women entrepreneurs

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Joanna Hotung, Founder of Kids’ Gallery

Joanna Hotung encourages enquiry-based and balanced learning through her arts school, Kids’ Gallery. What’s your story? I founded the arts school Kids’ Gallery when my 4 year-old daughter “failed” art at her local kindergarten by insisting on painting an elephant orange instead of the requisite grey. The need for creativity and individuality in education struck […]
  1. ENTREPRENEURSHIP
  2. INTERVIEWS

Women on Top in Tech – Judith Owigar, Co-Founder at Akirachix Association and Founder/CEO at JuaKali Workforce Limited.

(Women on Top in Tech is a series about Women Founders, CEOs, and Leaders in technology. It aims to amplify and bring to the fore diversity in leadership in technology.) Here is our interview with Judith Owigar, Co-Founder at Akirachix Association and Founder/CEO at JuaKali Workforce Limited. She believes that exposure, education and use of technology can increase […]
  1. ENTREPRENEURSHIP
  2. INTERVIEWS

Women on Top in Tech – Zineb Chekraoui, Founder/CEO at Moroccan Heritage Exchange (MHE)

(Women on Top in Tech is a series about Women Founders, CEOs, and Leaders in technology. It aims to amplify and bring to the fore diversity in leadership in technology.) Here is our interview with Zineb Chekraoui, CEO & Founder of Moroccan Heritage Exchange (MHE). She is a social entrepreneur who has been involved extensively in leadership […]
  1. ENTREPRENEURSHIP
  2. INTERVIEWS

Women on Top in Tech – Maira Benjamin, Director of Engineering at Pandora and CTO Tech Advisor at The Relish Media Group

(Women on Top in Tech is a series about Women Founders, CEOs, and Leaders in technology. It aims to amplify and bring to the fore diversity in leadership in technology.) Here is my interview with Maira Benjamin, Director of Engineering at Pandora, as Pandora’s Director of Engineering, she leads the Playlist Algorithm, Music Tools, and Growth & Retention teams for […]
  1. ENTREPRENEURSHIP
  2. INTERVIEWS

Women on Top in Tech – Angela Margaret Solomon, Founder/CEO at Jaleesa & Director at Angela M. Solomon Communications.

(Women on Top in Tech is a series about Women Founders, CEOs, and Leaders in technology. It aims to amplify and bring to the fore diversity in leadership in technology.) Here is our interview with Angela Solomon, a Lebanese-British entrepreneur based in Beirut, who focuses on creating 100,000 jobs for trusted child carers. Angela is […]
  1. ENTREPRENEURSHIP
  2. INTERVIEWS

Women on Top in Tech – Roshni Mahtani, CEO/Founder at Tickled Media and theAsianparent.com.

(Women on Top in Tech is a series about Women Founders, CEOs, and Leaders in technology. It aims to amplify and bring to the fore diversity in leadership in technology.) Here is my interview with Roshni Mahtani, CEO & Founder at Tickled Media and theAsianparent. Roshni is also actively involved in the start-up community. In 2015, she founded […]

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