Welcome to Trickle Out!
Welcome to the website for the Trickle Out Africa Project. Trickle Out is a research project funded by the UK Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) examining social enterprises and environmental enterprises in Eastern and Southern Africa. The project considers the role and potential contribution of such enterprises to sustainable development and poverty alleviation. The project is based in Queen's University Management School, Queen’s University Belfast. We are constantly updating this website but please explore it to learn more about our research. To contact us please click on the icon link below:
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Sells energy efficient charcoal stoves and ovens and tree seeds saving customers money, reducing their energy use and helping to conserve Kenya's forests
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The Mezimbite Forest Center works to eliminate poverty by providing sustainable economic alternatives that protect and restore the forest ecosystem.
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The Skills Village uses events and the development of cooperatives as catalysts for social inclusion, community capacity building and poverty eradication
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EcoFinder Kenya works with communities across the Lake Victoria Basin to promote sustainable livelihoods through environmental entrepreneurship
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Alive and Kicking has workshops in Zambia and Kenya. It provides balls for children, creates jobs for adults and promotes health education through sport.
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Shonaquip is a social enterprise which works to improve the quality of life of people living with mobility disabilities in under resourced regions
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Alive and Kicking has workshops in Zambia and Kenya. It provides balls for children, creates jobs for adults and promotes health education through sport.
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Peter Ongera, Director of African Homestay and Safaris conferring with the Trickle Out team at our project launch in Nairobi on the 8th December
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The Mumwa Crafts Association based in Western Zambia produces, markets and sells high quality craft products and has 3000 members
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CEDARTE is a non-profit non-governmental organisation which aims to promote the development of the craft industry in Mozambique.
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Tribal Textiles is a social enterprise based in Zambia that uses fair trade business practices to produce unique hand painted textile products
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ToughStuff works in developing countries to provide affordable solar-powered products for low income people
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African Homestay and Safaris is a cultural tourism agency linking people who want to live, study and work in Africa with local hosts in rural villages and towns
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Gamewatchers Safaris and Porini Camps runs bush camps in community owned wildlife conservancies in Amboseli, Laikipia and Mara in Kenya
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A social enterprise aiming to produce the best cookies in South Africa while providing employment and empowering women from the Khayelitsha community
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KaingU Lodge is an ecolodge adjacent to the Kafue National Park with a strong commitment to community development
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The Mezimbite Forest Center works to eliminate poverty by providing sustainable economic alternatives that protect and restore the forest ecosystem
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Sells energy efficient charcoal stoves and ovens and tree seeds saving customers money, reducing their energy use and helping to conserve Kenya's forests
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CEDARTE is a non-profit non-governmental organisation which aims to promote the development of the craft industry in Mozambique.
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The Mumwa Crafts Association based in Western Zambia produces, markets and sells high quality craft products locally, regionally, nationally and internationally.
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Proudly Macassar Pottery is a social enterprise using pottery and music to improve the lives of young people in the Western Cape
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The Book Bus aims to improve child literacy rates in Africa by providing children with books and the inspiration to read them
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KaingU Lodge is an ecolodge adjacent to the Kafue National Park with a strong commitment to community development
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Taunina produces handcrafted collectable soft toys, operating with an emphasis on socially conscious consumption and improving the lives of the underprivileged.
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The FlipFlop Recycling Company (FFRC) is a social and environmental enterprise based in Kenya which creates artistic products from discarded flip flops.
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Gamewatchers Safaris and Porini Camps runs bush camps in community owned wildlife conservancies in Amboseli, Laikipia and Mara in Kenya
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Shonaquip is a social enterprise which works to improve the quality of life of people living with mobility disabilities in under resourced regions
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Learn to Earn is a skills development and job creation social enterprise working with unemployed people from poor communities in the Western Cape
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A social enterprise aiming to produce the best cookies in South Africa while providing employment and empowering women from the Khayelitsha community
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EcoFinder Kenya works with communities across the Lake Victoria Basin to promote sustainable livelihoods through environmental entrepreneurship
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The MICAIA family of organisations work in Mozambique and the UK with the aim of promoting "local prosperity in a sustainable world"
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The FlipFlop Recycling Company (FFRC) is a social and environmental enterprise based in Kenya which creates artistic products from discarded flip flops.
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The MICAIA family of organisations work in Mozambique and the UK with the aim of promoting "local prosperity in a sustainable world"
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Tribal Textiles is a social enterprise based in Zambia that uses fair trade business practices to produce unique hand painted textile products
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Proudly Macassar Pottery is a social enterprise using pottery and music to improve the lives of young people in the Western Cape
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ToughStuff works in developing countries to provide affordable solar-powered products for low income people
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The Book Bus aims to improve child literacy rates in Africa by providing children with books and the inspiration to read them.
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Learn to Earn is a skills development and job creation social enterprise working with unemployed people from poor communities in the Western Cape
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Taunina produces handcrafted collectable soft toys, operating with an emphasis on socially conscious consumption and improving the lives of the underprivileged.
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The Skills Village uses events and the development of cooperatives as catalysts for social inclusion, community capacity building and poverty eradication
Register now for the Trickle Out Africa Project Directory!
You can now register for the Trickle Out Africa Project Directory of Social Enterprises and Environmental Enterprises and Support Organisations. Click on the following links to be sent to a secure registration page. You have four different registration options:
- If you are a single entrepreneur providing environmental goods and/or services working just for yourself then please click here
- If you represent a social enterprise or environmental enterprise, or an NGO involved in enterprise activities please click here
- If you represent a co-operative or membership association helping social enterprises or environmental enterprises to trade please click here
- If you represent a donor/aid agency or support organisation helping social enterprises or environmental enterprises please click here
Whichever option you select you will be sent to a secure registration page. On this page will be further information about the project, about how your data will be stored and used, and about your right to informed consent.
Read more: Register now for the Trickle Out Africa Project Directory!
Social Enterprise and Environmental Enterprise Directory
We have created a directory of social enterprises and/or environmental enterprises and support agencies spanning 19 countries in Eastern and Southern Africa. We are still building the directory however it is now available for use. If you would like to register with us please click here. To begin searching please click on the image link below.
Read more: Social Enterprise and Environmental Enterprise Directory









