African Businesswoman

Two childhood friends turned business partners, Tshego Molefi and Ofentse Melato-Dube, are transforming South Africa’s waste into opportunities through Moli & Mela Group. The duo leads an all-women, …

Two South African women, Sasha Knott and Kelly Louw, are driving change in the country’s job market through their business, Job Crystal. This company uses AI-driven technology to …

Ijeoma Balogun founded Redrick Public Relations (PR), a communications agency based in Lagos that has significantly impacted Africa’s PR industry. With a background in journalism, the founder transitioned …

Ginette Blackbeard is redefining the beauty industry by transforming everyday waste into purpose-driven skincare products. Raised with a deep respect for the planet and an aversion to waste, …

Zebeline Ertance is transforming the vanilla industry in Madagascar by ensuring that farmers, particularly women, receive fair compensation. Her business policy rejects child labour, allowing children to remain …

Recently, Solape Akinpelu, founder of HerVest, won the $30,000 top prize at the 2025 Aurora Tech Award, an international competition celebrating women founders whose tech solutions create real …

Many Ethiopians, like Samrawit Fikru, have faced the daily struggle of finding safe, reliable transport in a city with an unstructured ride-hailing network. Instead of accepting it as …

Dorothy Mofomme, through her company Valotech228, is impacting South Africa’s railway infrastructure and building pathways for the next generation of female engineers to rise. She was just nine …

Feyikemi Akin-Bankole has established herself as a leader in African media and communications. She is the Associate Communications Manager at Spotify for West Africa. Akin-Bankole’s journey into the …

Felicia Twumasi, founder and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Homefoods Processing and Cannery Ltd., is an icon in Ghana’s agro-processing industry. What she started as a small-scale food …