Session 5: Module Contents

Around the world, interest in social innovation is rising rapidly. Within the social welfare system, civil society actors like non-profits have emerged as the initiators of social innovation within local communities. Like individual persons, companies make tough non-financial choices but on a larger scale. A typical business is profit-driven, with daily decisions focused on making money for its shareholders. A social enterprise may also care about monetary gains, but business decisions are based on social and financial gain. Social enterprises believe it is possible to make a profit while doing good for the world, creating jobs, improving the community’s lives, saving the environment, or turning trash into building materials.

Social Enterprise

Businesses are formulated to fulfil a particular objective, so is the case with social enterprises. They may be in the case of a for-profit business to generate a return on your investment or financial return. In the case of social enterprise, the motivation is to create that social benefit. The business concept can be reformulated simply by disconnecting investors from the expectation of financially getting from their investment.u00a0

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Emmanuel Addo

Founder

Emmanuel Addo is the founder of the Young Global Leaders Network, an international non-governmental organization registered in six (6) countries namely, Ghana, United Kingdom, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Democratic Republic of Congo, and South Sudan and has a membership strength of over 15,000 young black professionals, students, graduates, and aspiring leaders.

The organization also operates in 25 other African countries. Emmanuel also doubles as the chief convener and founder of the Young African Leaders Summit, one of the largest continental youth summits in Africa.

Currently works at Kingston University as a Business Engagement Team Member in their Partnerships and Engagement Department.

He characterizes energy, integrity, result-oriented, and ground-breaking service in each detail of strategic management, change management, stakeholder management, and leadership acquaintances.
Emmanuel owns a core background in Sociology and Psychology from the University of Ghana.

Leveraging his experience as a youth activist and a dynamic young man, Emmanuel founded the Young Global Leaders Network, a youth organization that comprises young diplomats, young politicians, and aspiring politicians, business/entrepreneurial business leaders with the aim of championing a mutual agenda for the African youth and promoting youth participation in governance as well as promoting entrepreneurial culture.
Emmanuel nurtures an environment of teamwork and has expertise in data collection and analysis as well as both quantitative and qualitative methods.

Emmanuel worked as an Associate Lecturer at the London College of Advanced Management where he delivered a wide range of business management courses that involved principles of marketing, leadership, operation management, and research methods. Emmanuel has always maintained high teaching and learning standards to ensure that his students’ stand out in academic achievements and successful progression. As a stout believer and passionate key player in volunteering; Emmanuel creates quality time to giving back gladly to his community what he has learned and to educate individuals with free consultancy on career development. He is a leader anyone would love to look up to and with great integrity, commitment, and passion to make the world a better place.
Emmanuel worked as Qualifications Manager at the Open University in the UK.

Emmanuel is also the founder of Kickstart Innovation Hub Ltd, the entrepreneurial hub of Young Global Leaders Network.