Social entrepreneurship always feels like such a lofty topic when it’s discussed in classes. On top of this, if you ask for an example of a social entrepreneur, you’ll hear the name Craig Kielburger a hundred times over. If you ask for another example, you’ll probably be thrown the example of TOMS shoes. Both are great initiatives, but what about something that gets a little more…well, dirty.
This article offers some great incite into how Kenya’s sanitation problem has become a fertile place to grow a social enterprise. I urge you to read it and reinvent how you think about business.