Stories & Interviews

As representatives of civil society, foundations are particularly well suited to forging partnerships and providing testing grounds for new solutions that enable sustainable social development in our fast-changing world. An article by our board member Dr. Nina Smidt.

A reportage of projects in a country aiming to expand its economic power sustainably and without detours, and the role that social enterprises play in this.

The “epScale Funding Call Promoting Women in the Green Economy” supports social enterprises that have a positive impact on the environment along with strengthening economic opportunities for women.

Innovative, sustainable and social: Get to know the winning solutions of the E-Mobility Innovation Award 2021 of Siemens Stiftung.

Our social enterprise, WeTu, is celebrating its one-year anniversary in Kenya. What challenges did the company face when it was founded? What has been accomplished so far? What is next in the water, energy, and e-mobility segments?

Max Steiner’s work focuses on providing support for the disadvantaged. In Bolivia, he’s spreading the concept of OneDollarGlasses.

Innovative mobility solutions for rural regions of Africa. Rolf Huber discusses the potential of e-mobility and the approach taken by WeTu, Siemens Stiftung's social enterprise.

The fear of new droughts in Kenya is very real. Tilmann Straub explains how technological solutions help address the problem.

The social enterprise WeTu has set out to improve the lives of tens of thousands of people living in rural areas around Lake Victoria. Managing Director Rolf Huber tells us how it all began.

Storytelling in a business setting? Barbara Börner introduces “Stories about us,” a tool that helps social enterprises with organizational development.