…the investment needed to scale our business so that we may invite more women and girls into our programs. [Related: Inspired By a Birthday Trip to Africa, She’s Made 8…
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5 Crowdfunders to Watch – Local and Global Innovations
…in electrical engineering. The company says it aims to tap the $444 billion industry around remittances, or money sent by mail, starting with sub-Saharan Africa, a region that regularly receives…
Jillian Ryan of Mariemae: Utilizing E-Commerce to Support Business Training for Women in Developing Markets
…E-Commerce Location: Dallas, Texas, U.S. Reason for starting: After spending more than a decade advising Fortune100 companies on how to do business in Africa, I decided it was time to…
Turning Soap into Jobs for Iraqi Women
…women from the Middle East/North Africa region and Sweden called She Entrepreneur by the Swedish Institute, held in Stockholm and Tunisia. There, she was given leadership training, help developing her…
Maria-Lola Edun of La Signorina Chocolates: Fashionable Chocolate for the Socially-Conscious Sweet Tooth
…countries. I grew up in West Africa and experienced on a daily basis the struggles people face that we take for granted in developed countries. This is why I started…
Bianca Tudor of Elite Business Women: Helping to Develop a Culture of Female Entrepreneurship in Romania
…in Romania, with my business partner from South Africa, we came to the conclusion that we had different visions. In that period of time my business partner had become more…
She Believes Empathy Can Change the World
Nesh Pillay, a South African-born, Canadian entrepreneur has worked in advertising and marketing for years. But a while back she began to notice the disparity between budgets spent on spent…
Nadia Moolman: Re-Inventing Confectionary
This story is part of our 1,000+ Stories campaign. What’s your story? Name: Nadia Moolman Business: Nanuki Location: Johannesburg, South Africa Industry: Food & Beverage Reason for starting? As a…
Yetunde Macaulay: Extracurricular Activities to Aid Success
…his purpose by strengthening the quality of leadership and affecting the economy of Africa through his work. [box_light]Website www.mydreamconnect.org Twitter @mydreamconnect Facebook www.facebook.com/MyDreamConnect Instagram @mydreamconnect [/box_light] Tell us your story!…
She’s Brought a Climate-Resilient Superfood to the World’s Attention
…Pacific, Caribbean, Central America and Africa. It is around the size of a melon, with a spiky or pebbled skin that can range in color from brown to green-yellow. The…
Willing to Eat Crickets? This Business Hopes You’ll Turn a Dare Into a Healthful Habit
…aspect of crickets-as-food for most Americans, even though insects are widely eaten in Africa, Asia and Latin America. For better or for worse, “crickets are going to be a novelty…
Feeling Lost, She Quit Her Corporate Job, Started a Social Enterprise and Reinvented Her Life
…Africa, “you would see classrooms with 12 kids sharing two pencils, and I actually visited a village in Zambia where kids were walking through crocodile-infested waters just to get to…
5 Crowdfunders to Watch – Wearable Good
…toward manufacturing her clothing in these ethical facilities. 4. Investing in South African Production (via Kickstarter) The Business: The all-female team behind GreyC2, a South African organization that sells ethically…
She Got Her Products Into Target – And It Nearly Destroyed Her Business. Here’s How She Rebuilt
…was the commitment she’d made to the women in Africa who provide her ingredients that tipped the scales in favor of pressing onward. Alabi enrolled in a business accelerator for…
Both Advances and Setbacks for Women-Owned Businesses Around the World
…for female entrepreneurs ranging from increased access to financial training for women in Sub-Saharan Africa to bolstering skills-related confidence for East Asian women. To read more about the state of…