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"SCALING SOCIAL BUSINESS IN EAST AFRICA"
18-20 November 2015, Kampala (Uganda)
 Amersfoort – On 19th and 20th November 2015 ICS, a Dutch aid organisation, and Ka Tutandike Uganda, a child-focused community based organisation, will host a regional symposium on scaling social business in East Africa. A social business differentiates from a ‘regular’ business by aiming for social impact as much as financial profit. ‘Responsible investing’ is a concept growing in popularity while change makers dare to include economic return in their initiatives. But how does a promising impact business make the step to a mature enterprise that still has social impact? And when does a social enterprise become an interesting incentive for investors? This first regional East Africa symposium in Uganda gives insight into and potential solutions for the financial and organisational challenges that many entrepreneurs in East Africa are facing today. Both hosts of the symposium are pioneers in the field of setting up social businesses in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda. The symposium will take place in Sheraton Hotel in Kampala, Uganda.
The programme focusses on entrepreneurs with (interest in) social businesses, impact investors and representatives of multinationals, government, financial institutions and non-governmental organisations. This symposium serves as a platform to share best practices as well as discuss common bottlenecks and challenges. The programme includes a lineup of thought-provoking and interactive sessions including debates, panel discussions and workshops. Moreover, the symposium creates an important forum at which entrepreneurs and investors can arrive at better ways of cooperation and foster greater understanding to achieve common goals and objectives.
The programme will be available online from 20th of July 2015: www.scalingsocialbusiness.com
From that date it is also possible to register your participation. The symposium is limited to 200 participants
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