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On Funding African Female Entrepreneurs and Innovators - A NEW Conversation with Pauline Koelbl

On Funding African Female Entrepreneurs and Innovators - A NEW Conversation with Pauline Koelbl

Today I am welcoming back my very first guest of Narratives of Purpose - Pauline Koelbl, founder of ShEquity. ShEquity is a Catalyst Fund that provides smart investments for innovative and impactful African female entrepreneurs. Join me in this conversation where Pauline talks about the growth ...

Exploring Sustainable Food Systems (PART 2/3) - Ancient Grains and Regeneration

Exploring Sustainable Food Systems (PART 2/3) - Ancient Grains and Regeneration

Welcome to Part Two of our conversation focused on Exploring Sustainable Food Systems around the world. In this episode, we are bringing a whole new meaning to the term “super-grain”. Taking you back to the ancient grains of West Africa that were once labelled ‘lost crops’ and bringing these nu...

Exploring Sustainable Food Systems (INTRO) - What Does Sustainable Nutrition Mean?

Exploring Sustainable Food Systems (INTRO) - What Does Sustainable Nutrition Mean?

Welcome to a fresh new perspective for the Narratives of Purpose Podcast. In today’s episode, I invite you to our short three-part series on Exploring Sustainable Food Systems that will conclude this season of the podcast. Over the following three episodes you will be hearing from multiple voic...

On Impact Investing and Social Justice - A Conversation with Eleni D. Janis

On Impact Investing and Social Justice - A Conversation with Eleni D. Janis

Join me in today’s conversation with Eleni Janis, she is CIO of Equivico which is a female owned investment firm in New York. In our discussion, Eleni shares her thoughts and experiences around inequality and how the power of our curiosity and questions can make a difference in how systems are imple...

Season 1 Bonus

Season 1 Bonus

On this final episode of Season one, I share some previously unreleased interview segments with five guests. There is Pauline Koelbl, founder of AfriProspect and ShEquity, who’s primary focus is African female-led innovative startups. Pauline tells me more about the first companies ShEquity has inve...

On Funding African Female Entrepreneurs and Innovators - A Conversation with Pauline Koelbl

On Funding African Female Entrepreneurs and Innovators - A Conversation with Pauline Koelbl

On this first episode, I speak with Pauline Koelbl about what motivated the creation of her new ventures: AfriProspect and ShEquity. Pauline is an innovation expert in developing and emerging markets. She invests in African impactful innovative startups with a special focus on female-led businesses....