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

Arno Rohwedder

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

In this episode we discuss

• 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

Top resources

Books that got Arno into social enterprise work:

• The Bottom Billion: Why the Poorest Countries Are Failing and What Can Be Done About It

• The End of Poverty

• The Life You Can Save: How to Do Your Part to End World Poverty

Arno Rohwedder

• Upendo Honey

• Dark Earth Carbon

• Global Prosperity Institute: www.thegpi.org

Timestamps

00:00:00 Intro
00:01:20 Arno's journey
00:07:04 Upendo Honey
00:12:19 Working with governments to improve practices
00:18:35 Challenges for agricultural companies
00:23:03 Evaluating impact
00:27:22 How honey reduces carbon emissions
00:31:55 The value of imperfect impact measures
00:33:47 Finding co-founders
00:41:50 Dark Earth Carbon
00:49:54 Lessons from social enterprise work
00:55:38 Social enterprises and global health and development
01:01:18 Engineers in global health and development
01:06:12 Social enterprises and GDP
01:08:43 Driving force behind going to Tanzania
01:10:54 Impression of effective altruism
01:14:07 Supporting his work
01:16:24 Resources for learning about social entrepreneurship in SSA
01:18:22 What do you wish you had invented?
01:19:41 Contact
01:20:25 Outro

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