It’s all about collaboration

We belong to a global network of purpose-driven entrepreneurs, impact investors and capacity builders who take an enterprise approach to alleviate poverty.

TBN Americas is a member of the Transformational Business Network Alliance: A partnership between Belmont University Innovation Labs and TBN affiliates located throughout the Americas, Africa, Indonesia, and Singapore.

Care Initiative

Empowering Rural Communities Through Ecotourism and Opportunity

Conservation and Rural Enterprise (CARE) is actively proposing a holistic approach, rooted in ecotourism, to address endemic poverty, insufficient infrastructure and degraded environment in the Bwindi and Budungo forest areas of Uganda. 

Social Enterprises in our Network : 20+ years of social entrepreneurship

01. KUZUKO LODGE

  • Kuzuko was founded in 2001 with two main goals in mind – as an ambitious conservation project that forms an integral part of the broader Addo Conservation Area, and an ambitious social project with the aim of creating jobs and offering training in an area of high unemployment and limited opportunities.

02. JCI TOYP

  • Growing up in a small town in South Africa, Luvuyo Rani received an education in technical skills and business administration. To provide access to technology in his rural hometown, he opened an Internet café that also offered computer training and IT support for local citizens.

03. OLIVELINK

  • An inspiring story of Josephine Suleiman, Founder of Olivelink Healthcare who saw that the need to establish a clinic in Sinai slum due to inadequate access to quality healthcare in the area.

Funds in our Network: 20+ years of impact finance

  • NOVASTAR

    Partnering with the Bold for People, for Planet - for Good.

    "We see in Africa an unmatched opportunity to reimagine industries in ways that signal a new, sustainable, inclusive development path for the world."

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  • INQO

    A Social Impact Investment company operating in sub Saharan Africa

    “We believe that sustainable and ethical businesses are the bedrock of lasting change.”

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  • GARDEN IMPACT FUND

    Investing in Change.

    "We deploy catalytic capital into scalable impact-driven businesses. Through our investments, we seek to improve the quality of life for low-income communities and those living in disadvantaged circumstances."

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