
Venture: Ujamaa Africa
Investment: $2M grant
Portfolio: Scaling Capital
Investment date: July 2024
Region(s) served: Sub-Saharan Africa
Sector: Human Rights
Core Impact Metric: Reduction in the incidence of rape.
Grant to support country scale up in Kenya, Malawi and Somalia
Ujamaa Africa vision is a world free from gender-based violence (GBV). They have implemented the world’s first GBV prevention program engaging all youth. Ujamaa empowers young people with the skills to prevent and respond to GBV, fostering positive norms and encouraging active intervention to create safer communities.
Why Rippleworks Invested:
Ujamaa has identified a replicable model to scale a high-impact solution addressing a challenge that is often taboo despite its devastating, lifelong effects.