CORPORATE PARTNERS
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLPAs Indego’s pro bono counsel since 2007, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP (Orrick) has re-defined the prevailing approach to corporate responsibility partnerships. Orrick’s unprecedented support has been profiled in The New York Law Journal, Law.com, Social Edge, and The American Lawyer. Read more on Indego Africa's blog, Social Enterprising: "A Social Enterprise Approach to Corporate Responsibility." |
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bliss prBlissPR, Indego Africa's pro bono PR firm, is a business-to-business strategic public relations and marketing communications firm based in New York City, specializing in the financial services, professional services and healthcare fields. |
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Africa.comAfrica.com's mission is to change the way the world sees Africa and to be the online portal for the world's engagement with Africa. |
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85 Broads85 Broads is a global network of over 25,000 trailblazing women who are inspired, empowered, and connected. |
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WomensphereWomensphere is an innovative media organization, and global community of women leaders, networks, and companies, aligned by the shared mission and purpose of 1) empowering and connecting the world’s women to unleash potential, create opportunities, and enable positive impact in society 2) bringing together leaders to collaborate on solving important global and local issues of our time. |
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The Supply ChangeFounded by longtime Indego Africa supporter Chrissie Lam, The Supply Change connects its extensive network of creative professionals to philanthropic ventures to form empowering and mutually beneficial partnerships, with a focus on bridging the gap between traditional crafts and 21st century industry. |
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JGJ ConsultingJGJ Consulting is a website development firm that serves non-profit and faith-based organizations locally and nationwide. We create website solutions that integrate with Joomla, WordPress and CiviCRM for our customwebsite designs. |
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Milestone ImagesMilestone Images is a boutique photography and multimedia studio offering covering for weddings and events, portraits, video and more in New York City, the surrounding suburbs and beyond. Guided by the creative vision of photojournalist Angela Gaul, Milestone Images is committed to giving back by keeping socially conscious causes at the heart of its documentary work. Many of the photographs and videos of Indego Africa's artisan partners on this website were created by Angela Gaul during a 2011 trip to Rwanda where she volunteered her time and talents.
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NGO PARTNERS
Generation RwandaIndego Africa's ground-breaking internship program with Generation Rwanda, an international NGO funding university educations for high-performing students in Rwanda, has been empowering college students and master artisans since July 2008. Under the supervision of Indego Africa’s staff, twenty of Rwanda’s top university students teach Indego Africa’s training programs. Learn more about Generation Rwanda trainers and Indego Africa's training programs. |
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VisionSpringVisionSpring delivers high-quality, affordable eyeglasses to individuals in the developing world with a network of local entrepreneurs using a scalable model that reaches more people every day. Read more about Indego Africa's partnership with VisionSpring. |
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Princeton in AfricaPrinceton in Africa develops young leaders committed to Africa's advancement by offering yearlong fellowship opportunities with a variety of organizations that work across the African continent. |
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Breast Cancer Initiative East AfricaBreast Cancer Initiative East Africa (BCIEA) is a non-profit organization dedicated to take the lead in the advancement of breast cancer surveillance and improved survival rates targeted to the most neglected population in the low income communities of East Africa. Read more about Indego Africa's partnership with BCIEA. |
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Foundation RwandaFoundation Rwanda improves the lives of children born as a result of sexual violence during the Rwandan genocide by providing funding for their education. |
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Survivors FundSurvivors Fund (SURF) helps survivors of the Rwandan genocide deal with and recover from the tragedies of 1994, supporting a wide range of services for victims in Rwanda, and assisting survivors in the UK. |
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Rwanda KnitsRwanda Knits provides hand-operated, American-made knitting machines, and technical training to low-income Rwandan women. |
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International Justice MissionInternational Justice Mission is dedicated to securing justice for victims of slavery, sexual exploitation and other forms of violents oppression. |
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GOVERNMENT PARTNERS
Rwandan District GovernmentsAs a signatory to Indego Africa’s partnership agreements, Rwandan district-level governments pledge to resolve disputes, arrange for training programs and advocate on behalf of Indego Africa partner cooperatives. |
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COMPETE & USAIDCOMPETE, or the Competitiveness and Trade Expansion Program, is a regional program that is working to improve trade in East and Central Africa by harmonizing regional trade and transit policies and procedures, developing financial markets, supporting private sector trade associations, developing value chains in staple foods, cotton/textiles, and coffee and building capacity of regional businesses to take advantage of preferential trade opportunities. COMPETE is funded by the US Agency for International Development under the East Africa region. |
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ACADEMIC PARTNERS
Harvard Business SchoolIndego Africa is the subject of a Harvard Business School case study (available here). Indego Africa has also participated 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. |
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William Davidson InstituteThe 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. |
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New York University School of LawIndego 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. |
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Columbia Law SchoolIndego 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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The Massachusetts Institute of Technology Sloan School of ManagementThe MIT Sloan School of Management, based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, is one of the world's leading business schools — conducting cutting-edge research and providing management education to top students from more than 60 countries. The School is part of MIT's rich intellectual tradition of education and research. Indego Africa took part in MIT's Social Impact in East Africa program as a host organization and has participated in additional on-campus workshops and conferences, including the 2012 MIT Sustainability Summit. |
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