the pride of Africa's women entrepreneurs
Lynn Worsley and the inspiring team of ecopreneurs of All Women Recycling, Cape Town
All Women Recycling is an inspiring women-led social enterprise in South Africa turning discarded plastic soft-drink bottles into beautiful upcycled, highly decorative giftboxes.
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Ellen Chilemba, founder and director of Tiwali, Malawi
Congratulations to Ellen Chilemba the founder of Tiwali, a social enterprise in Malawi, for being one of the five winners of Ashoka's Future Forward: Youth Innovations for Employment in Africa challenge.
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Lionesses of Africa is celebrating Africa’s women social entrepreneurs this January. During this month we will feature the continent's leading social-preneurs and bring you the latest news on the rise of social enterprises that are focused on making Africa a better place.
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WeCyclers, Nigeria
MitiMeth, Nigeria
Afrocentric Bamboo, Ghana
EcoPost, Kenya
Repurpose Schoolbags, South Africa
An adventurous, new eco-spirit is emerging from Africa and it is being spearheaded by a young generation of women entrepreneurs who are committed to making a difference to the sustainable future of the continent. Meet 7 such women who are making a major impact on society.
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Bilikiss Adebiyi-Abiola, co-founder of WeCyclers, Nigeria
Source: Fast Company | January 5, 2015
Lagos, Nigeria, is home to 21 million people, but only 40% of their trash is collected. The rest ends up in heaps, spreading disease. To lessen the burden, a local named Bilikiss Adebiyi-Abiola launched the recycling startup Wecyclers. Its challenge: Teach people to care about trash.
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Victoria Kisyombe, founder of Sero Lease and Finance (SELFINA), Tanzania
Victoria’s incredible journey into entrepreneurship emerged as a result of personal tragedy and the unexpected death of her husband back in 1991. For her and their three young children, life was to change inexorably as she was left to deal with the resulting social and economic challenges facing them. An entrepreneurial approach to life thereafter provided the solution.
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Bilikiss Adebiyi-Abiola, founder of WeCyclers, Nigeria
An award-winning Nigerian social entrepreneur who has built a sustainable and economically viable business model to help the poor communities of Lagos reclaim their neighbourhoods from the scourge of pollution and waste.
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Lorna Rutto, founder of EcoPost, Kenya
Source: BBC News Africa | November 10, 2014
Lorna Rutto is an entrepreneur who founded Ecopost, a Nairobi-based company that recycles plastic waste. Five years ago she gave up her job deciding, instead, to pursue her dream of ridding Nairobi of plastic waste through recycling. Without much experience and money, many thought her ambition crazy. She told the BBC how she made her dream a reality and shared advice for aspiring entrepreneurs. Watch her interview....
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Janet Nkubana and Joy Ndungutse, founders of Gahaya Links, Rwanda
Rwandan social entrepreneurs and sisters, Janet Nkubana and Joy Ndungutse, are testimony to triumph over incredible adversity. They are an example of how women in that country are spearheading a new economic revival following the 1994 genocide which took the lives of 1 million people.
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Janet Shaw, founder of the Zulu Beadwork Project
A social entrepreneur creates a Zulu beadwork collaboration that empowers, uplifts and celebrates the talents of South African craftswomen.
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Bethlehem Tilahun Alemu, founder of soleRebels
This inspirational Ethiopian woman entrepreneur founded the world's fastest-growing African footwear brand and the only Fair Trade-certified footwear company in the world.
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