https://www.herworld.com/gallery/women/women-now/cartier-womens-initiative-2021-female-entrepreneurs/
Rafa Cavalcanti, Brazil, CloQ
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At CloQ, low-income people in Brazil can have access to nano-credit, enabling them to build a credit history that leads to inclusion in the financial system, and bridges clients to other financial services that could improve their financial health.
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Barbara Granek, Brazil, Fishtag
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The B2B platform offers integrated services that directly connect seafood buyers and sellers, optimising the supply chain and promoting sustainability by eliminating intermediaries.
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Valentina Rogacheva, Mexico, Verqor
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Vergor is a company that gives data-based cashless credits to financially excluded smallholder farmers; they can then use the credits to buy agricultural supplies on Verqor’s platform.
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Sabina Bharwani, United States, TX, Hello World
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Hello World is a SaaS company serving in-school K-12 computer science programmes through its proprietary curriculum and learning management software.
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Rebecca Hui, United States, NY, Roots Studio
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Social enterprise Roots Studio works with indigenous communities globally to digitise their cultural heritage into intellectual property.
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Ellington West, United States, MD, Sonavi Labs
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Sonavi Labs brings AI-powered diagnostic technology to clinicians, health workers, patients, and parents with its Feelix smart stethoscope.
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Andrea Barber, Spain, RatedPower
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RatedPower is on a mission to digitise the renewable energy industry and maximise clean energy’s potential with a software as a service (SaaS) product that discovers the smartest ways to design solar energy plants and automates their engineering.
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Jenifer Clausell-Tormos, Denmark, Develop Diverse
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As an AI-powered software, Develop Diverse functions like a spell-checker to automatically detect social biases across an organisation’s communication platforms and suggest inclusive alternatives.
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Olga Kitaina, Russia, Alter
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Alter is a science-based service that matches people with credentialed psychotherapists, providing access to care for patients and a turnkey solution for professionals.
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Tomilola Adejana, Nigeria, Bankly
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A “bank for the unbanked”, Bankly meets the needs of the financially excluded by providing the personal and technological touchpoints they require to digitise their cash and grow their income in a safe and simple way.
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Yetunde Ayo-Oyalowo, Nigeria, Market Doctors
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Market Doctors is a company that provides affordable basic medical services to Nigeria’s underserved population.
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Seynabou Dieng, Mali, Maya
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Maya is a food processing company specialising in grocery store products and it uses an inclusive model through partnership with farmers in Mali.
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Basima Abdulrahman, Iraq, Kesk
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Offering green building services and products, Kesk changes the way buildings and communities are planned, constructed, maintained, and operated in Iraq.
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Rana El Sakhawy, UAE, MonkiBox
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MonkiBox is an early learning platform that helps parents support their child’s cognitive and physical development through science-backed play essentials and information matched to the child’s stage of development.
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Manal Hakim, Lebanon, Geek Express
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Geek Express is an accredited ed-tech platform enabling students with STEM skills through a multidimensional learning journey of online coding courses, DIY kits, and self-paced lessons.
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Natalie Chan, Hong Kong SAR (China), OWN Academy
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OWN Academy empowers young people to be changemakers and problem solvers of the future.
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Corina Huang, Taiwan (China), Boncha Boncha
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Boncha Boncha offers high-absorption candy pills that provide nutrition to people who have difficulty swallowing conventional pills.
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Nana Wang, China, No Barriers Tech Co.
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No Barriers Tech Co.’s AI-based hardware and software solutions provide a bridge between the deaf and hearing world.
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Edwina Sharrock, Australia, Birth Beat
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To improve health outcomes for mothers and families globally, Birth Beat provides evidence-based childbirth education online.
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Rebecca Percasky, New Zealand, The Better Packaging Co
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The Better Packaging Co produces sustainable packaging, practises product stewardship, and communicates and educates about waste.
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Mimi Wu, Myanmar, Myanmar Recycles
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Myanmar Recycles collects hard-to-recycle, single-use plastic waste and recycles them into resin, thereby promoting a circular, closed-loop economy for plastics.
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Rana Sanyal, Turkey, RS Research
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RS Research is a next-generation therapeutics company that develops novel nanomedicines based on innovative drug delivery platforms to treat cancer patients.
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Orianna Bretschger, United States, Aquacycl
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Aquacycl offers modular on-site organic waste treatment systems that make energy-neutral wastewater treatment a reality.
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Christina Gyenge, Canada, Agora Energy Technologies
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The engineering company develops innovative non-metal CO2-based batteries for long-duration renewable energy storage.
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