Indego Africa is proud to partner with a wide variety of academic institutions to further the exciting social enterprising conversation.
Harvard Business School
In 2009, HBS selected Indego Africa as the subject of an extensive case study, scheduled for publication Fall 2010. In addition to conducting in-depth interviews with Indego Africa executives for more than a year, HBS sent a film crew to Rwanda to capture Indego Africa in action.
Indego Africa is also proud to participate in the HBS Immersion Experience Program (IXP) where, each January, a team of HBS students and professors travel to Rwanda to work directly with Indego Africa staff and artisan partners. Their recommendations often form the basis for programmatic improvements.
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The William Davidson Institute (WDI), a non-profit research and educational institute housed in the University of Michigan Business School, oversees the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Women Entrepreneur Certificate Program in Rwanda in partnership with the School of Finance and Banking in Kigali. In 2011 Indego Africa and WDI entered into a ground-breaking partnership that facilitates the application and acceptance of Indego trained cooperative artisans to the 10,000 Women Entrepreneur Certificate Program. The program is designed to teach women the knowledge and skills needed to expand a small- to medium-sized enterprises in Rwanda. Areas of learning include business planning, marketing, finance, accounting, and management.
New York University School of Law
Indego Africa partners with the Law & Social Entrepreneurship Association at NYU Law to expose law students to the growing field of social entrepreneurship; inspire ideas for innovating the legal sector; work with lawyers and law students to identify how they can use their legal skills to impact, broaden and innovate the social entrepreneurship field; and create a support network of law students invested in pattern-breaking, sustainable and scalable ideas for change.
Columbia Law School
Indego Africa partners with the Center for Public Interest Law and Law Students for Social Enterprise (LSSE) at Columbia Law School to run the Indego Africa Fellowship Program where Columbia Law students (about 3-4 each semester) earn pro-bono credit for assisting Indego Africa on a variety of projects. Indego Africa also participates in a variety of social entrepreneurship symposiums hosted by LSSE.
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From September through December 2009, as part of the class "Leading Mission Driven Enterprises," four incredibly talented Kellogg students dug deep into the inner workings of Indego Africa.
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In Spring 2010, Indego Africa partnered with the Social Enterprise Association (SEA) at NYU Stern for "Think Social, Drink Local," an annual gala and fashion show event to promote local, socially responsible businesses. SEA even sent a video crew to Indego Africa's offices:
