Bertha Centre for Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship Just for a change powered by the Bertha Centre for Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship.

Just for a change powered by the Bertha Centre for Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship.

The Bertha Centre for Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship hosts 'Conversations with change-makers'. Spotlighting the stories of innovators, social entrepreneurs, industry leaders, activists and more about the work they do, and what makes them tick. We find out how they keep the fire burning when it comes to tackling some of the most - to use a systems change term - wicked problems - facing the world today.

We aim to appeal to people who are curious about solving social issues in the world around them and especially those who believe in changing the way we're changing the world.
Monthly English South Africa Non-Profit · Business
66 Episodes
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S1, Ep.11: Youth sector - changing the way we’re supporting youth TOGETHER

With roughly 200 000 social benefit organisations listed on the department of social development, many of them working with young people it’s clear that there is fragmentation within the youth sector. The role of technology in driving integration and using technology as a leverage point to create more opportunities for…
19 Apr 2021 44 min

S1 Ep.10 Changing the way we’re financing the world

Investors around the world are reimagining how capital can be utilised to have a positive impact on the world. How, you might wonder? Through impact investing. Impact investing can be a technical and sometimes hard to grasp concept. In this episode we find out more about the world of impact…
23 Mar 2021 43 min
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S1 Ep.10 Teaser - Changing the way we’re funding the world

The chaotic year of 2020 exposed deep systemic vulnerabilities and magnified the need for an intensified use of capital to address splintering social and environmental dynamics across the globe. In episode 10 of the Just for a change podcast, we're talking all things impact investing. Subscribe to this podcast channel…
19 Mar 2021 3 min

S1 Ep.9 COVID-19 vaccination, the social justice challenge of our time

The vaccine has arrived and it’s complex. It’s been said before this pandemic has merely revealed social justice issues that have been with us for years and perhaps it is the vaccine and its roll-out that reveals these issues to their very core. Who gets the vaccine first? How do…
24 Feb 2021 44 min

S1. Ep. 5: Build Peace 2020

In episode 5 of the ‘Just for a Change’ podcast we chat about what it means to build peace in the digital age. Hear about the upcoming Build Peace conference happening in November as well as unpacking some thoughts around what it means to build peace in the digital age…
20 Oct 2020 41 min

S1. Ep. 4: Spaces and legacy

In episode of 4 of the ‘Just for a Change’ podcast we dive into spatial justice in a fascinating episode about space and legacy. This is a large topic, especially in South Africa with the history of Apartheid and the legacy of this time that is in many ways a…
22 Sep 2020 44 min

S1. Ep. 2: The youth's role in re-imagining our society post COVID-19

In this second episode of the ‘Just for a Change powered by the Bertha Centre for Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship’ podcast host, Kentse Radebe dives into the theme of the role of young people in South Africa in re-imagining our society post COVID- 19. With soaring unemployment rates and many…
21 Jul 2020 49 min

S1. Ep.1: Innovative responses to problems

‘Just for a change powered by the Bertha Centre for Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship’ show notes Episode 1: Innovative responses to problems In this first episode of ‘Just for a Change powered by the Bertha Centre for Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship’ host, Kentse Radebe, introduces the work of the centre…
15 Jun 2020 43 min
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