World region: Asia Pacific

Nidhi Pant
Co-Founder and Head of Finance and Partnerships, S4S Technologies
India

Nidhi Pant is the co-founder of Science For Society, or S4S Technologies, a company that helps farmers earn extra income by converting farm losses to value-added products with its patented, award-winning solar dehydration technology. S4S technologies provides these micro-entrepreneurs with the right combination of technology, finance and market linkage to set them up for success, working with over 6500 farmers, 505 Micro-Entrepreneurs and serves 850 Food and Beverage Customers including marquee brands like Marico, Nestle, Sodexo and Indian Railways.

Pant’s business supports the following SDGs:
SDG 1: No Poverty
SDG 5: Gender Equality
SDG 7: Affordable and Clean Energy

World region: Greater Middle East and North Africa

Sara Saeed
Co-Founder and CEO, Sehat Kahani
Pakistan

Sara Saedd is the co-founder and CEO of Sehat Kahani, an e-healthcare company in Pakistan that aims to democratize access to quality and affordable healthcare through ICT-enabled solutions and a network of qualified home-based women doctors. Sehat Kahani has reached out to 360,000 direct beneficiaries through 35 e-clinics and 3.1 million beneficiaries through its preventive health portfolio. In addition, through their e-health application they have reached out to 160,000 beneficiaries via their retail and corporate verticals and were actively involved in COVID screening, treatment and referral process on a local and national level in collaboration with the government during the COVID-19 crisis in Pakistan.

Saeed’s business supports the following SDGs:
SDG 3: Good Health and Well-Being
SDG 5: Gender Equality
SDG 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth SDG 10: Reduced Inequality

World region: Latin America and the Caribbean

Panmela Castro
Founder and CEO, Panmela Castro Arte e Cultura and Rede Nami
Brazil

Panmela Castro is the founder and CEO of Panmela Castro Arte e Cultura and Rede Nami, a social enterprise that utilizes art education, different arts media and especially public graffiti murals, to raise awareness on women’s rights and the prevalence of domestic violence in Brazil. Panmela sells world-renowned artwork and graffiti murals through the for-profit company, while the NGO Rede Nami holds workshops and educational programs in the arts to a network of more than 10,000 women in Brazil. Panmela’s work aims to promote structural change in society, bringing knowledge through art and communication so that girls and women know how to fight for their rights.

Castro’s business supports the following SDGs:
SDG 4: Quality Education
SDG 5: Gender Equality
SDG 10: Reduced Inequality

World region: Europe, North America and other

Aline Sara
Co-Founder and CEO, NaTakallam
United States of America

Aline Sara is the co-founder and CEO of NaTakallam, a social enterprise that offers high-quality curated language services delivered by refugees and their host communities through digital platforms, including online language teaching and tutoring, translation and virtual interpretation services, and cultural exchange sessions. To date, NaTakallam has connected with 10,000+ language learners around the world and provided over a million dollars to over 200 workers from refugee or host community backgrounds worldwide and aims to shift the perception of refugees from burden to asset.

Sara’s business supports the following SDGs:
SDG 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth
SDG 9: Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
SDG 17: Partnerships to Achieve the Goal