSPIRING organisations doing BRILLIANT work!!!
Thank you, Ashoka, for believing in our grassroots solutions. This recognition fuels our journey of turning community wisdom into lasting change.
Thank you to the wonderful Ashoka team and the incredible judges. It is such an honor to be recognized amongst so many impactful solutions 🎉 congrats to all the winners!
CONGRATULATIONS to the Winners!! 🎉 ANDE Southern Africa, ANDE East and Southeast Asia ANDE East Africa ANDE West Africa, ANDE Brasil, Talent Alert!! 🤩
Congratulations to all the winners! Incredible organizations making a difference in their countries!
We are supper excited to be among the winning 11! Thank you Ashoka for recognizing our work in supporting small rural animal health businesses in Nigeria!
This recognition is incredibly meaningful to us! Thank you Ashoka! We are grateful to be acknowledged among so many impactful programmes dedicated to building ecosystems that strengthen and allow locally led initiatives to prosper. Proudly African and South African 🇿🇦