Africa’s First Fair-Trade Garment Manufacturer Is A Model For Women’s Empowerment
Liberty and Justice not only employs hundreds of women, but focuses on an age group that usually gets ignored in the garment industry–women who are over 30.
Applause Africa 40 under 40. The Change Maker issue
Over the last couple of months the Applause Africa team embarked on a journey to recognize 40 individuals under 40 in the African community. Our team came together in order to whittle down an excitingly long list of influential young Africans to just forty.
Benefit corporations: Companies obliged to do good
Chid Liberty is founder of Liberty Justice, a for-profit fair-trade-certified company with a garment factory in Liberia that was established to employ women. He comments: “Often people go into business thinking they’ll do good, but sometimes they get pushed up against the wall and need to make tough decisions.”
The Indispensable Social Entrepreneurship Skill
Being a social entrepreneur is tough work. Money hard to come by. Most before you have failed. Even your own family doubts your mental health.
Preventing conflict through social enterprise investments
Can social enterprises help address some of the causes and consequences of conflict? Massive unemployment in Liberia remains a critical risk for a resumption of violence, prompting Humanity United to recently deploy a series of grants to accelerate economic growth and generate employment.
Is the Social Enterprise Bubble About to Burst?
Over the past two months, GOOD has profiled organizations in Africa using market solutions to solve water and sanitation challenges, improve agriculture, and promote public health. Social enterprises like these are transforming development work, and social entrepreneurs are being hailed as rock stars.