Discover how Molly Bedingfield, founder of Global Angels Foundation (UK), is transforming communities in Africa through innovative, circular economy projects and community-led initiatives. This episode highlights practical models for sustainable development, emphasizing the importance of local leadership and collaboration. Co-hosting with Mary Kurek is Tobias Nauruki, Founding President and CEO of the African International Policy Research Center in Nairobi, Kenya.
Explore inspiring stories of grassroots entrepreneurship, agricultural innovation, and community empowerment from Zambia and Kenya. This episode highlights practical strategies for sustainability and the importance of partnerships in development projects.
Frontrunners Innovate partnered with the healthcare innovation funding platform, LeagueMed.com to share innovations aimed at making a huge difference to patients, public health, and the provider community. In this episode, host Mary Kurek introduced LeagueMed founders, John Gallagher and Paul Cella, co-host, Dr. Angela Unufe, and guest innovator, Paul Christie, CEO of Tachmed. The conversation focuses on Tachmed’s goal of securing reliable realtime health data through a device that can be utilized to test for conditions in the comfort of a patient’s home, and how that data can impact decision-making on a broader scale. Listeners will also pick up details from Christie’s background and journey that could be interesting to fellow innovators in the healthcare space as well as potential collaborative opportunities. Learn about LeagueMed and the benefits of dropping into this free membership platform.
Rose Mmbaga is a powerhouse advocate for youth in Africa. With many accolaides to her credit as a foundation for expanding her impact, Rose and her team at the Kijana Initiative Organization (Tanzania) are aiming to mentor young changemakers, address gender disparities, enhance digital literacy, and elevate climate preparedness. She talked with Frontrunners Innovate host, Mary Kurek, about her journey into the work she’s doing and how she’s expanding the opportunities to create momentum.
Dr. Emma Oliveira with partner, Rashida Musa, are well familiar with the features of Bahia that make it an amazing place to visit, conduct business, and live. As African women living in Ghana, these globally experienced business women decided to share the feeling of connectedness that they hold for Bahia in a way that allows it to engage others. They’ve put together a special event inclusive of anyone who has interest in visiting Bahia to be able to fully embrace all that you couldn’t possibly want. This isn’t your everyday excursion, this is a serious dive into Bahia’s real estate, business, homelife, culture, African heritage, and more. And, should you decide (as Rashida did a few years ago) that you need to spend more time there, you will have access to all the resources you need to make that happen. In this episode, we talk with Emma and Rashida about this amazing opportunity complete with details on how people can participate.
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.
Dr. Emma Oliveira is a dental surgeon and businesswoman whose talents for scouting the perfect location, the right staff, the best equipment, and all the resources to create a beautiful clinic created a hit in Ghana and now, the world. She is a business partner at the Dental Real Estate Company and is constantly scouting for new locations, resources, and partners for what she says are not your ordinary clinics. She shares that they are well-designed, beautifully appointed facilities that are welcoming and comfortable. In a new direction, Dr. Oliveira points out that the amenities will be more in line with what you’d call luxury, and she has an interesting idea on how and where these special clinics will be found. She talks about her projects and mission to combine tourism, cultural exchange, and business facilitation between Ghana and Salvador, all in this episode with Mary Kurek, Host and Co-Host, Mary Chirwa, an aspiring dental surgeon from Zambia.
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