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Tech Her 2 Greatness Provides Training That Leads to Internships For African Girls

In Africa, Education, gender equality, Publisher Channel, Youth by Mary Kurek

 Sadiya Murtala is a leader and digital skills trainer with the Mentor Her to Greatness Program produced by the Center for Peace Advocacy and Sustainable Development, headquartered in Nigeria. This year, the program launched a digital marketing and skills training course for African girls called Tech Her 2 Greatness, with Sadiya at the lead. In this interview, we meet …

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Paul Barry Shows Us How to Flip Instinct to Get to Intuition That Transforms Impact

In Empowerment, Live Introductions, Publisher Channel by Mary Kurek

 Paul Barry is an actor, director, teacher, consultant, and TEDx speaker. He has perfectly navigated his skillset in acting, memory retainment, and teaching into a message that takes us beyond our own limiting instincts to connect us to the intuition that craves to move us forward.  He does this under the company title, Dreaming for a Living, headquartered in …

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Princess Tshepi Motloung is a Cultural Leader Who Expands Opportunities for South African Women

In Africa, African Influence, Empowerment, Publisher Channel, womensempowerment, Youth by Mary Kurek

   Her Excellency, Princess Tshepi Motloung is a cultural leader in South Africa who builds sustainable pathways for women’s empowerment and community development using her extraordinary communications and project-building skills. Princess Motloung, who is also the founder of the Future Lift Foundation, involves herself in many youths and women’s education and training organizations globally. She shares her story of …

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Maha Jouini Opens Pathways to AI and Digital Tech for African Women

In Africa, African Influence, Publisher Channel, Technology, womensempowerment by Mary Kurek

 Maha Jouini is an AI expert and passionate advocate for women interested in working in technology and developing digital skills. Her challenging journey from Tunisia to Mauritania to founding the African Center for AI and Digital Technology is filled with hard-won points for women like herself. She shares her story and her passionate plea for women everywhere to stand …

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A True Bond – Poem by Chaitali Sinha Honoring Friendship Day

In Culture, Publisher Channel, Youth by Mary Kurek

“When our younger Frontrunners share their thoughts and feelings in poetry, we are compelled to share with the world as our young leaders should be heard.”   Publisher, Mary Kurek Chaitali is a young aspiring design student from Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India. At the age of 12 years, she was inspired by nature and started writing poems as a hobby. She blogs …

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Dr Osita Aniemeka Shares Event Details of the Youthgether Global Second Anniversary Celebration

In Africa, African Influence, Publisher Channel, Youth by Mary Kurek

Youthgether Global (a youth development organization) chaired by Dr. Osita Aniemeka, Chancellor of the Sub Saharan Open University, Nigeria, talks with Frontrunners Innovate Producer and Host, Mary Kurek, about the August 12, 2022 event celebrating Youthgether’s second anniversary and the UN International Youth Day. Dr. Aniemeka shares details of the agenda and speakers that will be on the roster for …

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Irma Sanchez Answers Questions on How She Gets Such Great Funders

In Funding, Live Introductions, Publisher Channel by Mary Kurek

Irma Sanchez is the Women’s Economic Forum leader in Silicon Valley. As such, she must produce events and programs that assist women in becoming self-sufficient in enterprise and confident in life. The work requires a budget that only reaches sustainability if she has some significant sponsors and funding partners. She has worked with Coca-Cola for a number of years as …

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Frontrunners Development YouTube Channel Explainer

In Publisher Channel by Mary Kurek

Publisher Note: We’ve curated our videos on YouTube into categories that loosely match up with the UN Sustainable Development Goals to make it easier for viewers to find and connect with potential partners, like innovators with fascinating and investible inventions, diplomats with information to share about a new direction and a solution needed, or an NGO that might have been …

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Are You Personally Investment Worthy? Insights and Resources for the Investment Seeker

In Funding, Publisher Channel, Resources by Mary Kurek

Publisher Article (Excerpted from Linkedin Newsletter) “I have a serial investor on my advisory board, have interviewed several investors for my media platform www.frontrunnersinnovate.com, and reviewed many innovator pitchdecks and one-pagers.  Over the last 15 years or so, I’ve advised and conducted business development activities for a few hundred startups, but, don’t mistake me for an expert.  When I talk …

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Marissa Fayer on Women’s Health and Women’s Innovation Funding Opportunities

In Funding, Health, Health Tech, Publisher Channel, womensempowerment by Mary Kurek

 Marissa Fayer is the Founder/CEO of HERhealthEQ based in the US. Her work spans many projects in several countries but focuses on women’s health. Along with sourcing hospital equipment for re-use in hospitals and women’s clinics in areas of the world where needed, she also conducts screening events for women-centric diseases, like breast and cervical cancers. She now adds …