Yunus Social Business

Founded in 2011, Yunus Social Business is a non-governmental organisation based in Berlin, Germany working on poverty & hunger, environment & climate, employment & skills +5 more.

Yunus Social Business is a Berlin-based non-profit (gGmbH) that finances and supports social businesses to end poverty and the climate crisis. It converts donations into investments in local social businesses providing employment, education, healthcare, clean water and clean energy, reinvesting returns to multiply impact. Its work covers East Africa, Latin America and India, with offices in São Paulo, Bogotá, Mumbai, Bangalore, Kampala, Nairobi and Berlin. The organisation offers patient loans, growth support, accelerator programmes and corporate social procurement and intrapreneurship initiatives, and publishes research on social business. It was founded in Germany in 2011 by Muhammad Yunus, Saskia Bruysten and Sophie Eisemann.