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#SIS2026 is a wrap! 🎉3days demystifying systems & exploring how to understand, navigate & build them across funding, finance, markets, policy, tech & ecosystems. We crowned our Sustaining Impact Prize winners & took practical learning to 17 locations across 15 African countries!
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None of this happens without collaboration! Grateful to every partner, speaker, facilitator, moderator, judge, organiser, Advisory Group member & volunteer who made #SIS2026 possible. Next: recordings & our Pan-African Insights Report. Onward & upwards to #SIS9! 🚀 @SISbyASEW
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Adeyemi Adelekan, PhD retweeted
Jeroo Billimoria’s keynote brought systems change down to one powerful shift:
Move from “I” to “we.”
- @JerooBillimoria
#SIS2026 #SustainingImpactSummit2026
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“Nobody can build this alone.”
- @LuvuyoRani
#SustainingImpactSummit #SystemsThatSustain #LuvuyoRani #SocialEnterprise #SystemsChange #Collaboration
Adeyemi Adelekan, PhD retweeted
Funding is not just about the money.
At #SIS2026, Margretta Supuwood from @AfricaForward reminded social innovators that long-term support is built on alignment, trust, strong relationships, honest systems and accountability to community.
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A year ago, we announced our Sustaining Impact Prize winners.
Today, another group reaches the finale at #SIS2026, Africa’s largest impact event.
The Prize is bigger than a cheque. It is about stronger founders, stronger organisations and what becomes possible after the applause.
Adeyemi Adelekan, PhD retweeted
1ST PLACE — SUSTAINING IMPACT PRIZE 2026!
WE WON!!! 🏆💃🏽
I’m happy to announce that I, Olamide Olajide of Shoeniverse Leathers is officially the 1st Place Winner of the Sustaining Impact Prize 2026! 🇳🇬🏆
From a shoemaker with a dream to building a business creating skills, jobs, livelihoods and opportunities for young people.
I’m deeply grateful to everyone who has believed in this journey.
We won. 💜
And we’re just getting started.
Thank you @SISbyASEW
#SustainingImpactPrize2026 #ShoeniverseLeathers
Adeyemi Adelekan, PhD retweeted
What if your business does not need another loan—but a better system?
Sometimes, the breakthrough is not more money. It is the right room, the right people and the right structure.
📅 27–29 August 2026
🔗 sustainingimpactsummit.org
#SIS2026 #SystemsThatSustain
Adeyemi Adelekan, PhD retweeted
The winners are in.
🥇 @Olamidetheboss1 Olamide Olajide — Shoeniverse Leathers, Nigeria
🥈 Richard Osei Kuffour — Elucid Social Ghana, Ghana
🥉 Nagawa Patricia — BiliBright, Uganda
Adeyemi Adelekan, PhD retweeted
What if the real problem is that we are solving too quickly?
From Sigala’s Design Thinking session: understand people deeply, define the real problem, test your assumptions, learn continuously, then scale.
Sustainable solutions begin with people.
#SIS2026 #DesignThinking
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The deadline is getting closer. ⏳
Applications for the Sustaining Impact Prize close on 31 July 2026.
Not sure what you need to prepare?
Swipe through this guide and get your application ready before the deadline.
Apply today: sustainingimpactsummit.org/i…
Collaboration is currency. Since 2019, collaboration has been how we've built what is now the 8th Sustaining Impact Summit. If you're creating impact in Africa, the right rooms can foster collaborations that can take your work further. Join us this year.
sustainingimpactsummit.org
Adeyemi Adelekan, PhD retweeted
🚨 Quick poll!
How are you planning to experience #SIS2026?
🟢 In Person
🌍 Virtual
Your response helps us design the best networking, learning and participation experience for everyone.
Vote below, then register here:
🔗 sustainingimpactsummit.com
#SIS2026 #SytemsThatSustain
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100%Virtually
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We're back. 💚🧡
Our previous Instagram account was unexpectedly suspended, but our mission hasn't changed.
This is now our official page. Follow, share, and join us as we count down to #SIS2026.
SYSTEMS THAT SUSTAIN.
Building Impact That Lasts in Africa.
#BuiltToLast
Adeyemi Adelekan, PhD retweeted
Bring your team.
Bring your colleagues.
Bring your partners.
The next introduction could become your next breakthrough.
📍 Sustaining Impact Summit 2026
27–29 August 2026 | Hybrid
Register today at sustainingimpactsummit.org
#SIS2026 #SustainingImpactSummit #EventsInAfrica
Adeyemi Adelekan, PhD retweeted
v8.0 is now available.
Theme: Systems That Sustain
📅 27–29 Aug 2026 · Hybrid
For Africa's social enterprises, NGOs, funders, builders. Register Here:
🔗 sustainingimpactsummit.org
#SIS2026
Adeyemi Adelekan, PhD retweeted
We recently gathered ecosystem leaders from across the continent to map out the 8th Sustaining Impact Summit. 2026 isn't just about resourcefulness—it’s about building the systems that sustain.
The countdown to August 2026 is officially on. Who’s ready to build?
#SIS2026
Adeyemi Adelekan, PhD retweeted
ensure the table lasts.
From Market Creation (2023) ➡️ Systems that Sustain (2026).
The journey continues this August! 🗓️
🔗 Check out the SIS8 Summit Brief here: drive.google.com/file/d/1-SW…
#ASEW #SocialImpact #AfricaRising #Sustainability
Adeyemi Adelekan, PhD retweeted
#TBT to August 2023: Sustainability Through Market Creation ⏪
In our 5th Edition, we tackled the barriers to market access for African social enterprises.
Fast forward to #SIS8, and we’ve evolved. We aren't just looking for a seat at the table; we’re building the systems that
