Celebrating Women's Entrepreneurship

Yanire has more than 20 years of experience in creating and developing initiatives and gender projects from strategic vision to implementation. Since 2007, she has dedicated most of her time to supporting women business leaders through mentoring, training, communications and networking activities. She previously worked for Accenture, Banco Popular, IDB, World Bank, and Booz Allen Hamilton.

Hyasintha is a social entrepreneur and founder of Kasole Secrets Company which innovates and improve access to quality, affordable, disposable eco-friendly menstrual products and delivering broad-based innovative menstrual health and hygiene solutions to African girls, women and key influencers. She has dedicated her career to create innovative solutions to the most pressing challenges adolescents and women are facing in the area of menstrual health and hygiene.

Ali Matalon is the Founder and Chief Impact Officer of CorpCare. She recently served as the Policy Advisor for the Leader of the Opposition of Jamaica. At the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, she co-founded Citizens Response Jamaica initiative to deliver PPE, testing booths and other solutions to the local healthcare system.

Ali is an active member of the World Economic Forum Global Shapers community and Kingston Hub and a co-project manager for the Hub’s young men’s mentorship programme; MENd. She just completed her term as Vice Curator of the Kingston Hub 2021-22 and served alongside Amanda McKellar, as the first Jamaican all-female curatorship team.

From working in the development sector towards better access to food and water, to starting her own venture that's creating a more sustainable and equitable process of coffee production, entrepreneur Alisha Esmail shares her story. 

An interview with Perth (Australia) based entrepreneur Mirielle Toulekima, who spent over 20 years working in the oil, gas and energy space across the world before formally starting her own consultancy business.