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Looking Beyond the Lens to Build Better Vision, One Pair of Glasses at a Time

Portrait of a professional Black woman in a red blazer, white top, glasses, and hoop earrings, with braided hair and one hand raised against a neutral purple background.

Dorrice Ongaya joined Mamy Eyewear as an optometrist two years ago. As Retail Manager she now leads the school and flower-farm screening programmes behind more than 25,000 eye examinations across Kenya.

Taking the Call: How Peris Built a Career Keeping Kenya’s Trucks Moving

Smiling woman with long braids wearing a red OKOA T-shirt, arms crossed against a gray studio backdrop.

With a scholarship in automotive studies and few places to use it, Peris found her footing at OKOA Rescue and rose from field analyst to operations associate in Nairobi.

How Opportunity Shaped a Leader and Is Transforming Thousands of Women-Led Businesses

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Twelve years ago, Priya Amarnani arrived in Nigeria without a career plan. Today she helps lead OmniRetail, a B2B commerce platform where nearly four in five retailers are women.

A Story Told Through Numbers: How One Dignified Job Sparked a Ripple Effect of Opportunity

Smiling woman in a colorful, patterned dress sits cross-legged in a warehouse, surrounded by stacked sacks of grain.00A cheerful portrait in a storage facility with bagged goods behind her.

Nine years ago, Juliana Sunday took a job at AgroEknor’s hibiscus facility in Kano. Today she leads around 200 women, supports four siblings, and runs a growing side business, a life measured in numbers that add up to one story of dignified work.

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