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Africa's Female Entrepreneurs You Should Know About PT. 1

  • Walletally Editors
  • Jan 11, 2017
  • 1 min read

Owigar is the co-founder of JuaKali, an online platform similar to LinkedIn that connects blue collar workers in the informal sector to employment opportunities.

JuaKali allows users to create online profiles to showcase their expertise and recommendations to find formal

employment in Kenya through web and mobile platforms.

Anne is co-founder of Nandimobile, a software company that leverages the power of mobile phones to connect consumers with businesses.

A graduate of the Meltwater Entrepreneurial School of Technology in Ghana, Anne has a BSc in computer engineering and is currently the company’s technical development lead.

Juliana Rotich is an information technology professional who has developed web tools for crowdsourcing crisis information and coverage of topics related to the environment.

She is the Executive Director for Ushahidi, an Open-source software project which uses crowdsourced geolocation, mobile phone, and web reporting data to provide crisis reporting and information.

Senegalese-Born, British Businesswoman Mariéme Jamme is a London-based CEO, blogger, technologist and social entrepreneur.

Mariéme was honoured as a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum for her activism work in empowering and investing in young girls and women in Africa, Middle East and Asia through creative learning, entrepreneurship, science, technology, engineering, art, mathematics and Design (STEAMD).

She also recently joined forces with a group of African leaders to create Accur8Africa, a new platform aiming at enabling governments, businesses, entrepreneurs and the civil society in Africa at measuring the success of the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030 with Accurate Data.


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