Smita Satiani: Elevating Tea-Drinking, One Sip at a Time

Sep 30, 2021 Posted by: Jill Jha SDG10,  SDG11,  SDG12,  SDG13,  SDG8,  Smita Satiani,  USA

Smita: Alaya Tea is an Indian, women-owned loose leaf tea company that sources teas directly from people and planet-friendly farms in India. Having grown up in tea drinking households, my co-founder Esha Chhabra and I wanted to build a different kind of tea company. Alaya’s mission is to invest in Indian farmers who are pioneering the organic and regenerative movement, celebrate women that are the backbone of the tea industry, and elevate tea-drinking culture in the United States.

Sonika Manandhar: A Digital Ecosystem Connects Micro-Entrepreneurs, Financial Institutions, and Vendors

Sep 20, 2021 Posted by: Jill Jha Nepal,  SDG11,  SDG13,  SDG5,  SDG8,  Sonika Manandhar

Sonika: It’s nice to meet you too, Spiffy. Aeloi works with women micro-entrepreneurs, especially ones in the informal sectors with less access to formal finances because they lack collateral, credit history, and proof of income. Did you know that 163 million informal women entrepreneurs have an estimated US $1.7 trillion financing gap? We help solve this credit gap problem with our fund insight software. We do this by directly connecting funders with micro-entrepreneurs. Our main innovation is our digital token technology and our business model, which has a gender-intentional approach, that builds more trust between lenders and borrowers.

Shazeeb M Khairul Islam: Unleashing Entrepreneurship for Sustainable Social Impact

Aug 23, 2021 Posted by: Jill Jha Bangladesh,  SDG1,  SDG11,  SDG17,  SDG6,  SDG8,  Shazeeb M Khairul Islam

Shazeeb: We are a ‘globally connected’ locally rooted ecosystem in Bangladesh that is driven by social and environmental consciousness. We believe in a world where socially and environmentally conscious entrepreneurs are empowered and equipped to combat the challenges of creating a world of three zeros: zero net carbon emission, zero wealth concentration for ending poverty, and zero unemployment by unleashing entrepreneurship in all. We invest in socially and environmentally conscious entrepreneurs who are solving crucial issues of our times benefitting the underserved communities. I have a passion for social change and I am super happy to try and do something by harnessing the power of social business.