Congratulations to the Africa and Middle East regional finalists for the Bayer Foundation Women Empowerment Award! Unknown Group and the Bayer Foundation selected the most impressive founders to progress to the next stage, while the three Public Voting Winners join them. In the end of the award, the winners will receive the €25,000 cash prize and the benefits of the Bayer Foundation empowerment program.
Congratulations to the Africa and Middle East regional finalists for the Bayer Foundation Women Empowerment Award! Unknown Group and the Bayer Foundation selected the most impressive founders to progress to the next stage, while the three Public Voting Winners join them. In the end of the award, the winners will receive the €25,000 cash prize and the benefits of the Bayer Foundation empowerment program.
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Health
PadMad is a social business based in Kenya, committed to improving Period Dignity through Education, Economic Empowerment, and manufacturing long-lasting, biodegradable reusable products that have a positive and sustainable Environmental and Health impact.
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Blueroomca is a leading online platform for mental health counseling and therapy services. It provides a convenient and accessible way for individuals to connect with licensed therapists and counselors for a variety of mental health concerns, including depression, anxiety, relationship issues, and more. Users can access counseling services through secure video, phone, and messaging platforms, making it easy to receive help from the comfort of their own homes.
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Nutrition & Agriculture
Plant Biodefenders with Reg. No.138675904 is a private company registered in Tanzania since 2019 Is the best producer and supplier of Biopesticide for sustainable control of pests for smallholder farmers who depend on agriculture for their livelihood in Tanzania. A registered company dealing with the production and distribution of biological control for effective management of plant pests.
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Safe Girl was founded in 2016 with a vision of making menstrual products affordable and accessible to all women and girls across East Africa. We do this through the manufacturing and distribution of reusable menstrual kits that are safe, affordable, and accessible to all women and girls. We as well conduct menstrual awareness campaigns in both schools and communities where we educate about menstrual health, reproductive health, and sanitation at large. This way we break myths and taboos in periods.
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Ambulex Solutions Limited provides efficient, timely and tech-enabled emergency medical response services to poor and vulnerable communities in Kenya.
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8MG Health is a health-tech startup based in Lagos, Nigeria that aggregates inventories of 6500 pharmacies across the 36 states of Nigeria easing accessibility and affordability of healthcare for all of Nigeria. We currently have an MMR of $22,000;3500 completed orders and 47% coverage across 17 states in Nigeria.
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Infiuss Health is a Platform for remote clinical trials in Africa.
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Womenchoice Industries is a Women-Owned women-Led social enterprise that works towards improving girls’ school attendance and academic performance by manufacturing and distributing high-quality, low-cost reusable sanitary towels to expand access to affordable menstrual management products.
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Nutrition & Agriculture
Bridge Merchant reduces post-harvest wastage and improves farmers’ efficiency by connecting farms to market in real-time, providing silo storages, logistics and market education leveraging people and technology. Our aim is to find and engage all smallholder farmers in Africa.
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Natal Cares is a social enterprise that leverages the power of Mobile Technology, Machine Learning, and Low-Cost Innovation to combat maternal and infant mortality in Nigeria. Primarily focusing on providing Live-Saving Healthcare Information, mental and emotional healthcare support, medical monitoring, and emergency services to at-risk pregnant women, vulnerable children, and nursing mothers reaching them in their villages and advocating for better access to healthcare at primary healthcare
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Nutrition & Agriculture
AgriTech Analytics integrates AI-powered satellite analytics driven by ML algorithms and data from our IoT sensor to halt and reverse soil degradation, crop pests and diseases to end hunger in Africa. The sensor directly captures soil health parameters(pH, moisture, temperature, and NPK) and detects crop pests and diseases. For example, the device scans crops’ leaves and stems, and our tool compares them to satellite imagery analytics. This integration gives more than 98% accurate reports to farmers via phone.
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Nutrition & Agriculture
Plumbee is a Kenyan homegrown company that was officially registered in 2021, with a mission to tackle childhood malnutrition by providing high-quality, affordable and nutritious food products to low-income and underserved households. The company collaborates with smallholder women farmers in the processing of food for children.
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Nutrition & Agriculture
Farm On Wheels is a social enterprise that works with smallholder rural farmers enabling them to increase their production capacity, yield and income.
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Sommalife is a growing social enterprise in Ghana that uses software technology to provide access to markets for smallholder farmers and enhance transparency in environmental conservation. As part of our operations, we provide rural women who make shea products with resources so they can improve the quality and volume of their output to meet international standards. We have grown from 500 women producers to 21,000 producers across the five northern regions in Ghana.
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Nutrition & Agriculture
FreshSource is the MENA region’s first B2B agri-supply chain platform leveraging data and technology to transform the lives of producers, businesses and improve the planet. By providing innovative solutions to connect producers to modern markets, guaranteeing fair prices whilst minimizing food losses.
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Hydroponics Gardens Masaka is the pioneer of simplified hydroponic farming technology and the sole distributor of a superior subsurface plant-responsive drip in East Africa. Hydroponics Gardens Masaka is an agri-tech company Committed to Understanding & Meeting the Agricultural Needs of urban-rural women and Smallholder Farmers in Uganda through manufacturing hydroponic gardens and educating urban-rural women and Smallholder Farmers.
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Nutrition & Agriculture
Rebuild Women’s Hope is a cooperative led by women coffee farmers located on the large, remote island of Idjwi in Lake Kivu in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Our mission is to produce specialty quality coffee whilst empowering women and raising the standard of living of our members.
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Agnes is a health-tech company empowering women in Nigeria with inclusive health education and round-the-clock real-time medical support. We leverage technology and AI to provide access to Perinatal Education and a Real-Time Midwife Triage accessible to pregnant women from their homes. We have proven results that we can reduce neonatal and under-five mortality rates.
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Nutrition & Agriculrure
Digicow Africa Farmingtech Solutions Limited trading as (Digicow) is a Kenyan-based registered company engaged in the development of commercial mobile and IT solutions for the agriculture sector with a keen interest in developing innovative mobile solutions to drive the dairy value chain. Founded in 2016, Digicow’s core role is to innovate commercial mobile technologies which will revolutionize the agriculture landscape.
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Nutrition & Agriculture
“Le Lionceau” is a social company specializing in infant nutrition that enhances the food value chain by collaborating with local smallholder farmers and improves the nutritional status of babies. We manufacture for babies from 6 months, nutritionally rich baby food made from 100% Senegalese local ingredients.
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