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Transforming food systems in Southern Africa. Unlocking finance for smallholder farmers. Creating economic opportunities in the most rural areas.

Our vision is a world where smallholder farmers are empowered with long-term opportunities and market access that enable them to live healthy, dignified, and prosperous lives. A world where local food systems are equitable and work in favor of small producers, not against them. A world where all workers in food systems are paid fairly. ACCESO was originally founded by President Clinton and philanthropist Frank Giustra as an initiative of the Clinton Foundation. ACCESO’s mission is to create fundamental and lasting economic change in the lives of rural smallholder farming families. Our pioneering entrepreneurial model provides smallholder farmers with a sustainable way to participate in formalized markets, enabling them to work themselves out of poverty with dignity and to prosper. ACCESO focuses on five key initiatives: empowering farmers to improve agricultural production, guaranteeing market access, boosting local social entrepreneurship, improving food security, and market linked.

The African Visionary Fund is dedicated to driving resources to high-impact African founders, addressing inequities in philanthropy by providing unrestricted funding. By empowering local visionaries who understand their communities, the fund aims to transform development across Africa, ensuring that solutions are informed by the aspirations of those they serve. This model not only supports impactful initiatives in health, education, and economic empowerment but also seeks to rectify the historical biases in grant-making that favor foreign-led organizations over local ones.

Guided by the belief that healthcare should harness the unique strengths of the people it’s meant to serve, we help communities set up and manage medical centres, design the right health technology for small remote healthcare facilities, and promote local research and evidence-based medicine to improve quality of care. Afya Research Africa is a partner of the County Innovation Challenge Fund in Homa Bay and Turkana counties, has been recognized as an innovative healthcare solution by the Social Entrepreneurship Accelerator at Duke University (SEAD), GE Healthymagination, and the Miller Center for Social Entrepreneurship, is an active member in the Innovations in Healthcare network, and a grantee of the Pfizer Foundation bringing primary healthcare services to underserved communities.

The Amazon Conservation Team® (ACT®), founded in 1996, is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to preserving South American rainforests and strengthening indigenous and local communities. ACT’s vision is a future where healthy tropical forests and thriving local communities exist in harmonious relationship with each other, contributing to the well-being of the planet. Since its origins, ACT has recognized that lasting change requires a long-term, on-the-ground commitment. Over the course of 20 years, ACT has been privileged to work with over 50 indigenous groups. Currently, ACT focuses the majority of its efforts in the Northeast Amazon (particularly Suriname), the Northwest Amazon (primarily Colombia), and the Southeast Amazon (mainly Brazil) where we have a long history and excellent relationships with both the governments and local communities. Across its existence and manifold projects yielding a wealth of powerful achievements, ACT has maintained true to its mission.

Apollo helps farmers in emerging markets increase their profits. We use agronomic machine learning, remote sensing, and mobile technology to help farmers access credit, high-quality farm inputs, and customized advice. Our first product is a customized package of farm inputs, farming advice, and credit delivered to farmers in Kenya.

Arifu is a Nairobi-based EdTech company making it possible for anyone to access the information and opportunities they need from the organizations they trust over any mobile phone. With Arifu, people seeking to learn can freely access the Arifu chatbot using interactive SMS or smartphone chat apps to master new skills, discover a world of free educational content, and earn rewards from our partners whether or not they have internet or airtime. The Arifu chatbot delivers personalized content designed in-house in close collaboration with our partners including financial service providers, mobile operators, agribusinesses, and NGOs. Our partners use Arifu to engage, train, and capture data on underserved people across their value chains, especially hard-to-reach customers, retailers, and suppliers. Currently serving over 1.2 million learners in Africa, Arifu has demonstrated results increasing people’s income and access to impactful products and services while creating shared value for partners.

Armmann is a secular, India-based nonprofit organization committed to improving the well-being of pregnant mothers, newborn infants, and children in the first five years of their life. Armmann designs and implements sustainable interventions to reduce maternal, neonatal, and child mortality and morbidity in underprivileged urban and rural communities in India. Armmann’s four lead projects include: mMitra (in urban India), Arogya Sakhi home-based pregnancy and infancy care program, Mother and Child Health Tracking, and HERO. Visit our home page for complete details on our project and more information on Armmann - http://www.armman.org/

The Asylum Seeker Advocacy Project (ASAP) sees a future where the United States welcomes individuals fleeing violence. We work alongside our members — more than 600,000 asylum seekers from over 175 countries — to make this vision a reality. Our model has three components: community support, emergency legal aid, and nationwide systemic reform. We work with individuals who have come to the United States seeking asylum, regardless of where they are now located. Our members have traveled thousands of miles and braved dangerous terrain to bring their families to safety. We recognize their strength and provide them with the tools they need to keep their families safe. We are creative, collaborative, and nonpartisan. We believe all asylum seekers deserve to find safe haven in the United States.

Atec exists to decarbonise cooking - seamlessly connecting base-of-pyramid households to global carbon markets through our patented smart stoves.

Autism Behavioral Institute, also known as Already Autism Health, is dedicated to providing comprehensive, compassionate, and individualized autism services, primarily through evidence-based Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) therapy. The organization collaborates closely with families, pediatricians, and various specialists to create tailored treatment plans that address the unique needs of each child. With a focus on nurturing the inherent abilities of children with autism, Autism Behavioral Institute aims to enhance their social, communication, and behavioral skills, positioning itself as a leader in the autism care landscape. The institute's commitment to cultural competence and inclusion further strengthens its market position, making it a trusted choice for families seeking effective autism interventions.

Babban Gona is a high-impact, financially sustainable, and highly scalable agricultural social enterprise that is part-owned by the farmers we serve. In recognition of the impact it has achieved thus far, it is the first for-profit social enterprise in history and the first Nigerian organization to receive the prestigious Skoll Award for Social Entrepreneurship. The Skoll Award for Social Entrepreneurship is considered the equivalent of the Nobel Peace Prize in the social entrepreneurship industry. We developed and grew the agricultural franchise model in partnership with Nestlé, DFID, AGRA, BMGF, Skoll, GIZ, USAID, the Mastercard Foundation, Rockefeller Foundation, IFAD, Global Partnerships, and EDFI Agrifi, amongst others. We franchise thousands of mini farmer maize and rice cooperatives across Northern Nigeria using an innovative and internationally recognized agricultural franchise model. Through these franchises, Babban Gona has cost-effectively provided high-quality inputs.