HISTORY

Artemisia was created in 2002 with a global outlook and the underlying objective of bringing greater opportunities to more people.

The organization's first program supported young
community leaders in various parts of the world, who were tackling youth unemployment through multiple strategies that included stimulating entrepreneurship.

In 2004, Artemisia Brazil was founded in order to start providing more strategic support to entrepreneurs within their local environment.

In the following years, partnerships were developed to extend Artemisia's presence to both Dakar, Senegal, and Paris, France.


OUTCOMES (2003 - 2007)

67 young entrepreneurs of Social-Business Ventures have been involved in the Artemisia Entrepreneurs Network

85 university students developed projects and
discovered a new choice of career

58 Social Business Plans were drawn up and are guiding new ventures

Over 10,000 people participated in awareness-raising events related to Social-Business Entrepreneurship

147 Social-Business Ventures received financial investment and other resources to expand their impact

2002
Artemisia was created with a global outlook
2003
Artemisia´s first program supported young community leaders around the world
2004
Artemisia Brazil was founded in order to start providing more strategic support to entrepreneurs within their local environment
2005
Artemisia partnered with Synapse Center in Dakar to create entrepreneur-student collaborations
in West Africa
2006
Entrepreneurs Sans Frontières was launched in Paris and the Artemisia methodology was adapted to an European context
2007
Entrepreneur-student collaborations were incorporated to the Brazilian program
2008
Artemisia is consolidating its programs and
methodologies and expanding its awareness-raising
initiatives