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Africa Reframed

Online marketplace for African imagery - Powered by online learning. Africa is rising and a visual reframing of the continent is emerging. A reframing crafted by African content creators, telling Africa's story of change. At Africa Reframed we connect a community of African photographers to the world’s leading companies and organizations to create and promote captivating imagery and bespoke projects that propel new storytelling from the African continent. Imagery in the Africa Reframed imagebank has been used by the worlds leading organizations such as: Gates Foundation, UN, Amazon, Microsoft, Google, Pfizer, Ernst & Young, Spotify, NBC, Yahoo, Sitecore, Exxon, Cambridge University Press, Hearst, Condé Nast, Lloyds bank, Europe- an Investment Bank, Shell, AOL, ABC, NEC, CNBC, KPMG, Discovery, VISA, Deloitte, Accenture, Ogilvy, UPS, Viacom, Pearson, Barclays, BBC, Axel Springer, British Council, M&C Saatchi, ASUS, Del Monte, Time inc., RTL, Virgin, McKinsey, Airtel, Guardian, Uber, Orange, 3M, HSBC, Samsung, The World Bank and many more. We are looking for investors sharing our vision of Africa Reframed as a value-driven, profitable business that strives to alter the global community’s perception of the African continent while also building sustainable job opportunities for photographers across Africa. Alongside its sister organization, Commerce & Culture, Africa Reframed has managed an array of long-term projects with leading contemporary visual artists globally and organized photo exhibitions with more than 100.000 paying visitors across 3 continents. Among these, the largest exhibition to date with African photography in northern Europe. SDGs: Quality education and decent work and economic growth, SDGs 4 and 8, are an integrated part of the Africa Reframed business model. When the United Nations In 2015 was launching the SDGs with Project Everyone, they did so with a campaign to share the global goals with 7 billion people in 7 days. This happened via global broadcasts, outdoor advertising campaigns, cinema ads, mobile partnerships, and more. Because of the above, Images from our program were among the officially chosen for the campaign and were singled out by the global campaign team as good education and economic growth in action. Misson: Most of the imagery we encounter from the African continent tends to either depict the beautiful scenery and wildlife or scenes of poverty, war, and desperation. While these indeed are bona fide aspects and challenges, Africa is also a continent characterized by immense growth, varied opportunities, and not least, change. The mission of Africa Reframed is to capture and contribute to the spurring of this change by a visual reframing of the continent. A reframing that reflects African enterprise, innovation, and everyday life. Africa Reframed exists to create and promote this new imagery in the belief that by changing the visuals, we can help change the conversation. Thus an inherent part of Africa Reframed’s DNA, which is also mirrored in the name of the company, is to be a catalyst for the way the world looks at the African continent. The wish to illustrate the real Africa and thus to spur optimism and hope around its future makes the company strongly value-driven, and it is believed that such a shared view will help bind contributors, clients, and other stakeholders close together. In 2020 Africa Reframed received an investment from Innovation fund Denmark and was selected as a finalist for the SDG Tech Award.

Vera Mexicana

Vera Mexicana is a brand focused on Mexican food products made with real high-quality ingredients. All of our products are crafted by locals based on traditional recipes that will maximize flavor in the homes of cooks everywhere, whether you’re new to Mexican cuisine or a life-long fan. By working with local farming communities and small-scale producers, Vera Mexicana aims to follow sustainable practices across the entire supply chain – from how suppliers are treated to the farming practices used in Mexico.

Godtsind

GodtSind er et nyt psykologhus i hjertet af Køge; startet med ønsket om at skabe de bedste rammer for at være psykolog og klient. Hos GodtSind har administrationen styr på den daglige drift, sikrer varm kaffe på kanden og sørger for rolige og trygge rammer. Vores ønske er at bringe ventetiden på psykologhjælp ned på landsplan, og vores praksis i Køge er den første af (forhåbentlig) flere.

Orderly

Orderly removes all the hassle of trading used quality items between individuals. We pick up the seller’s goods, take high quality product shots, store and present the items automatically on the main online markets (DBA, Google Shopping, Gul&Gratis etc..). Buyers can shop all they need in a single shipment rather than visiting multiple sellers. It gives both sellers and buyers an attractive shopping experience that is on par with new sales. We actually made it fun to tidy up your home! To succeed we have developed a custom service chain designed to keep costs super low for handling individual items while giving the user the best possible experience. Traditional product shots and descriptions often takes hours per product, a process only feasible for interchangeable goods. By integrating state-of-the-art tech services, Orderly has optimized the process by a factor x50 which mean that we can take professional shots and describe items in seconds rather than hours. We have also fully integrated the many individual steps of the sales process into a semi-automated flow to keep costs low. This has suddenly made hassle-free exchange of quality stuff a sound business opportunity while contributing at scale to a more circular economy.

The Impactful ApS

The Impactful is a curated community and platform helping purpose-driven individuals and organizations thrive in the Anthropocene. We connect creative freelancers with aligned work, support businesses leading systems change with talent and skills development, and design programs that center sustainability, storytelling, and impact.

Earthtrust

We want to fight climate change and social inequality. Certification today is broken. A lack of transparency and trust in supply chains, and connection to what's happening on the ground, have resulted in the massive climate, biodiversity and human crises we see today. At Earthtrust, we are building the product and infrastructure to support a new agenda focused on radical transparency so that social and environmental claims made by companies and other organisations can be properly verified. We will democratize verification and we will provide a mechanism to stamp out greenwashing.

Building Communities

Building Communities is an organisation runned by volunteers in Argentina, Denmark and Guatemala. We support projects that focus on cooperation and sustainable agriculture. We are currently working in reforestation and agriculture in Guatemala. Our mission is to engage more people all over the world in questions of climate justice and social change.

SustainX

SustainX er et rådgivningshus med en mission om at skabe værdi for virksomheder, mennesker og planeten. Vi hjælper virksomheder med at eksekvere på bæredygtighed, så ambitioner omsættes til reel effekt i hele forretningen. Hos SustainX gør vi arbejdet med bæredygtighed konkret og håndgribeligt. Vi sætter klare rammer, så indsatsen bliver overskuelig og kan måles på tværs af organisationen. På den måde bliver bæredygtighed ikke et sideprojekt, men en naturlig del af jeres drift og beslutninger. Med vores erfaring inden for bæredygtighed, ESG og praktisk implementering hjælper vi jer med at skabe reelle fremskridt. Ikke bare gode intentioner.

SHADES Underwear

SHADES Underwear is a purpose-driven startup redefining what “nude” means in fashion. We create underwear in an inclusive range of skin-tone shades and sizes, because the industry has long failed to represent the diversity of real bodies. Our mission is rooted in representation, empowerment, and belonging – building products and a brand that make people feel seen, respected, and comfortable in their own skin. We believe that underwear is not just a basic, but a powerful foundation for confidence and self-expression.

Coffee Beanies ApS

We fight the good war of poverty in Africa. So far we are represented in the medium-highend fashion shop in most cities in Denmark. We sell handmade eco-alpaca wool fashion beanies and sweaters at affordable prices. This way we help the poorest people in the world to provide for themselves by knittingjobs.