Table 4

Social entrepreneurs' definitions of success on building capacity to create systemic change

ThemeEntrepreneurEnterprise success in building capacitySocial value creating systemic changeLevel of systemic change
Capacities built creating social value and systemic change1Farmers do what they could not do before through food drying technology and packaging for exportFarmers get the technology freely and modify it to make it betterNational
2Consistent disruption of the ways people find workDecentralizing power and shifting power from employers to the youthCommunity
3Schools embracing robotic learning and integration to the national curriculumProblem-solving skills for sciences and job skills are gainedNational
4Impact and positive feedback from businesses and the student consultantschanged mindset due to starting from the slumsCommunity
5Volunteers gain work experience, prisoners are integrated back to their families as productive citizensNational discourse, changed mindsets and ecosystem is changed as the prison headquarter becomes a partner of changeNational
6Achieving one's objectivesEmpowered rural communities through the skills trainingCommunity
7Influencing policy at a high level, creating an enabling environment for value-added coffeeFarmers sell value-added coffee and increase income by 250–900%National
8Combined projects are able to run on their own even when one is not thereArtisans earn income from exports and hosting touristsCommunity
9Farmers connect directly to food retail vendors in the city on a mobile platformImproved lives of small holder farmers through better prices for their produceCommunity
10Teaching techniques for integrated schools adopted by the Uganda National Institute of Special EducationRegular and special needs children are integrated and stigma is reducedNational

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