E4Impact is a young and dynamic organization that was born in 2010 as an initiative of ALTIS, the Graduate School Business and Society of the Catholic University of Milan. In 2015 it was spun off to set up a Foundation dedicated exclusively to training entrepreneurs in Africa with the aim of creating a new generation of impact entrepreneurs offering sustainable and decent jobs.
Faithful to its motto “We do not teach entrepreneurship, we train impact entrepreneurs”, E4Impact places itself at the service of start-up companies in Africa with its unique Global MBA in Impact Entrepreneurship. The program’s innovative approach stands on its partnership model based on the involvement of African Universities that brought in 2019 to the establishment of the E4Impact University Alliance. There is no other European organization that gathers so many African Universities with the aim of enhancing the capabilities of the local faculties on sustainability and entrepreneurship issues and offering a course that embeds academic rigor and a process of acceleration for the enterprises.
Another key element of the MBA concerns its target, as it is not addressed to job seekers but to jobs creators. E4Impact supports business owners or potential entrepreneurs in transforming a business idea into a successful business model and plan; developing the skills necessary to lead a new business or grow an existing one and in joining a network of partners and investors.
To date the Foundation has generated a significative impact on the lives of nearly 6.000 entrepreneurs across Africa.