Impact is not a department.
It's the architecture.
Ctrl+Alt+Create exists to generate long-term economic, technological and societal value. Every studio, venture and hub is designed with that responsibility built in — for people, territories and the planet.
Concrete actions, not declarations
Since its foundation, the group has aligned its activities with the UN Sustainable Development Goals — every company and initiative is mapped against the SDGs it serves. Here is what that means in practice.
Entrepreneurship for all
Through the EDN association, the group supports founders from underrepresented communities: a non-profit incubator, the "Objectif CES" program taking African startups to Las Vegas, EDN Cafés in priority urban neighbourhoods, and the Madiba Center in Paris promoting Africa's ecosystems.
Girls' education through sport
A network of girls' basketball clubs in Tunisia — courts, equipment, coach training — built with the Tunisian and French Basketball Federations and the French Development Agency. Race for Africa extends it: one registered runner = one pair of sneakers offered to a girl joining a club.
Climate: pushing back the desert
The group offsets its audited greenhouse-gas emissions by planting 1,000 organic date palms on 12 hectares at the edge of the Tunisian Sahara — creating local jobs, sheltering new crops and aiming for organic certification.
Responsible publishing
20% of the group's advertising space is donated to environmental and solidarity causes. Magazines are printed on PEFC-certified paper with vegetable inks, and media-literacy programs help students decode information.
Africa, long term
Africa Moves dedicates a full day of every major event to women's entrepreneurship; Accelerate Africa grows a network of incubators across the continent; EIGHT develops higher-education institutes for humanity and technology.
Solidarity beyond borders
With the IStandByYou association, the group stands with people in crisis — starting with #IStandByLebanon, launched on the anniversary of the Beirut port explosion, replicating its African initiatives for the Lebanese people.
The associative heart of the ecosystem
EDN — Entrepreneurship & Diversity Network
Born in 2011, EDN [pronounced "eden"] is the non-profit incubator that stimulates impact-driven company creation within diverse communities. Its watchwords: innovation, inclusion, sustainable development. 30+ projects supported, expert evaluators for Horizon Europe, and initiatives from EDN Cafés to the Madiba Center. Ctrl+Alt+Create is proudly supported by EDN.
ednworld.com →IStandByYou
The solidarity association standing with people facing crisis. Its first initiative, #IStandByLebanon — launched on 4 August, anniversary of the Beirut port explosion — brings the group's proven African programs to the Lebanese people, from sport to entrepreneurship.
How responsibility runs through the model
Selection
Impact potential is a criterion from the very first screening of every venture opportunity — not an afterthought.
Industrialize without recarbonizing
Growth is planned around territories, local solidarities and shared resources — the group's emissions are audited and offset, and its industrial choices are made to grow without growing its footprint.
Measurement
Societal and environmental indicators sit alongside financial KPIs in the group's steering dashboards.
Digital sobriety
Even this website reflects it: no trackers, no third-party requests, lightweight static pages — fast for users, light for the planet.
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