The Impumelelo Social Innovations Award Centre is a leading South African awards programme that works to reward innovators who find creative solutions to public problems. Impumelelo has awarded 537 examples of social innovation around South Africa in a variety of developmental sectors.
Impumelelo regularly submits the work of its award winners to the UN Public Service Awards and the Dubai International Awards for Best Practice, and since 1999, 21 projects have won international prestigious awards.