How we helped a global NGO to improve 1 billion lives in Africa with social start-ups.

Business model Innovation

How we helped a global NGO to improve 1 billion lives in Africa with social start-ups.

Business model Innovation

Global NGO social startups
Global NGO social startups

Service

Business model innovation

Industry

Mobility

Project duration

6 months

🧐 Challenge

The client, a global leading change maker NGO wanted to lift up three award winning startups in Africa from scale ups to growth startup with the collaboration of a leading family owned pharmaceutical company and external business coaches.

  • Design and facilitation of a virtual experience to enable collaboration of Startups, business coaches, pharma company across 4 continents.

  • Understand the individual business challenges and business models of startups.

  • Identification of business model innovation opportunities.

  • Create long lasting buy in for external participants.


💡 Activities

  • Tool training for virtual co-creation.

  • Creation of business models in form of a business model canvas (BMC).

  • Coaching of BMC method, presentation and innovation.

  • Individual coaching of startups to innovate their business model.

  • Identification of further collaboration initiatives.

  • Next steps to accelerate social startups.


🎉 Results

  • Improving the lives of 1 billion people in Africa within few years.

  • Maximised impact of social startups.

  • Opening one of the fastest growing market for established pharmaceutical company.

  • Kickoff to pharmaceutical company to prioritise sustainability as key priority in overall strategy.

  • Expanding the ecosystem for social startups, NGO and pharmaceutical company.