Ashoka Global Competitors

Impact Hub es una red y comunidad global de emprendedores de impacto con más de 17.000 miembros en 100 ciudades. La red de Impact Hubs ha trabajado con emprendedores latinoamericanos desde 2007, con 11 centros en la región que apoyan y colaboran con más de 1000 miembros. El enfoque es ofrecer un espacio con diseño innovador que fomente la colaboración, la generación de ideas de impacto positivo en la sociedad y el crecimiento sostenible de los negocios emprendedores. Impact Hub Managua tiene como objetivo actuar como un catalizador de impacto, trabajando en conjunto con la comunidad emprendedora en Nicaragua para generar oportunidades de negocio, ampliar conexiones y promover la imagen de nuestro país como una fuente de profesionales y agentes de cambio. Creemos que la colaboración activa entre diversos actores con un fin común, generará un impulso positivo en nuestra economía y nuestra sociedad. Creemos en Nicaragua, su potencial y su alta capacidad de innovación.

The Skoll Foundation seeks to catalyze transformational social change by investing in, connecting, and championing social entrepreneurs and other social innovators who together advance bold solutions to the world’s most pressing problems. Jeff Skoll, the first employee and first President of eBay, created the Skoll Foundation in 1999 to pursue his vision of a sustainable world of peace and prosperity for all. As of December 31, 2024, the Skoll Foundation has invested more than $1.3 billion worldwide, including Skoll Awards for Social Entrepreneurship and the Skoll Global Threats Fund. Skoll also operates the annual Skoll World Forum, the premier conference on social entrepreneurship, and shares the stories of social entrepreneurs through partnerships with leading media organizations to drive awareness of social entrepreneurship and its potential to address the critical issues of our time. For more information, visit www.skoll.org.

Kiva (www.kiva.org) expands financial access to help underserved communities thrive. An international non-profit, we serve the financially excluded, especially underbanked women, refugees and communities impacted by forced displacement, climate-vulnerable people and systemically marginalized communities in the United States. By connecting people through crowdfunded loans, Kiva puts the power of financial inclusion in all our hands. Since 2005, the Kiva community has raised over $2 billion in loans, reaching over 5 million people in 84 countries. Kiva’s team is made up of 100+ employees and 450+ volunteers across the world, with offices in San Francisco, Nairobi, Bangkok, and Bogotá.