Impact Outsourcing Without Exploitation
Tossing money at problems hasn’t worked, but there’s a new practice that promises to deliver where aid alone can’t. Enter impact outsourcing, a way for anyone to employ a disenfranchised global worker.
The Internet of Women – Bringing Zambian Women Into the Digital Age
Below is a featured story of the upcoming book, The Internet of Women, shared by our company CEO. In July 2015, President Obama, during his visit to Kenya, brought attention to the issue of female employment in Africa, saying, “If half your team is not playing, you’ve got a problem. In too many countries, half the [...]
Healthy March at Impact Enterprises as part of youth development initiative in Zambia
March is over and it was a very special month at Impact Enterprises. First, we introduced new activity workshop to our employees – Active Fridays! We now kick off every Friday with some exercise and yoga early in the morning to get more energy for the last day of the working week. Apart from our employees getting health [...]
Generation Jobless: How Impact Enterprises Works to Reduce the Skills Gap
Youth unemployment has become a growing problem worldwide, both in developed and developing countries. As the world’s youth population continues to grow in size, there simply aren’t enough jobs to employ them. This led The Economist to dub today’s youth “Generation Jobless.” According to the United Nations, nearly 3.5 billion people globally are under the [...]
Impact Enterprises featured at UNCTAD conference on e-commerce
On October 6, 2015, our CEO, Dimitri Zakharov, was a keynote speaker at the UNCTAD conference on ‘Global e-Commerce – Breaking Barriers to Inclusivity’ in Cambridge, UK. The conference presents key findings from the UN's annual Information Economy Report. Impact Enterprises was proud to present its work in Zambia as a shining of example of [...]
Financial Literacy is the First Step to Financial Inclusion
Back in June, we organized a workshop for all of our employees on personal financial planning. This was a big request from our employees, as for the majority of them Impact Enterprises is their first formal job. They understood that saving for their future was important but wanted a clearer guide to achieve their goals. [...]
Generation Jobless: How Impact Enterprises Works to Reduce the Skills Gap
Youth unemployment has become a growing problem worldwide, both in developed and developing countries. As the world’s youth population continues to grow in size, there simply aren’t enough jobs to employ them. This led The Economist to dub today’s youth “Generation Jobless.” According to the United Nations, nearly 3.5 billion people globally are under the [...]
Standing Up for the Rights of Youths
Last week, six graduating students of the University of Zambia staged a bold protest to raise awareness of the unemployment rate for Zambian youths. Standing in their graduation robes and holding signs, they shed a light on the dire labor market they are entering. Unemployment for Zambian youth reaches as high as 59%, making the [...]