Babou Olengha-Aaby Founder & CEO at The Next Billion

Babou Olengha-Aaby is the Founder & CEO of The Next Billion, 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. The business conceives and develops initiatives/campaigns as well as builds collaborative platforms that leverage the power of the crowd as a means to: 1. Enable the growing number of female-led enterprises worldwide with ‘Access to growth opportunities.’ 2. Raise more visibility for women led and founded businesses worldwide 3. Engage the public around the winning facts and winning effects of investing in female entrepreneurship 4. Advocate for more diversity in business. The Next Billion’s is on a mission to unlock and invest in women’s economic potential through entrepreneurship as a catalyst for positive change and impact to our local, national and global economies as well as people and planet.