What does it take to be a female entrepreneur…to inspire, to lead and to make change? This conversation hears from Social Impact Pioneers Naom Monari and Natasha Kwakwa, as they discuss getting started, how to build a business and why getting your first endorsement from another organisation can be a catalyst for growth.
Expect to hear practical advice on succeeding as an entrepreneur and important tips on how to get the help you need to make a difference.
Naom Monari founded Bena Care whilst she was still studying to be a nurse in Kenya. Naom is determined to narrow the gap between the harsh realities of chronic illnesses, expensive healthcare and the impoverishing economic and emotional effects this had on patients and their families. In just five years since Noam set Bena Care she has assembled a network of more than 9,800 healthcare workers to provide affordable, preventive, therapeutic and rehabilitative care to over 4,000 people with life-limiting illnesses at the comfort of their own homes in Kenya. Alongside the healthcare workers, Bena Care provide training for family carers and access to lower costing homecare medical equipment.
Whilst Natasha Kwakwa is the Global Head of Impact at Standard Chartered. Natasha leads Standard Chartered’s approach to positive community impact. This includes the Group’s contribution to the UN Sustainable Development Goals and Futuremakers by Standard Chartered, their global initiative to tackle inequality. Natasha joined the Bank in August 2015. Prior to joining the Bank, Natasha designed and led multi-party education and social development programmes in the not-for-profit and public sectors in the UK, Angola, West Africa and Brazil.
Futuremakers by Standard Chartered were one of the first, if not the first to recognise Naom and Bena Care’s potential.
As Naom says: “My advice to any woman out there would like to bring change to their community through the solutions that they’re having to their problems is get started.”
Links:
Benecare
Futuremakers by Standard Chartered
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