OUR IMPACT

Felt over time and across communities.

Our approach to impact

At Emzingo, impact is not a slogan or an extra. We aim to embed impact in everything we do, every single day. Impact is something we work toward intentionally. It shows up in how people lead, how teams collaborate, and how organizations engage with the communities around them.

We are a Certified B Corporation. This means we hold ourselves to high standards of social and environmental performance, accountability, and transparency set by B Lab, the global nonprofit that certifies B Corporations worldwide. It also means we are committed to ongoing improvement and to building trust through the way we work to maintain these standards.

This commitment shapes how we design learning experiences, engage partners, and deliver innovation projects. Whether we are working with a leadership team, designing an accelerator, or facilitating a community partnership, we focus on what will actually shift. Impact is seen in the meaningful change our partners see in their people, strategies, and capacity to innovate and adapt in complex environments. 


What Impact Looks Like for Our Partners:

  • People who lead differently. Teams lead with clarity, confidence, and empathy in uncertain contexts.

  • Organizational capability built to last. Organizations embed design-led innovation into everyday practice.

  • Innovation that moves beyond pilots. Cross-functional solutions are co-created with stakeholders and scaled beyond pilot stages.

  • Systems‑level change. Learning experiences that drive measurable improvements in capability and strategic performance.

Human-Centered Change

At Emzingo, we work toward impact by supporting people, teams, and organizations to shift how they lead, how they relate, and how they respond to the challenges around them.

Our impact shows up in different ways. Sometimes it’s helping a team rethink how they collaborate across functions or regions. Sometimes it’s supporting a group of leaders as they step into new challenges with more confidence and awareness. And sometimes it’s co-creating an innovation lab, accelerator, or community partnership that extends far beyond a single engagement.

We pay close attention to people. The questions they ask, the stories they share, the challenges they name, and the solutions they imagine. We’ve learned that context matters. Change doesn’t look the same everywhere, and it shouldn’t.

For this reason, we work alongside leaders and teams to surface what matters most. Our process blends design and systems thinking, learning design, and action learning so that solutions are practical, resilient, and human-centered, supporting long-term success for both people and organizations.

Whether we are facilitating a strategic process or coaching a team, we aim to support people to lead with empathy, navigate complexity, and stay connected to purpose.

Testimonials

“We greatly valued the opportunity to collaborate on the Social Impact Lab, we found the experience meaningful, insightful, and beneficial to our ongoing work. Initiatives like this make a real difference, and I look forward to continued collaboration in the future."

Kustas, South Africa 2025
Field Partners

“The support of Emzingo fellows is invaluable. Their expertise helps accelerate work that would otherwise take much longer for a small and evolving organization like ours. Their contributions truly shape our organization, and we deeply value the partnership.”

Play Africa, South Africa 2025
Field Partner

“Our collaboration with the students was an incredible experience that truly reflected our value of ‘get your hands dirty.’ From the beginning, they were eager to dive in and understand what we do, putting in the effort to better support our work. Despite their short time with us, they quickly became part of the team. Their insights and expertise added tremendous value to one of our key programs, helping us enhance it for even greater effectiveness.”

Enke, South Africa 2024

Field Partner