Innovation

Innovation

Ikenna Okezie built a healthcare company worth over $2.5 billion and he’s saving the lives of people with kidney diseases

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, approximately 37 million Americans have chronic kidney disease and nearly a million have end-stage kidney ailments. However, the majority of those affected unaware they have the…

By Preta Peace Namasaba March 13, 2024
Innovation

Why Andre Swanston had to take life-changing risks to build tech now used in over 80 million homes

Risk-taking is a prerequisite for successful entrepreneurship – it is in the definition. While comfort zones are safe and predictable, they often are barriers to innovation, growth and business success. Andre Swanston followed the entrepreneurial…

By Preta Peace Namasaba March 11, 2024
Innovation

How Kim Overton created a global fitness accessories brand from her home

Necessity is indeed the mother of all innovation. Kim Overton didn’t know where to stash her keys when she went for a run. Placing them in her bra top was simply uncomfortable and holding them…

By Preta Peace Namasaba March 8, 2024
Innovation

Int’l Women’s Day: Reflecting on the legacy of Marie Van Brittan Brown, inventor of the home security system

This year’s International Women’s Day is on the theme “Investing in women: Accelerate progress”. In the 21st century, there can not be more emphatic ways for this to be possible than investing in women’s capacity…

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Avion Gray achieved the largest pre-seed funding by a female founder in Europe – Here’s how she did it

On a mission to democratize wealth-building, former investment banker Avion Gray co-founded Belong in 2023 to educate, inform, and empower young investors. The platform launched earlier this year after securing €3.4 million ($3.7 million) in…

By Preta Peace Namasaba July 5, 2024
Innovation

How David Hedgley’s contributions to computing earned him the name of father of 3D graphics

David Rice Hedgley, Jr. has been described as the father of 3D graphics. His paper explaining the solution to the groundbreaking hidden-line problem in computer 3D graphics was initially met with criticism. Today, Hedgley’s algorithm…

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How rapper turned sports podcaster Cam’ron leveraged passion and a 250k investment into a $20 million deal

Consumers constantly need ingenuity, innovation, and a groundbreaking shift – be it in entertainment, technology, or even food. But how do you create something new and exciting when everything has already been done? You tweak…

By Preta Peace Namasaba July 4, 2024
Innovation

This is how Terysa Ridgeway is using toy robots to develop the critical thinking of young minds

Terysa Ridgeway is the Technical Program Manager, Mergers and Acquisitions at Google and the author of the popular Terysa Solves It book series. Recently, she launched Alilo the Explorer, a toy robot that teaches children…

By Preta Peace Namasaba July 1, 2024
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