#004 - Social enterprises in Sub-Saharan Africa with Arno Rohwedder

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Arno is a social entrepreneur working in the agricultural sector in rural Tanzania.

In this episode

Arno's inspiration for becoming a social entrepreneur in Tanzania
An overview of Upendo Honey and Dark Earth Carbon, and their beneficiaries
Challenges faced by social enterprises in Sub-Saharan Africa and their potential to enhance government processes
The difficulty of measuring impact, particularly the climate-positive impact of carbon emission reductions
How engineers can contribute to social enterprise in Sub-Saharan Africa

Full show notes: http://engineeredforimpact.show/arno

Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/1vT0lCw0crQ

Timestamps
(00:00:00) Intro

(00:01:27) Arno's journey

(00:07:11) Upendo Honey

(00:12:26) Working with governments to improve practices

(00:18:42) Challenges for agricultural companies

(00:23:10) Evaluating impact

(00:27:29) How honey reduces carbon emissions

(00:32:02) The value of imperfect impact measures

(00:33:54) Finding co-founders

(00:41:57) Dark Earth Carbon

(00:50:01) Lessons from social enterprise work

(00:55:45) Social enterprises and global health and development

(01:01:25) Engineers in global health and development

(01:06:19) Social enterprises and GDP

(01:08:50) Driving force behind going to Tanzania

(01:11:01) Impression of effective altruism

(01:14:14) Supporting his work

(01:16:31) Resources for learning about social entrepreneurship in SSA

(01:18:29) What do you wish you had invented?

(01:19:48) Contact

(01:20:32) Outro

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