Vendors at the Waterside Market in Monrovia, Liberia. Informal markets and businesses make up a great deal of Africa’s economic activity. (Leon Neal/AFP/Getty Images) Women throughout Africa are starting businesses…
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She’s Working to Make Africa a Healthier Place to Live
Irivwegu Imade Ovuakpor saw the health issues facing rural communities in Africa and decided she wanted to do something about it. Her company Healthy Moms and Kids Africa spreads information…
Inspired By a Birthday Trip to Africa, She’s Made 8 Million Dresses for Girls in Need
Rachel O’Neill sends bundles of homemade dresses — and love — to children in Africa and other countries around the world. Most people spend their 50th birthdays at a restaurant…
Tech Education Coming to Women in West Africa
…harnessing the power of technology to transform the lives of disadvantaged people and communities in developing countries,” Njideka Harry, the executive director of the Youth for Technology Foundation, told AllAfrica.com….
This is the Only Women-Run Safari Site in All of Africa
…is a woman – and it’s the only safari camp in all of Africa that can make such a boast. Though it closed down temporarily due to the ongoing Covid-19…
First She Founded Jumia. Now, Her VC Fund Aims to Invest $66 Million in African Women Entrepreneurs
Fatoumata Ba has launched a venture capital fund to help other African female-run startups. An African female-led venture capital firm is on its way to reaching its €60 million (about…
Combining Cold Facts and a Warm Heart to Empower African Women
…and women there, but frequently cuts short their education. A 2014 report from the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization finds that one in 10 girls in Sub-Saharan Africa…
Why This $1 Million Beauty Startup Cares About African Shea Farmers
…value.” Fiscally, she’s right — shea butter exports from West Africa reportedly generate $90 million to $200 million each year. But on a more personal level, West African women are…
A Female Entrepreneur Rises from Defeat
…their products using shea butter sourced from women farmers in western Africa who relied upon buyers like them for their livelihoods. So instead of closing up shop, she pulled the…
She Escaped an Abusive Relationship and Built a Thriving Business
Russian-born South Africa-based entrepreneur Jennifer Glodnick knows what it’s like to fight for your business. After moving to South Africa at the age of 22 and starting a successful salon,…
Young Entrepreneurs: Jessica O. Matthews and Julia Silverman
…social issue through art and science. Find out how the sOccket changes communities through game and play. Both had travelled extensively through Africa – Matthews is Nigerian-American – and knew…
Ep.20: Reinventing the Wheelchair
…whether a dirt road in East Africa or a hiking trail in North America. And now the young entrepreneur’s company, GRIT, is selling the invention worldwide. See related article and…
Wangari Maathai: A ‘Mighty Woman’ Who Spoke Truth to Power
…than 30 million trees in Africa, helping 900,000 women. The Green Belt Movement has spread throughout the world, from Africa, to the United States, to Haiti, and beyond. It was…
Ep. 30: All About Those Periods
…was raped at age 7. In Africa, she was horrified to learn that girls at the orphanage were sometimes sexually abused in exchange for disposable pads. Through Days for Girls,…
Friday Four
…is a career infused with a fierce commitment to justice and a remarkable faith in the power of the fact. [line] 6 Emerging Female Entrepreneurs To Watch In Africa Mfonobong…