For people building solutions
Jikimu creates a governed route from problem/idea to specialist social-enterprise development and later outcome follow-up.
Goblis Foundation · Kenya
We help people build social enterprises and rural communities turn local priorities into practical development.
Goblis Foundation is a Kenya-based non-profit foundation working through two programmes: Jikimu for social entrepreneurship and Mashinani for rural development. Start with the change you want to make; the website will guide you to the right programme, support route or partnership.
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What we do, in plain language.
Goblis Foundation is a Kenya-based non-profit foundation focused on two jobs: helping people build responsible social enterprises through Jikimu, and helping rural communities develop practical, evidence-led opportunities through Mashinani.
01JikimuSocial entrepreneurship support: access, responsible handoff to learning and enterprise development, and later outcome follow-up.02MashinaniRural development support: diagnose a local challenge or opportunity, connect the right actors, then measure what changes.03How Goblis worksGoblis coordinates relationships, safeguards accountability and follows evidence. Specialist partners remain responsible for the services they own.
What problem are we trying to solve?
Capability and resources often exist—but the path between a real problem and an accountable solution is fragmented.
People may need enterprise capability but not know where to begin. Rural communities may face connected constraints that do not fit a single-sector project. Specialist organisations may exist, yet roles, evidence and follow-through remain disconnected. Goblis builds the programme relationship around those gaps and brings in the right capability without pretending to own every solution.
For rural places
Mashinani begins with locally grounded diagnosis and coordinates appropriate enterprise, institutional, research, public or delivery responses.
For partners and funders
Relationships, budgets, authority, evidence and reporting are separated so support strengthens the mission rather than redefining it.
Choose your route
One page for the next job—not every possible form.
Build a social enterpriseExplore an accountable social-entrepreneurship pathway and the handoff to Ubunifu Institute.Explore Jikimu →
Develop a rural opportunityBring a place-based challenge, resource or opportunity into a diagnostic-first pathway.Explore Mashinani →
Find the right involvement routeProgramme access, organisation account, careers, MERM, partnership or another structured journey.Choose how to get involved →
Support a defined pitchUnderstand the problem, what support unlocks and how evidence will be handled before acting.Explore pitches →
Two programme jobs
Jikimu develops people and enterprises. Mashinani develops place-based pathways.
They can connect when a rural opportunity produces a viable social-enterprise pathway, but the programme records and accountabilities remain distinct.
Delivery discipline
National ambition. Locally rooted delivery.
Local delivery assignments are separately approved by geography, programme scope, due diligence and evidence. A strategic partnership does not automatically confer last-mile delivery authority.
Institutional signals
Useful transparency without turning operations into impact claims.
These values come from governed system records when available.
Ubunifu Institute
Jikimu connects into these Ubunifu Institute pathways
Ubunifu Institute is a separate Kenya-based specialist learning and enterprise-development institution. Goblis keeps the Jikimu programme relationship and handoff accountable; Ubunifu owns its learning, assessment, progression and related institutional records. These links explain connected pathways; they do not redirect a Goblis contribution to Ubunifu.
Foundation CourseStart with the core social-enterprise learning pathway.Explore at Ubunifu ↗Venture BootcampUnderstand the separate post-Foundation admission and intensive venture-building stage.Explore at Ubunifu ↗Incubation & ExtensionSee the one-year operating, mentoring and growth pathway.Explore at Ubunifu ↗Research & EvidenceExplore research, evidence and learning outputs.Explore at Ubunifu ↗
Choose the next accountable step.
Participate, bring an opportunity, build a partnership, work with evidence or support a defined campaign pitch.
Where next?