Social Impact Africa
Building Ventures. Connecting Ecosystems. Across Borders.
Building ventures, organisations, and institutions through strategic partnerships, venture building, and market access.
“Every funded startup eventually needs to leave its home market, and almost nobody is built to take them there. SIA is.”
Offerings
How We Create Opportunity
Discover
FINDING THE RIGHT OPPORTUNITIES
We help organisations and startups understand where opportunities exist, what matters most, and where their strengths can create value.
Shape
DESIGNING PATHWAYS FOR GROWTH
Together we develop practical strategies that turn ambition into achievable action.
Connect
BUILDING MEANINGFUL PARTNERSHIPS
Growth happens through relationships. We connect organisations with people, institutions, and networks that accelerate progress.
Unlock
ACCESSING RESOURCES AND INVESTMENT
From funding opportunities to strategic partnerships, we help unlock the resources needed to move ideas forward.
Navigate
UNDERSTANDING NEW ENVIRONMENTS
Every market is different. We help organisations and startups navigate complexity with confidence.
Grow
CREATING SUSTAINABLE IMPACT
We support organisations and startups as they expand, adapt, and build lasting value across communities and markets.
How We Support Growth
Flexible Support Designed Around Your Growth Journey
Every organisation's journey is different, but most expansion journeys follow four stages: understanding the opportunity, designing the pathway, accessing the ecosystem, and scaling for impact.
Explore
UNDERSTAND THE OPPORTUNITY
Before committing resources to a new market, it is critical to understand whether the opportunity is real, viable, and aligned with your goals.
Design
BUILD THE PATHWAY
A successful expansion requires more than insight. It requires a clear roadmap for how to enter, operate, and grow.
Connect
ACCESS THE ECOSYSTEM
Growth happens through relationships. We help organisations and startups connect with the right people, institutions, partners, and opportunities needed to accelerate execution.
Scale
GROW WITH A PARTNER
For organisations and startups pursuing long-term growth, we act as a trusted partner, helping navigate complexity while unlocking opportunities for expansion and impact.
Impact Showcase
A curated look at the ventures we have supported globally.
LANDMARK GATHERINGS
Social Impact Summit 2023
Explore pathways for building impactful, scalable ventures across emerging markets in Africa and Asia.
SOCIAL INNOVATION
Social Impact Changemakers
Empowering the next generation of leaders creating localized solutions.
PORTFOLIO COMPANIES
Early-stage Ventures
Showcasing early-stage ventures addressing humanity's most pressing challenges.
Our Team
The People Behind the Vision
A collective of experts working across Africa, Asia, and globally.
Radhika Mia, PhD
FOUNDER & CEO
Radhika is a community builder, venture builder, visual artist, educationist, author, and ecosystem enabler working at the intersection of entrepreneurship, innovation, circular design, and human-centered design. With experience across India, Africa, and Europe, she helps founders transform early-stage ideas into grounded, actionable ventures.
Eleanor Koning Di Pasquale
Director of Strategic Partnerships
Eleanor is a strategic partnerships and business development professional with over 17 years of entrepreneurial experience. At Social Impact Africa, she leads cross-border partnerships connecting Indian and African social impact startups with European markets.
Sancheet Pasari
Director – Finance & Venture Strategy
A Chartered Accountant specialising in venture structuring, financial strategy, governance, compliance, and investment readiness for family businesses and early-stage ventures.
Aditi Parab
Design Thinking and Strategy Associate
Pursuing a Bachelor of Design (Industrial Design) at IIT Roorkee. Passionate about sustainability and human-centred design, she supports design thinking and strategy development at SIA.
Soumil Saxena
VENTURE & MARKET STRATEGY ASSOCIATE
An undergraduate student at IIT Roorkee, working across startup assessment, venture research, and market strategy development for SIA.
Tanmay Saxena
Product Management Associate
Works with The Otherwise Ventures (TOV) across Guwahati, Kolkata, and Ahmedabad and maps the startup ecosystem across the eight Northeastern states of India.
Why Social Impact Africa
Building Ventures.
Strengthening Ecosystems.
Creating Social Impact.
At Social Impact Africa, we believe that entrepreneurship is about more than building successful businesses—it is about creating stronger communities, resilient ecosystems, and lasting social impact.
Culture
Nurturing creativity, collaboration, and purpose-driven leadership while celebrating local knowledge, identity, and community.
Ventures
Supporting founders and institutions to transform ideas into investment-ready ventures through strategy, ecosystem connections, venture building, and practical execution.
Social Impact
Designing initiatives that create measurable economic, social, and environmental value for people, communities, and future generations.
We Are Ecosystem Builders. Venture Builders. Connectors.
Many organisations offer advice. Few open doors. Even fewer build trusted relationships that create long-term opportunities.
Knowledge
Deep expertise in entrepreneurship, innovation ecosystems, human-centred design, circular economy, and emerging markets.
Networks
A trusted global network spanning entrepreneurs, investors, universities, governments, accelerators, creative industries, and development organisations.
Execution
Hands-on support that transforms ideas into ventures, partnerships into action, and strategies into measurable outcomes.
Let's Build the Future Together
Whether you're an entrepreneur developing your next venture, an institution seeking innovation support, or an organisation looking to create meaningful partnerships, we'd love to work with you.
- Build and grow purpose-driven ventures with expert mentorship and strategic guidance.
- Connect with a trusted global network of entrepreneurs, investors, universities, and ecosystem leaders.
- Design partnerships and innovation programmes that create lasting economic and social impact.
- Collaborate across Africa, Asia, and Europe to unlock new opportunities for innovation and sustainable development.
We don't just support ventures—we build the ecosystems that help them thrive.
Our Vision
To build thriving innovation ecosystems that enable entrepreneurs, organisations, and communities to create sustainable solutions to local and global challenges.
Our Mission
To connect people, ideas, resources, and opportunities that drive entrepreneurship, innovation, and inclusive growth across Africa and emerging economies.