Meet 24 female entrepreneurs who’re leading the way for a better future

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.

The B2B platform offers integrated services that directly connect seafood buyers and sellers, optimising the supply chain and promoting sustainability by eliminating intermediaries.

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.

Hello World is a SaaS company serving in-school K-12 computer science programmes through its proprietary curriculum and learning management software.

Social enterprise Roots Studio works with indigenous communities globally to digitise their cultural heritage into intellectual property.

Sonavi Labs brings AI-powered diagnostic technology to clinicians, health workers, patients, and parents with its Feelix smart stethoscope.

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.

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.

Alter is a science-based service that matches people with credentialed psychotherapists, providing access to care for patients and a turnkey solution for professionals.

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.

Market Doctors is a company that provides affordable basic medical services to Nigeria’s underserved population.

Maya is a food processing company specialising in grocery store products and it uses an inclusive model through partnership with farmers in Mali.

Offering green building services and products, Kesk changes the way buildings and communities are planned, constructed, maintained, and operated in Iraq.

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.

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.

OWN Academy empowers young people to be changemakers and problem solvers of the future.

Boncha Boncha offers high-absorption candy pills that provide nutrition to people who have difficulty swallowing conventional pills.

No Barriers Tech Co.’s AI-based hardware and software solutions provide a bridge between the deaf and hearing world.

To improve health outcomes for mothers and families globally, Birth Beat provides evidence-based childbirth education online.

The Better Packaging Co produces sustainable packaging, practises product stewardship, and communicates and educates about waste.

Myanmar Recycles collects hard-to-recycle, single-use plastic waste and recycles them into resin, thereby promoting a circular, closed-loop economy for plastics.

RS Research is a next-generation therapeutics company that develops novel nanomedicines based on innovative drug delivery platforms to treat cancer patients.

Aquacycl offers modular on-site organic waste treatment systems that make energy-neutral wastewater treatment a reality.

The engineering company develops innovative non-metal CO2-based batteries for long-duration renewable energy storage.

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