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About Us

Our Founding Beliefs

  • Female entrepreneurship is no longer just a gender issue. It's an economic issue.

  • We believe that contributions comes in many ways and that all contributions are born equal.

  • Investing in women not only makes for smart economics and business sense. It's a win-win for all.

What is The Next Billion

We’re an impact-driven enterprise founded on the belief that by gathering and harnessing our collective resources and by investing in the untapped potential of women owned-businesses we can together positively change the want to see in the world.

Significantly improve GDP and job creation,  access to education, to food, to housing as well as healthcare for all. And wait for it – fight climate change, even lower infant mortality and poverty globally.

WHAT WE DO

We build collaborative platforms that leverage the power of the crowd as a means to enable the growing number of female-led enterprises worldwide with ‘Access to growth opportunities’.

Access

We are also committed to:

Visibility

Passionately champion more visibility for female-led enterprises

Advocate for Diversity

Advocate for increased diversity in business

Engagement

Engage everyone around the winning facts and winning effects of investing in women.

OUR TEAM

70. Babou Olengha-Aaby – The Next Billion

Babou Olengha-Aaby

Founder & CEO
Claudia Menger

Claudia Menger

Head of Findings
Ruth Rostrup

Ruth Rostrup

Head of CSR
Marteline Nystad

Marteline Nystad

Head of Visibility
Suraiya Rahman

Surayia Rahman

Head of Harmony
Joshua Hornsey

Joshua Hornsey

Multimedia Journalist

Advisors

Asa

Åsa Roth

Head of Communication and Sales at TINE AS

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Servane Mouazane

Founder & Executive Director at Ogunte CIC
ian-phipps

Ian Phipps

Owner at Oury Clark
MeeraBhatia

Meera Bhatia

VP | Corporate Communications at Telenor

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