African Social Enterprise Summit | 7th edition
African Resourcefulness: Leading Sustainable Solutions from Self to Society
African social enterprises and NGOs play a crucial role in addressing various socio-economic and environmental challenges across the continent. While this is widely acknowledged, understanding how they navigate their resource-constrained settings to address sustainable development challenges remains limited.
These impact-focused organisations often face constraints related to resources, hindering their ability to achieve sustainable impact at scale.
By understanding, attracting, and effectively managing resources, social enterprises can unlock new opportunities for growth, innovation, and positive change, thereby playing a pivotal role in catalysing the sustainable development of Africa.
The Sustaining Impact Summit (SIS) is an annual event aimed at promoting the sustenance of impact and impact-focused organisations in Africa. Conceived and directed by CUSP researcher Dr Adeyemi Adelekan, SIS brings together social enterprises and NGOs, alongside industry experts, policymakers, and representatives from local and international development organisations to explore how impact-focused organisations can sustainably resource their impact-related work, particularly in cases of limited or no external support.
What to expect at the 7th Edition
This year’s Summit builds on the momentum of past editions with a renewed focus on self-sufficiency and resilience. Through expert-led sessions, SIS7 aim to provide participants with:
- Proven frameworks to enhance resourcefulness as an individual, organisation and/or community.
- Guidance on navigating funding shifts and global crises
- Access to a growing network of partners across Africa
- Real-world insights on what it takes to sustain impact beyond funding. Whether you’re leading a grassroots initiative, scaling a social enterprise, supporting community development, or investing in the ecosystem, the 2025 edition of SIS promises content that is practitioner-oriented, deeply insightful, and immediately applicable.
For all details, registration and updates, please see the Summit website: https://aseworkshop.com/summit-2025/
