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Stephanie Fornaro survived postpartum depression with no support system and realized what her own mother must have faced. Now she and thousands of other moms are building companies to solve the problems that traditional employers won't address.
A groundbreaking accelerator designed to fix a shocking funding gap just opened applications for ten more African women tech entrepreneurs. Despite running 58% of Africa's self-employed businesses, women founders received less than 1% of startup funding last year.
After her husband died and her children grew up, 98-year-old Prabhavati turned one small catering request into Nani's Nashta, a thriving Ahmedabad food business. Today, more than 200 families depend on her authentic Gujarati cooking.
Maria Kuriakose returned to her home state of Kerala with an idea most people walk past every day: turning discarded coconut shells into beautiful, functional products. Her company Thenga Coco is now India's largest coconut shell product manufacturer, proving that waste can become opportunity.
A teacher who saw Africa's classrooms struggling built an AI platform that's now helping thousands of students learn better. The World Bank just named her startup one of the continent's best.
A childhood memory of a fallen tree led Rituricha Jain to leave her PhD and launch Paperdom, transforming banana stems and textile scraps into beautiful paper products. Her Surat-based company now recycles 140 tonnes of waste annually.
A frustrated daughter tired of stuffing packages into overweight suitcases built a logistics company now serving four West African countries. Afrisends turned personal pain into a thriving B2B solution connecting businesses to reliable international suppliers.
A Stanford-trained doctor flipped healthcare hiring on its head, creating a platform where employers chase nurses instead. Now 1.5 million nurses use it to find jobs faster.
When Ghazal Alagh couldn't find safe skincare for her baby's skin issues, she built her own solution. Her brand Mamaearth now helps 1.5 million families across India choose products they can trust.
Allison Ellsworth walked onto Shark Tank nine months pregnant in 2018 with a soda alternative she made in her kitchen. Seven years later, PepsiCo bought Poppi for nearly $2 billion.
After her husband passed away, 98-year-old Prabhavati found herself with no one to cook for after six decades of feeding her family. One catering request turned into Nani's Nashta, a thriving business now serving over 200 families her authentic Gujarati dishes.
A melanoma survivor turned her brush with skin cancer into a thriving self-tanning empire that just scored a major deal with America's biggest beauty retailer. Luna Bronze is proving you can celebrate sun-kissed skin safely while building a business that empowers women worldwide.