Social entrepreneurs

Bangladeshi banker, Nobel Peace Prize recipient and the former Chief Adviser of Bangladesh

type of organization with social objectives

Ghanaian social entrepreneur and 2017 Wikipedian of the Year

Afghan activist

Libyan-Canadian physician; women's rights and child survival activist; architect of global development and health, financing, and security frameworks

non-profit organization

South African activist, politician and film director (born 1962)

Egyptian scientist (1937–2017)

Ugandan politician and social entrepreneur

Bangladeshi human rights activist

Senegalese-born French-British businesswoman and technology activist (born 1974)

Congolese journalist (* 1989)

Bangladeshi social worker and the founder of BRAC

Ghanaian software developer and founder of Soronko Solutions

Sri Lankan eco-social entrepreneur/environmentalist

Dutch environmentalist.

Russian economist

activist for women's rights and social entrepreneur from Pakistan

South African prison escapee and author

Indonesian LGBT rights activist

businessperson

Ghanaian social entrepreneur

Ghanaian social entrepreneur

African educator

Canadian writer

Polish civic leader and politician

Icelandic environmentalist (1942–2017)

Belgian art collector

German human rights activist

Laboratoria is an organization founded in 2014 in Lima, Peru, that trains women in technology skills. It operates 6-month, 100% remote bootcamps focused on web development, UX design, and technical and life skills. The program is aimed at women who have faced barriers to starting careers in technology. Following the bootcamp, Laboratoria provides employment support to help graduates secure jobs in the tech sector. The organization has a community of over 3,500 graduates  who have been hired by more than 1,100 companies. In 2024 Laboratoria reported an average job placement rate of 79%.

Palestinian disability rights activist

Venezuelan businessperson

Turkish mountaineer (born 1968)

Ghanaian digital social entrepreneur

Ghanaian entrepreneur

Hungarian physician, midwife, activist for home-birth in Hungary (1952–)

American educator and copyright activist

Pakistani social entrepreneur and community organizer born 1949

Swiss carbon expert

Tunisian social entrepreneur

German Entrepreneur

Belgian entrepreneur

Zimbabwean farmer, campaigner and educator

Sri Lankan businesswoman

Turkish social activist and chef (born 1976)

basket weaver

Swiss activist and social entrepreneur

Kenyan Activist and Social Entrepreneur

Swedish scientist

Moroccan education activist

German disability rights activist

Chairman of Global Peace Festival (born 1969)

Venezuelan lawyer and professor

Bangladeshi social entrepreneur

Swiss businessman