Estelle Uba

Sep 23, 2024 | pioneerspost.com | Estelle Uba

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Jul 23, 2024 | pioneerspost.com | David Lyons |Estelle Uba

There is a need for “a systemic change” in workplace culture to better accommodate people with caring responsibilities, concluded Pioneers Post reporter Laura Joffre, who hosted a webinar earlier this month, titled ‘Who cares? Motherhood, care and social entrepreneurship’. The WISE100 Lunchtime Takeaways webinars are run by Pioneers Post in partnership with NatWest Social & Community Capital.

Jul 19, 2024 | pioneerspost.com | Anna Patton |Estelle Uba

“Whatever the banks do, we do the opposite,” Muhammad Yunus told me recently. That philosophy was the basis of Grameen Bank, the pioneering microfinance institution that he kicked off in 1970s Bangladesh. At that time, banks pretty much ignored the majority of the population. “They go to the rich and we go to the poor; they go to the city centre, we go to remote villages… they want collateral, we said: no collateral.

Jul 3, 2024 | pioneerspost.com | Estelle Uba |Laura Joffre

While vulnerability is crucial to engage audiences in stories about social and environmental problems, storytellers and social entrepreneurs must work together to draw attention to the resilience needed to create solutions. Storytellers need to find the sweet spot between highlighting the vulnerability and resilience of their characters to capture audiences with stories about how people are tackling social and environmental issues.

Jun 25, 2024 | pioneerspost.com | Sebastian Rocca |Alice Troy-Donovan |Estelle Uba |Pedro Lira

I am a queer social entrepreneur. During my career I have led LGBTQ+ NGOs and also founded a charity, the Micro Rainbow International Foundation. However, my main focus over the last 12 years has been founding and growing a successful social enterprise, Micro Rainbow, which has a unique LGBTQ+ mission. I believe we need more LGBTQ+ social enterprises. This belief is based on my lived experience as an LGBTQ+ activist of almost 20 years and as an LGBTQ+ social entrepreneur.