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The urban environment of Lagos faces severe environmental challenges, including flooding, plastic waste pollution, and deforestation. These issues are worsened by rapid urbanization, poor waste management systems, and lack of education on sustainable practices to protect the environment. Vetland...

Social entrepreneurs are innovators committed to fostering positive long-lasting change. Five years ago, IKEA Social Entrepreneurship and Ashoka partnered to co-create Dela, a systems change programme that focuses on supporting leading social innovators to scale the impact of their initiatives.

In 2019, Sea Ranger Service joined the first cohort of our Dela accelerator programme, co-created with our partner Ashoka, to scale their social impact. The social enterprise is the world’s first, global maritime ranger service. It focuses on constructing specially designed sailing work ships while...

The Skoll Foundation awards Ashoka's founder and CEO Bill Drayton the Global Treasure Award which recognizes individuals "doing extraordinary things to address the world’s most pressing problems.”

In February 2025, Ashoka staff members from different regions sat down with Dr. Wamuyu Mahinda, Ashoka Fellow & Founding Partner at Collaborative Value Partners Africa (CVPA)​, and Gathoni Mahinda, member of the Ashoka Fellow Legacy network and Partner and Program Lead at Collaborative Value...

This March, IKEA Social Entrepreneurship recognises the work of the many women advancing the moment of social entrepreneurship. Today, we feature Asmaa Ibnouzahir, founder and executive director of Institut F in Canada and Nicole Bjerler, Strategic Topic Developer at IKEA of Sweden.

IKEA Social Entrepreneurship, Ashoka, and Social Innovation Circle (SIC) are excited to announce a new collaboration to support social enterprises in their journey towards investment readiness. The Dela Investment Readiness Programme bridges the gap between social entrepreneurs and the financial...

Samuel Agboola is a teacher, innovator, and Changemaker whose journey exemplifies the transformative power of education. He accumulates over a decade of experience teaching ICT in Girls Junior Academy, a vibrant public junior secondary school dedicated solely to girls located in the center of Lagos...

When you meet Opeyemi Adeniyi, you quickly realize that teaching isn’t just a profession for her, it’s a calling. With over 13 years of experience, Opeyemi has poured her heart into nurturing young minds across Lagos, from private intervention centres to bustling public schools. Today, she’s a Basic...

The Dela Summit marked a key transition in Dela V accelerator programme, co-created by IKEA Social Entrepreneurship and Ashoka. Since 2019, Dela has been dedicated to supporting social entrepreneurs around the world in testing and strengthening their systems change strategies. We’re pleased to...

Diana Wells, Leadership Group Member and President Emerita of Ashoka received the 2024 NYU GSAS Distinguished Alumni Achievement Award at a recent Graduate School of Arts & Science Alumni Luncheon. Presented annually by the Dean of GSAS during Alumni & Families Weekend, this award recognizes a...

Across South Africa, Zimbabwe, Namibia, and Botswana, young people are stepping up as powerful catalysts for climate action. The Young African Climate Changemakers Challenge, a year-long initiative led by Ashoka in partnership with the Anglo-American Foundation, sought to unlock the creativity and...

In the scope of Youth Leadership For Emerging Future programme (run by Ashoka, Save the Children and Humanitarian Leadership Academy) four groups of young leaders from Poland, Ukraine, the Czech Republic, and Slovakia implemented projects that merge changemaking with humanitarian action. Their...

The uncertainty of what will happen tomorrow is daunting. Health and economic crises have given way to conflicts, which now seem even more frightening and damaging than natural disasters, at least in Europe. The climate crisis is gradually beginning to affect millions of lives in Europe, while in...

For changemaking to become a widely practiced skill in Lagos State, everyone must work collaboratively and efficiently to make it a reality. To achieve this, Ashoka West Africa brought together both existing and new strategic partners to converse, learn, and brainstorm ways to transform Lagos State...

In July 2024, Illai Gescheit, serial entrepreneur and member of Ashoka’s Entrepreneur-to-Entrepreneur Network, published an open letter to the tech and media community called “Let’s cover grants and catalytic funding as if they were venture capital deals.” A seasoned founder and investor himself...

On October 30th, Ashoka Africa activated the Abuja Metro Area with a conversation themed "Shifting the Youth Narrative in Nigeria from Despair to Hope," bringing together strategic partners and co-leaders. With challenges like economic hardship and high migration rates, many young Nigerians feel...