Fostering Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Intercultural Exchange in the Global South through Design Thinking.
Impact Week is a non-profit initiative that unites people from a variety of countries and organizations. It promotes the development of innovation and entrepreneurship skills in developing and emerging economies as a foundation for sustainable growth by using Design Thinking to establish sustainable business models. It equips the next generation for employment to become inspiring leaders – successful agripreneurs, entrepreneurs, and game-changers, regardless of their field or level of expertise.
Our Impact
20 Countries
Engaging with diverse communities worldwide.
66 Impact Week events
from onsite, virtual and hybrid Impact Weeks to Impact Ignition Programs and Impact Labs.
5.679 Students
Or young people benefiting from the program.
1.100 Local Coaches
Paired with 608 International Coaches to guide students.
961 Ideas Created + 52 start-ups supported
Addressing real-world challenges in various fields.
87 Local Partners Empowered
Fostering innovation and problem-solving.
Our Global Footprint
Our Partners and Supporters
“My experience with the Design Thinking Junior Coach program has completely changed the way I approach problem solving”
“Impact week is an incredible once in a lifetime experience – packed with innovative spirit, inspiration, ideas, amazing stories & people, intense workshops and – needless to say – lots of fun!”
„From the Impact Week, I first got hope that some of the most complex challenges that the world is facing now can still be tackled once we are willing to look at them from a new perspective, a more inclusive and user centric way.“
“The Impact Week for me is always a big learning opportunity, a challenging adventure and a lot of fun.”
Upcoming Impact Weeks
Empowering Change: Your Journey Starts Here!
Impact Week in Nepal 2026
Impact Discovery India 2026
Impact Discovery Philippines 2026
How You Can Create Impact
Engage as a Company
Become a Junior Design Thinking Coach
Volunteer with us
Success Stories
Success Story: From Kibera to Change-Maker: Lorine’s Journey from Participant to Leader
Lorine grew up in Kibera, one of Africa’s largest informal settlements. A place where, too often, the story stops there. Hers didn’t. The challenges were real and tough, but she refused to let them define her. Her journey with Impact Week started as a participant. She later returned as a…
Success Story: When a Small Sentence Becomes a Movement: The Story Behind CLH
Some movements don’t begin with a grand plan.They begin with a sentence. For Michael, Junior Coach at Impact Week Ghana 2023, that sentence came during an empathy interview in our design thinking training.A young girl shared she would only go to school if she had access to menstrual pads. That…
Success Story: The Power of One “Yes”: From Kibera to the World 🌍
Why supporting Impact Week means transforming real lives. Sometimes, all it takes is one moment. One space where someone finally says: \"Your ideas matter.\" For James Mugambi, that moment happened in 2018, in a small room in Kibera, Nairobi. He didn\'t know it then, but stepping into that Impact Week…
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Impact Week has sparked hundreds of success stories of young leaders tackeling social problems in diffeferent parts of the world.
Yet the world is changing fast and many social-innovation programs are struggling to survive.
Impact Week is one of them.
But instead of stepping back, we’re inviting our community to build forward with us.
Our crowdfunding campaign will help us sustain our core team and launch new Impact Weeks and Impact Ignition programs in 2027.
Your support now can shape the future of hundreds of young changemakers.
Be part of it.
Did Impact Week also have an effect on your life? Did you found your own business, did you host your own Design Thinking Workshop, did you drive change in your company? Let us know!
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Lorine grew up in Kibera, one of Africa’s largest informal settlements. A place where, too often, the story stops there. Hers didn’t. The challenges were real and...
Some movements don’t begin with a grand plan.They begin with a sentence. For Michael, Junior Coach at Impact Week Ghana 2023, that sentence came during an empathy...
Why supporting Impact Week means transforming real lives. Sometimes, all it takes is one moment. One space where someone finally says: "Your ideas matter." For James...
