A Kenyan innovator has emerged among the five winners picked in the Africa Top Women Innovators Challenge.
The challenge sought to help women entrepreneurs whose potential is far from being optimized scale up through growing their innovations and creating an enabling environment that allows entrepreneurs to flourish.
The selections for Africa Top Women Innovators Challenge were made from budding fashion designers, retailers, farmers and everyone else who demonstrated a track record in deploying innovative technology or business models, as well as having given something back to society along the way.
Audrey Cheng of Moringa School, established Moringa School to enable a whole generation to gain the skills they need to compete in the digital economy. Two years on, 100% of students have been placed in work, earning on average 350% more than before they completed the coursework.
The five Natalie Bitature, Musana Carts, Kampala, Uganda, Audrey Cheng, Moringa School, Nairobi, Kenya, Lilian Makoi Rabi, bimaAFYA, Tanzania,Nneile Nkholise, iMED Tech Group, Bloemfontein, South Africa and Larissa Uwase, CARL GROUP, Kigali, Rwanda were invited to the World Economic Forum on Africa in Kigali, Rwanda, where they will meet other social entrepreneurs and impact investors, and take part in conversations relevant to their expertise and interests.
“I strongly believe that the 21st century will be Africa’s century, that its young population has the potential to build a world where they are not only materially better off, but also where things are fairer, more sustainable and more tolerant than at any other time in history. But this will not be achieved unless women are able to make a full contribution. This is why we are showcasing Africa’s best female entrepreneurs in Kigali this week,” said Elsie Kanza, Head of Africa at the World Economic Forum.
