1. 1 Grassroots Innovation for Social Change www.rlabs.org

2. Introduction 2 BACKGROUND: Established in 2009, RLabs was founded in Cape Town on the Cape Flats. OFFERING: RLabs provides a three-phased approach to solving the socio-economic challenges through its Training & Development, Innovation Lab and Enterprise incubation MISSION: Our aim is to reconstruct communities through training, innovation and entrepreneurship.

3. 3 The Project 2009

4. 4 The Lab 2010

5. 5 RLabs Today

6. 6 TEAM: RLabs currently employs more than 200 young people on a full/part-time basis. SPACES: RLabs currently offers a variety of creative spaces where it offers its programmes. (E.g. Youth Cafes, Smart-Ups, Innovation Hubs etc.) MODEL: The RLabs model is rooted in community with a strong focus on developing people first. We also adopt a multi-generational approach in our programmes.

7. Offering to communities Training: We offer innovative learning programmes that provide unemployed and underemployed youth FREE access to world class training. 7 Innovation Lab: Platforms for communities to create solutions to social problems, with public, private and academic institutions. Incubation: Startup incubation, mentorship, support and funding to social entrepreneurs. Incubation: RLabs have incubated and supported more than 1,000 small businesses. Living Lab: RLabs through its partnerships have launched a variety of social innovations such as its mobile chat counseling platforms, jobs listing applications and Youth Cafes. Academy: RLabs annually offers thousands of scholarships to community members including skills, personal development and entrepreneurship training.

8. Training (RLabs Academy / Youth Cafés) ▪ >40,000 people trained, representing approximately 20,000 families / households ▪ >5,000 people trained, through the RLabs Academy and Youth Cafe programmes over the past 12 months. ▪ 75% of graduates employed or economically empowered after a training program Innovation Labs/ Incubation ▪ 5 million users have benefited of our Living Lab and social enterprise mobile and Internet services. ▪ 35 mobile/internet solutions offered for social change ▪ 1 million users of services ranging from counseling, information services to access to job opportunities over the past 12 months ▪ >3,900 people connected with economic opportunities/jobs over our Jobs Platform, UUSI. RLabs SA Current Impact Economic value created by community during 2014/15 were $22.3 Million

9. 9 RLabs Champions

10. 10 Community Experts

11. 11 Grassroots Mobilization

12. 12 Community Spaces

13. 13 Accelerating Skills

14. 14 Grassroots Innovation

15. 15 Social Enterprise Acceleration

16. 16 Thank You