• Ghana’s groundbreaking US$75m Ci-Gaba fund proves Africa doesn’t have a private capital problem

    EXPERT INSIGHT: Ghana’s first pension-backed, blended finance fund of funds is proof of concept that domestic savings, not foreign aid, could become the biggest source of finance for African SMEs.

  • What will the Burnham government mean for the UK’s impact economy?

    Will geopolitics push social enterprise to the bottom of the inbox? Will power be truly shared through devolution? Will progress made so far be forgotten? We asked leaders from across the impact community to share their perspective on the new PM.

  • Australian social enterprise community launches ‘sector-owned’ national strategy

    Coordinated by Social Enterprise Australia, the country’s first ever National Strategy for Social Enterprise was co-designed by nearly 500 people from across the ecosystem and aims to ‘unlock the power of social enterprise’.

  • Mixed reactions as UK’s Office for the Impact Economy is pushed out of the ‘heart of government’

    Is the Office for the Impact Economy’s new home in DCMS a deprioritisation or an opportunity? As the dust settles after Andy Burnham became prime minister on Monday, social entrepreneurs, impact investors and others consider their new position in the political landscape.

  • My quest to give every baby a chance to survive and thrive in rural Uganda

    Following the devastating loss of her cousin’s premature baby in rural Uganda, Dr Comfort Ayikoru created a solution to the country’s desperate lack of incubators.

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The Editor's Post: HOT solutions to extreme heat

As Europe is facing an unprecedented heatwave caused by climate change, it has much to learn from the global south, with many examples of people-centred, nature-driven solutions to climate adaptation, as we've reported in our Earth Fixers series over the years.

David Lyons
Binners' Project

The Impact World this Week: 19 June 2026

This week: What Canada’s first state of social enterprise survey in 10 years reveals, UK impact leaders celebrated in King’s Birthday Awards, 50 Europeans impact startups to watch announced, and more.

Laura Joffre