A Business Model for the 21st century Farming in the Desert Mohamed Sultan ILO Conference, Social...

A Business Model for the 21st century

Farming in the Desert

Mohamed Sultan

ILO Conference, Social Entrepreneurship, Cairo, Egypt 20th November, 2015

Transforming the Desert – 38 Years of SEKEMThe first SEKEM building in 1979

The same building in 2009

A SEKEM field in 1987 The same field in 2009

Ecological agriculture in Egypt - Compost

Innovative SEKEM:- Aiming for the impossible..Opening ceremony of the Sinai Project 2008

The land before…

…and changing our world.

… and after 18 months.

The Sustainable Development Flower

Ecological Life

Cultural Life

Societal Life

Economic Life

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Bussiness Solutions

•Food security•Poverty•Nutrition•Education•Health•Climate

Change•Water

Scarcity

Social Challenges

SEKEMs Approcah to Development

• Kindergarten and school

• Medical centre• Vocational training• Community school (Chamomile Children)

• Children with

special needs

• Adult education• EBDA- COAE• R&D and training• Heliopolis University for

Sustainable Development

Charity vs. Development

Associative BusinessIntegrative value chain & Associations

Social Innovation is the Solution

EMBRACE MORE SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURS

Space

Country

Time

Thank you very much for your attention!

www.sekem.com

Mohamed SultanSEKEM Group

Mohamed.sultan@sekem.com