Female Leadership
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Willow Technologies leads innovation in Ghana’s building materials industry.
Willow Technologies, a material research and building technology practice, has been recognized as part of ArchDaily’s 2023 Best New Practices for its transformative work utilizing agricultural by-products to create sustainable building materials. Founded by Ghanaian-Filipino designer and architectural scientist Mae-Ling Lokko, the company is exploring the potential of bio-based materials, particularly agro-waste, for construction purposes…
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15 young females graduate from Agro Kings’ Women in Agriculture Mechanization Programme
Agro Kings, the agtech company, has graduated 15 young women from the Women in Agriculture Mechanisation Programme, a four-week intensive training organised by Agro Kings in partnership with GIZ and the Sustainable Employment through Agribusiness (AgriBiz) programme. The training equipped the trainees with the skills and knowledge to pilot commercial drones and operate and maintain…
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Izzy Obeng shortlisted for the 2023 Veuve Clicquot Bold Awards
The Veuve Clicquot Bold Awards, one of the most prestigious awards for female entrepreneurs, has shortlisted Izzy Obeng, founder of the entrepreneurship support organization, Foundervine, for the 2023 awards. Izzy is an entrepreneur, business coach and professional speaker who leads Foundervine – an international training consultancy specializing in start-up and scale-up acceleration programmes. She aims…
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Kola Market selected for the Google for Startups Accelerator Africa: Women Founders Cohort
Kola Market, the B2B fullstack e-commerce startup, has been selected for the Google for Startups Accelerator Africa: Women Founders Cohort. Led by Marie-Reine Seshie, the platform leverages AI and other digital tools to provide marketing, consistent sales and blended finance to SMEs across Africa. Their RaaS (Results-as-a-Service) intelligent forecasting uses machine learning and proprietary, predictive…
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Legendary Food Africa crowned winner of the 2023 Sankalp Africa Awards
Legendary Foods, a food-tech startup from Ghana, won the 10th Edition of the Sankalp Africa Summit Awards. Vetsark, the agri-financing startup and Agki Medical, a healthcare startup, were the first and second runner-ups, respectively. Legendary Foods delivers the nutrition of meat at the price and sustainability of plants using insect agriculture made into delicious products.…
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BD Waste and Chestify AI Labs selected for the Telecel ASIP Accelerator
Two Ghanaian startups, BD Waste and Chestify AI Labs, have been selected for the Telecel Group ASIP Accelerator. Anchored by telecoms giant Telecel, the Africa Startup Initiative Program supports the next generation of early-stage African tech startups disrupting key industry verticals, including fintech, insuretech, agritech, and digitizing the informal economy, among others. BD Waste is…
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Legendary Foods lands new investment from Nairobi Business Angel Network
The foodtech company has secured an undisclosed amount of funding from the Nairobi Business Angel Network to address food insecurity. Legendary Foods delivers the nutrition of meat at the price and sustainability of plants using insect agriculture made into delicious products. Led by Shobhita Soor, the company produces palm weevil larva, a local delicacy that…
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Jetstream Africa scores $13 million to facilitate cross border trade across African countries
Jetstream Africa, the technology-enabled logistics company, has secured a $ 13 million pre-Series A financing to scale into various markets in the continent. The funds will be used to support Jetstream’s expansion into new countries and the continued development of its technology platform, which vertically aggregates the fragmented financing and logistics vendors that support trade…