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Pauline Koelbl Explains How ShEquity is Investing in Women to Grow African Economies

by AfricaBusinessPodcast

Pauline Koelbel has an amazing life story that shows how determination just to survive can bring you to the right piace to thrive. For Pauline, thriving is all about paying it forward. A background of working with the UN and WHO provided a strong foundation for understanding how economies are built and how investing can help women beyond self-empowerment. In Africa, that kind of investment can lift communities into real economic gain.  It’s the reason she founded ShEquity.  

Co-host for this episode is Dr. Osita Aniemeka, a long-standing Frontrunner. As the co-founder and CEO of the Sub Saharan Open University and entrepreneurship expert heaquartered in Nigeria, his experience aligned perfectly for this conversation to showcase the collaborative approach to impact. By the end of this episode, a partnership was already beginning to bloom. Pauline is looking for more partners, so listen, learn, and share. 

Shilpa

Shilpa and SheRocks India are Developing an Empowered Nation and World

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Shilpa is a driven young changemaker, full of energy derived by pursuing all the skills and knowledge that propel her into the big work she has in front of her. The work: empowering her country of India and the extended family of humans around the world to get what they need to create their own change. SheRocks is not just an enterprise, but, a story of perseverance collectively and passionately packaged into services that train for security and safety, addresses all-round wellness, provides business services that focus on tech skills, and engages companies for business growth. Her network is impressive spanning defense and government connections, as well as diplomats. How Shilpa rocks is pretty amazing, and this episode will give you a glimpse of someone you should get to know for yourself.

Paul Barry

Paul Barry and Mary Kurek Launch Habit Driven on Frontrunners Innovate Podcast

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Paul Barry is co-founder and partner of an Ai platform focused on helping people develop good habits to achieve goals quicker and easier. The platform is Habit Driven and this episode focuses on how the platform works and how experts can become Channel Partners with lots of benefits to all.

Also, this episode officially launches Mary Kurek’s own channel on Habit Driven that centers around relationship building that leads to enterprise development. Link to Mary’s Channel and other resource links below.

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Mary Kurek Shares Business Opportunities for Connectors

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Mary Kurek is the President and CEO of Frontrunners Development, a US-based business development company that connects the world’s problem solvers with business opportunities. Those opportunities can be trade partnerships, leads for business transactions in healthcare, building a collaborative model for bundling, resource identification to solve a problem, or partnership with a large-scale project in energy or economic development and infrastructure. Mary shares some of the projects her company and partners have been working on recently that are featured in her publication called Opportunities Newscast (published 2x a mo.) She also tells you how you could become a collaborator in these activities thereby placing you in the financial thread.

Note:  Scroll to bottom of this page to register for the free “Opportunities Newscast” publication.

Valeri Bocage

Valeri Bocage Shares Prayer Event Details for October 22-2024

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Valeri Bocage Shares Prayer Event Details for October 22-2024

Valeri Bocage was living in New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina before moving to California.  She vowed to put her energy and efforts into helping the Lower 9th Ward in New Orleans to overcome and build back stronger.  In so doing, she founded Powerful Women International with a strong group of women who are helping her do just that.  Additionally, the organization tackles issues relating to the UN SDGs.  In the last couple of months, Valeri and her team decided (with the help and endorsement of New Orleans officials) that a Prayer Event to bring about unity would be a great step in the right direction for the community.  The idea quickly grew beyond New Orleans into other areas of the United States and beyond.  In this podcast, Valeri shares more about the event and how you can participate on Tuesday, October 22, 2024.  The prayer is about peace and unity and an open call no matter your preference for worship.

Meet Valeri Bocage

Contact for Valeri Bocage

Powerful Women Int'l Site

Valeri's Linkedin

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Angela Wilbourn Ensures That Amazing Opportunities are Available for HBCU Students

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Angela Wilbourn is an area development director for the United Negro College Fund (UNCF). She fundraises and develops programs and events that will support educational  interests and inspire fresh ideas within the Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) community.  Her work centers in the San Francisco area where technology thrives and innovation is abundant, and, while Angela is well aware of the assets around her, she is solidly founded on the principles of impact. She brings her whole self to the negotiating table when it comes to advocacy for the students and the experiences she wants for them.  Those experiences won’t happen without a fat address book and some fantastic donors who help her in seeing that it all gets done.  Angela talks about her background, the work ahead, and some special events coming up with host, Mary Kurek, and  co-host, Terry Briggs, a huge advocate for HBCUs and Angela’s efforts.

Myra Godfrey

Myra Godfrey and Guests Discuss the WELL Method and Soulful Practices for Greater Wellness

by PodcastWellness

Myra Godfrey leads her own PR agency, (Jaya Jaya Myra Productions – Public Relations for Good) but the primary topic for this episode focuses on Myra’s work in building better wellness through long-held spiritual practices that deepen our human character.  Her passion project attached to this goal falls under her nonprofit organization:  Gita for the Masses.

Purposeful living is a concept we embraced as we moved through this insightful conversation with Myra, whose experience in self-healing brought up several topics around wellness and wellbeing.

Myra shares a bit of her story and where she’s headed with the work she’s doing that includes setting up a center in New York followed by an online version.

We are joined by Alana Stott, Founder and CEO of Blue Rose Foundation and Brooke Emery Scharfstein, Owner of B Unlimited Productions and Co-Founder of Joint Venture Consulting.

Bob LeVine

Bob LeVine and University Consultants of America Helps Students Find and Get into the Right College

by EducationPodcastTechnology

He’s the resource you wish you had when you were in high school. Now, he may be the resource you need for your college-bound child. Bob LeVine (CEO of University Consultants of America) skillfully and with compassion, helps students and parents navigate the path toward college admissions. He and his staff spend time getting to know the family and the student’s learning methods, interests, and personalities. They help students explore the best colleges that will fit them and helps them prepare for admission, get in, and work through college life hurdles. And, they’ve been doing it successfully for years. There are other services that have to do with life-skills and career planning, but, you’re going to want to let your student listen to this episode. It could be lifechanging for your family. 

Noleen Mariappen

Noleen Mariappen Talks with Mary Kurek about Science Summit UNGA79

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Noleen Mariappen is the Founder and CEO of Impactoverse and the Co-Founder of Think Ocean (both headquartered in the UK) and she, along with Frontrunners Development CEO, Mary Kurek, will be co-moderators of the upcoming Science Summit UNGA 79 scheduled for September 13, 2024. In this episode, the two discuss the topics and speakers for the virtual event along with details that will help you plan for attending this important United Nations information gathering forum.

Science Summit UNGA 79 Info & Registration (Virtual Sept. 13, 2024) ⁠https://sciencesummitunga.vfairs.com/…⁠ You have to register in order to view the full agenda. 

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Blutus Mbambi Leads Youth to Create Climate Action

by AfricaclimatePodcastTechnology

In this episode of Frontrunners Innovate, we invite a young voice for climate action to the podcast to share with us his journey into the leadership spotlight for this important cause. Blutus Mbambi has been working on his education that wraps around the critical aspects of climate – from policy and diplomacy down to the core of the involved science and even community building. He’s been rewarded with a stage for his voice and some recognition from UNESCO and the United Nations. For him, this is a “must-do” and he wants more than anything for his voice to be heard because he realizes he carries the voices of many with him who cannot be heard. We share this episode at the beginning of “Climate Month 2024.” Please share to others, particularly the youth in your area.