Edwinah Allen, a 34-year-old creative part of the RLabs team, studied Somatology (beauty therapy) for 4 years and has about 5 years experience in the field. She had gone straight from matric to pursue further[…]
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Innovation doesn’t require sight
In a world where people look at a disability as a downfall, RLabs Iringa champions sees an opportunity. Yunesi was born blind in a village called Isimani, in Iringa. Her handicap, she faced rejection and[…]
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Mozilla Equal Rating Event
On the 17th of January 2016, RLabs had the privilege of hosting Mozilla and their Equal Rating Innovation Challenge. The challenge sought to find innovative ways of solving the internet access crisis still plaguing many[…]
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Africa Com Experience
“Shaken by excitement, the passion cannot be hidden.” It has been 5 years and not one November has not gone by ordinary. Every year the expectation increases, the anticipation of meeting new people, to be[…]
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How can social enterprises achieve large scale impact?
This article by our partner Dr. Christian Busch, Associate Director at the Innovation Lab at the London School of Economics and Political Science, explores how inclusive growth can happen with a mix of bottom-up and[…]
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RLabs Iringa: Start-up Envibright cleaning up local communities
It was January 2015 and our new GROW Leadership Academy intake started in Iringa, Tanzania. We had a group of young people who were passionate about being the change in their communities and they started[…]
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Media Release: InnovIA 2016 Applications now open
Applications for the RLabs Innovation Incubator and Accelerator (InnovIA) 2016 programme are now open. Aspirant social innovators and entrepreneurs who are passionate about making a difference in the world and building scalable social enterprises are[…]
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Applications open for RLabs Innovation Accelerator 2016
Applications for the RLabs Innovation Incubator and Accelerator (InnovIA) 2016 programme are now open. Aspirant social innovators and entrepreneurs who are passionate about making a difference in the world and building scalable social enterprises are[…]
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Stories of HOPE: From drug dealer to spreading HOPE
In a neighbourhood where youth believed joining a gang was part of life, Brent Williams fell into this trap which led to a life of drug dealing and violence. Previously known as a kind person,[…]
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Stories of HOPE: Catching up with Godfrey Modise
Since being with RLabs in Botswana, Godfrey Modise, learned during one of the training sessions to leverage and maximize the things you passionate about. In his case it was farming and that is where the[…]
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