From bike courier in Budapest to entrepreneur in Rome: Eadessopedala is Rome’s first bike courier service

Roland Ruff is Hungarian and in 2009 with another fellow Hungarian, they opened Eadessopedala, Rome’s first bike courier service. Within two or three…

Nyasha Gwatidzo’s long walk into social entrepreneurship

Nyasha Gwatidzo is a serial social entrepreneur from Zimbabwe based in the UK, where she moved with her family at the age of 12. She is currently…

PatiJo’ is Italy’s first bra-fitting boutique for bras that suit women and not the other way around

If you’re a woman, you probably know how complicated it can get to find a well-fitted bra, that is comfortable and makes you feel good. Two incredibly…

All’Ombra del Baobab: un sogno divenuto realtà per due rifugiati del Mali

Demelle Bobacary e Soma Fofana Makan sono due rifugiati del Mali e nel maggio del 2014 hanno aperto All’Ombra del Baobab, il primo negozio di Trento addetto esclusivamente alla vendita di prodotti…

From fleeing Croatia to organizing the Cruise-Holmes wedding

When she left Croatia with her little luggage fleeing the Balkan wars, Sanda Pandza thought that departure would be temporary. She thought she would go back to her sea, to her love story, and possibly to a country without…

The Bobbing Jacket

How more than 11.000 lives changed forever

All’Ombra del Baobab: a dream come true for two refugees from Mali

Demelle Bobacary and Fofana Soma Makan are two refugees from Mali and in May 2014 they opened All’Ombra del Baobab (lit. ‘Under the Baobab’s shade’), Trento’s first African only delicatessen and artisan shop.

Entrepreneurship in the most marginalised community in a notorious periphery of Naples

From flying assistant to entrepreneur in the beauty industry

Yoko Obata has lived the last 18 years in the UK where she has pursued her career as an artist and has worked as flying assistant in international flights. She would have never thought she would become an entrepreneur…

From Congo to Italy, through social business and a new concept of education

His mother, who was fond of Latin language, named him Fortuna, namely ‘fortune’, ‘fate’; and Fortuna today can consider himself a lucky guy.