School for Society Programmes
Empowers youth and designers to create sustainable fashion enterprises, incorporating ethical production and circular economy principles.
Social Enterprise : Clothing & Textiles
Participants design investment-ready social ventures, assess risk, and engage investors ethically
Social Finance Programme
Helps capacitate non-profits to apply IRIS+, SDG, GRI, and SROI frameworks to measure and report social, environmental, and economic impact
Measuring & Communicating Impact
Covers sustainable harvesting, essential oil production, ABS compliance, and enterprise development
Social Enterprise: BioTrade & Essential Oils Programme
Practical training in agro-ecology, soil health, water management, biodiversity integration, and enterprise development
Social Enterprise: Agro-ecology
Equips emerging social entrepreneurs with tools to design, develop, and scale socially impactful enterprises.
Social Enterprise
Empowering Communities | Building Skills | Driving Social Impact
At Bukelani Institute’s School for Society, we are nurturing a new generation of changemakers — bold thinkers and doers who believe business can be a force for good.
The Bukelani School for Society offers transformative programmes designed to equip learners, entrepreneurs, and community members with practical skills, innovation capacity, and enterprise-building capabilities. Our programmes span social enterprise, biodiversity, oceans economy, agro-ecology, creative industries, computer sciences, and social finance, providing pathways for skills development, enterprise growth, and sustainable impact. The School for Society is accredited by FP&MSETA and Services SETA.
Innovating for Impact Programme 2025
The Innovating for Impact Programme, delivered by Bukelani Institute, is a forward-thinking educational initiative aimed at equipping Grade 9 learners with innovation and problem-solving skills to address real-world challenges.
The Innovating for Impact Programme was implemented at four schools from eThekwini Metro, and King Cetshwayo. It ran from March 2025, and culminated in the Finals that were held at Durban Botanical Gardens on 10 July 2025.
This programme focused on fostering creativity, critical thinking, and collaboration among learners through a series of workshops and project-based learning, without community participation.
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Social Enterprise Forum on Africa 2025
The Social Enterprise Forum on Africa 2025 builds on the success of previous forums, particularly the 2024 theme, Measuring and Communicating Impact.
As social enterprises increasingly demonstrate their value in addressing social, economic, and environmental challenges, there is a growing need to move beyond impact measurement and embed social change into systems and policies.
This year’s theme, Scaling Impact: From Measurement to Systemic Change, will explore strategies to scale impact, mobilize funding, build partnerships, and create sustainable ecosystems for social enterprises across Africa.
The forum will bring together entrepreneurs, investors, policymakers, and ecosystem enablers to discuss actionable pathways for embedding impact into governance structures, markets, and policies.
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