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By: Olutosin Oladosu Adebowale, SE Entrepreneur – SE Outreach 2016 Travelling to Sweden was a dream come through for me because I believe that it will forever change my way of thinking about charity and Social Entrepreneurship. I was skeptical about the decision, but it was consciously made by me. I was afraid that it…

By Betty Ikalany – SE Entrepreneur, SE Outreach Accelerator 2015 I was lucky to be among the 8 entrepreneurs selected to attend the SE Forum Outreach Accelerator 2015 in Stockholm, Sweden. This was a two-month journey which I was so scared of at the beginning but was surprised that it was over soon. This is my…

By: Nodumo Fikile Magadlela – SE Entrepreneur, SE Outreach 2016 There is something in the air in Stockholm… It’s in the constant juxtaposition of beautiful old buildings and the modern brand names and sophisticated vehicles on the streets. I had come to Stockholm with the desire to decode its magic. What is it about this…

By: Francis Adereti – SE Entrepreneur, SE Outreach Accelerator 2016. It was an awesome feeling when I was selected to be one of the 8 participants (out of over 300 applicants) to attend the SE Outreach Accelerator in Stockholm, Sweden. My 18 hour flight from Lagos, Nigeria to Arlanda, Sweden was full of excitement and…

By: Luciana Oliveira – SE Entrepreneur, SE Outreach Accelerator 2016 “In Stockholm, you can cycle everywhere carelessly because people drive so slow and are so attentive to bikers”. “In Sweden, they offer a free light beer with low alcohol concentration for lunch”. “In Sweden it snows in late April!” Yes, I guess my friends and…

By Flaviano Bianchini – SE Entrepreneur, SE Outreach Accelerator 2015 The only thing I can remember about Sweden is the weather… Coming from Italy and living in Latin-America Swedish weather is somehow a trauma. They told us that the last one was the coldest and rainiest May in sixty years; so, this is somehow an excuse,…

“Mr. Muneer your flight to Stockholm is about to depart please report to Gate 3 ASAP” That was the announcement that I heard when I had just landed in Amsterdam for a connecting flight to Stockholm. First I thought it can’t be me because I had just landed but then they repeated the announcement. Looking…

By Loan Nguyen – SE Entrepreneur, SE Outreach Accelerator 2015 Time flies fast. We have now gone through 5 weeks of SE Outreach Accelerator Program. Being part of the program has been so far one of the most meaningful experiences I have ever had. This week we focused on measuring our business’s social impact- the challenging…

By Neelam Pol – SE Entrepreneur, SE Outreach Accelerator 2015 “Believe you can and you are halfway there.” – Teddy Roosevelt This rings true for each of the eight social entrepreneurs in the SE Outreach Accelerator this year. And to propel us forward in our journeys towards the social impact we aspire for, SE Forum…

by Elsa Marie D’Silva – SE Entrepreneur, SE Outreach Accelerator 2015 We are already in Week 3 of our accelerator and Week 2 at our apartment. Each of us is getting into the rhythm of things – the travel to and from the office, the daily routine at the apartment, the cooking and grocery shopping and…