A Hero’s Journey to Building Africa's Largest Integrated Healthcare Network, Entrepreneurship Insights from an ABH judge, Meet ABH Top 20, and more!
Africa's Business Heroes
We aim to identify, spotlight and support African entrepreneur heroes creating impact in their communities.
Welcome to?African AI, the newsletter of Africa’s Business Heroes, where we highlight impactful stories, insights, and innovations from across the continent.
In this edition, we feature our 2020 2nd Prize winner, Oluwasoga Oni, who is a co-founder of Mdaas Global, a network of diagnostic clinics operating across Nigeria. Mdaas aims to become the largest integrated care network on the continent, driving healthcare innovation to improve the lives of all Africans. In this edition, he shares his journey of founding and running the company and offers lessons that entrepreneurs in the same space can learn from him.
In this edition, you will also meet this year's Top 20, who will be competing live in Cairo, Egypt, for their spot in the Top 10 and their share of the 1.5 million USD. As we look back on the journey of identifying our Top 20, Round 2 judge Isaac Ewaleifoh shares practical advice with African founders that they can apply as they play the long-term entrepreneurship game.
Our spotlight hero of the month is Dr. Ethel Mupambwa, our 2020 ABH third prize winner and the founder and CEO of MoneyMart, a microfinance institution that has been making significant strides in promoting financial inclusion.
Don’t miss our?Opportunity Desk?at the bottom of the newsletter, where you can find career openings, courses, and programs offered by our community members.
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In this edition, we sat down with Oluwasoga Oni, ABH 2020 2nd Prize winner and co-founder of Mdaas Global, as he discusses their mission to build the largest integrated care network on the continent. We explore the challenges of running a business in Africa, his experiences with fundraising, and the lessons he’d share with other entrepreneurs.
Isaac Ewaleifoh brings you four essential keys to not only survive but excel as an entrepreneur in Africa. From prioritizing your well-being to increasing your visibility, he shares insights designed to empower you to make a lasting impact across the continent. Dive in and discover how to transform challenges into opportunities.
Africa's Business Heroes hosted an impactful session of its ScaleUp series, centered around the theme: "Solving the People Puzzle in Entrepreneurship." The event provided a platform for some of Africa’s most successful entrepreneurs and past ABH Heroes to share their wisdom and experiences on managing people dynamics within growing businesses. The article below summarizes what our panel of experts shared with the audience.
Anticipation Builds as ABH Top 20 Finalists Head to Semi-Final Stage.?Following a rigorous evaluation process, the Africa’s Business Heroes (ABH) Prize Competition has announced its 2024 Top 20 Finalists. This announcement of 20 Finalists is a significant milestone in the 2024 ABH journey, which began with ~20,000 hopefuls from across Africa. These Top 20 Finalists, chosen by an expert panel of judges from around the world, have demonstrated exceptional innovation, impact, and potential to scale their businesses.
We are excited to announce that the Africa’s Business Heroes semi-finals will take place in Cairo, Egypt, on the 27th and 28th of September 2024!
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Our spotlight hero of the month is Dr. Ethel Mupambwa, our 2020 ABH third prize winner and the founder and CEO of MoneyMart, a microfinance institution that has been making significant strides in promoting financial inclusion. The company focuses on offering affordable and accessible credit to small businesses, farmers, and women entrepreneurs who typically have limited access to formal financial institutions.
By leveraging technology and innovative financial models, MoneyMart ensures that even the most marginalized communities have the opportunity to access financial support and grow economically. MoneyMart offers a range of financial services primarily targeted at underserved communities, small businesses, and women entrepreneurs. The services provided by MoneyMart include microloans and small business loans that are provided as small-scale loans to entrepreneurs and small businesses that typically lack access to traditional banking services.
They? promote group-based lending and savings schemes that allow clients to pool their resources and access larger loans collectively. They also provide financial education and training to its clients to empower them with the knowledge and skills needed to manage their finances effectively.
A significant part of Dr. Mupambwa’s work involves supporting women entrepreneurs. She believes that financially empowering women can lead to broader economic development and social change. Her passion lies in reducing poverty and fostering sustainable economic development through innovative financial solutions.
Under her guidance, MoneyMart has grown rapidly, and positively affected tens of thousands of people across Zimbabwe, helping them achieve financial stability and economic empowerment. We congratulate Ethel Mupambwa and the entire team at MoneyMart for contributing to financial inclusion in Africa and commend them for their continued impact.
Source: MoneyMart
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OUR HEROES AS SEEN IN THE NEWS
Our heroes continue to do good work and the articles below highlight some of the heroes' featured in various publications in the month of August.
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