Workshop 1: Social Business Academia Network and Capacity Building in East Africa &  New YSBC Announcements

SESSION DESCRIPTION
Social Business Academia: Scopes, Challenges and Opportunities. Finding academic research areas of interest for East Africa. Identify ways of empowering youth through social business.

Organizer: Yunus Centre

Time: 11.00-13.00 Harare; 15.00-17.00 Dhaka

Moderator 

Chukwuemeka J. Diji, PhD, Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Research, Innovations, Consultancy and Extension, Kampala International University

Speakers

1. Lemayon Melyoki, Senior Lecturer, University of Dar es Salaam (UDSM)
2. Dr. Hannah Bula, Senior Lecturer, Department of Business Administration, Kenyatta University
3. Dr. Br. Jonas Yawovi Dzinekou, Director Institut for Social Transformation, Tangaza University College
4. Dr. Godwin Opinde, PhD, Researcher/ Lecturer, Department of Environmental Planning & Management, Kenyatta University
5. Didier Chabaud, Director of the eTI entrepreneurship Territoire innovation chair  IAE PARIS, SORBONNE
6. Dr. Faiz Shah, Founding President, Yunus Thailand
7. Professor M. Jahangir Alam Chowdhury, PhD, Department of Finance; Executive Director, Center for Microfinance and Development, University of Dhaka
8. Jean-Luc Perron, Vice-Président, Centre Yunus Paris

New YSBC Announcements

1. Manish Rajoria, Vice Chairman, Career Society, Career College India
2. Professor Mei-Jane Teng, Department of Business Administration, National Chin-Yi University of Technology (NCUT)
3. Universitat de les Illes Balears

Workshop 2: The ABC of Creativity for Social Business

SESSION DESCRIPTION

How creative are you compared to your intellect?

Let’s find out in an infotaining and interactive session!

The Grameen Creative Lab will explain the fundamentals of creativity, how it is linked to intelligence, and what you can do to train it! Furthermore, we will dive into the role of creativity in Social Business, how you can apply it to create sustainable solutions to the problems in your community, and why the key to high levels of creativity is to do it with JoYY!

Organizer: GCL

Time: 11.00-13.00 Harare; 15.00-17.00 Dhaka

Facilitators

1. Lukas Posegga, Creative Community Builder, The Grameen Creative Lab
2. Neirin Jones, Creative Business Development, The Grameen Creative Lab
3. Urmee Hossein, Senior Programme Manager, Yunus Centre

Workshop 3: Designing A Social Business Model putting beneficiaries at the heart

SESSION DESCRIPTION
Designing social business models that keeps beneficiaries at the centre. This intensive workshop will enable entrepreneurs to develop a cookie-cutter tool to understand if the problems and solutions they are focusing on align with the demographics of the intended beneficiaries.

Organizer: YYV

Time: 11.00-13.00 Harare; 15.00-17.00 Dhaka

Moderator 

Tazin Shadid, Senior Advisor, YY Ventures

Speakers

1. Ogweno Stephen, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Stowelink Inc.
2. Kamashanyu Harriet, Founder, Rhythm of Life
3. Shabbir Ahmed, Executive Assistant to the Chairman, Yunus Centre
4. Rakibul Islam, Program Officer, Yunus Centre

Workshop 4: Designing a Theory of Change Model to create Impact

SESSION DESCRIPTION
The objective of this workshop is to share tools, tips and advice with social business innovators, to help them quickly define, describe and detail the impact their organisations are making in their communities.

Organizer: YY Foundation

Time: 11.00-13.00 Harare; 15.00-17.00 Dhaka

Co-Moderators

1.Daniel Wasswa, Communications Coordinator, Yunus and You - The YY Foundation

2.Robert Akoko, Project Coordinator, Yunus and You - The YY Foundation

Speakers

Dominique V. Dauster, Managing Director, YY Foundation
Nesphory Mwambai, President & Founder, Organic Ilemba Limited; Co-Founder, Nesskari Farm
Catherine Mumbua Wanjoya, Founder and CEO, Silmak Agencies
Julius Owino, hip-hop artist, entrepreneur, ambassador, speaker
Tanbirul Islam, Assistant General Manager, Yunus Centre

Workshop 5: A People’s Vaccine for East Africa, and the Right to Health

Organizer: Oxfam

Time: 11.00-12.00 Harare; 15.00-16.00 Dhaka

 Moderator

Speakers

Stella Agara – YouLead
Njoki Njehu – Pan-African Coordinator for Fight Inequality Alliance
Shihab Quader - Manager, International Project, Yunus Centre
Max Lawson – Chair, People’s Vaccine Alliance and Head of Inequality Policy and Advocacy, Oxfam International

Workshop 6: Workshop/Roundtable by YSBC, Catholic University of Zimbabwe YSBC, Catholic University of Zimbabwe

Organizer: Catholic University of Zimbabwe

Time: 11.00-13.00 Harare; 15.00-17.00 Dhaka

Moderator

Speakers