SXSW 2020

Design x Local x Good Business in DR Congo

Description:

In DR Congo, billions of aid dollars have been poured into the country for decades. But most people still don’t have access to clean water. Health facilities are failing. Aid money is determined by big donors. It’s flowing into the same types of projects, expecting different results. The bottom line is that this just isn’t good enough.

Enter Asili, a start-up social enterprise designed by and for Congolese families, that is investing in Congo in a way that works. It offers the kinds of quality services that people actually want, We know that because we’ve asked them – and because they pay for it.


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Takeaways

  1. We’ll discuss the implications of business and design in the humanitarian space, not just for Congo but everywhere.
  2. What happens when we channel investment to local solutions?
  3. What happens when we offer services that not only save lives, but that people love? That people actually want?

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Organizer

Wallace Lunden, Business Manager, Asili


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  • Event: SXSW
  • Format: Panel
  • Track: Climate & Social Action
  • Track 2
  • Level: Intermediate


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