July 28, 2026

In Tenkodogo, eastern Burkina Faso, a young entrepreneur is building an aquaponics enterprise that could help reshape how his community grows food. His name is Issouf Kabre, winner of the 2024 Social Equity Program (SEP) Innovation Challenge, and his venture, Nafa’Koom, is a story of what happens when mentorship meets ambition. Issouf Kabre, 2024 SEP […]

Imagine packing up your office because you can’t pay rent, while staring at thousands of dollars in unpaid client invoices sitting on your desk. Invoices that, if paid that day, could have covered four years of overhead. That exact moment of heartbreak didn’t stop Tanzanian entrepreneur Walter A. Rwiza, founder and CEO of InvoPay. Instead,