In a country where only 11% of the land is suitable for agriculture, Indonesia faces an uphill...
Fellows’ Stories
‘People Before Profits’: The Philosophy Behind Kelvin Steve’s Clean Energy Solution for Women-Owned Businesses
Kelvin Steve and the story of founding Replast Engineering began in Lagos, Nigeria, where he...
Turning Waste into Opportunity: Lukas Jasiūnas and ecorbio’s Mission for a Greener Tomorrow
With the ambition of innovating environmental sustainability, ecorbio is a chemical engineering...
UMA: Maria Andrea Hernández’s Steadfast Pledge to Improving the Lives of Peruvian Female Artisans
“I started to study economics because I wanted to be a finance girl,” Maria Andrea Hernández...
How Tasfia Ridhita and TransEnd Craft Are Empowering Bangladesh’s Transgender Community
Tasfia Tarannum Ridhita didn’t set out to start a business enterprise—at least, not at first. Even in the company’s beginning stages, neither she nor anyone on her team had any formal experience in entrepreneurship. But sometimes, necessity drives innovation. In...
Senior Connect: Transforming Germany’s Senior Workforce
“It all started with my grandma,” Tim Findeiss remembered, narrating the origins of Senior Connect, the platform that would soon grow to help thousands of people. His grandmother, the lead at Feindeiss’ local library, often received requests from her friends to work...
Tech Trailblazer: Empowering Girls for a Digital World
In Karachi, Pakistan, Shazadi Faiza grew up amidst a backdrop of societal expectations that often placed limits on women’s ambitions. But for Faiza, these limitations only fueled a determination to chart a different course—one that would empower other women to break...