Bournemouth University

Lycée Français Charles de Gaulle de  Londres

Founder & CEO  at The Next Billion

Oslo, Oslo, Norway

We're a for-profit, for-impact driven startup delivering Visibility-as-a-Service (VaaS) to women in business globally. We're on a bold mission to raise the visibility of the next billion women entrepreneurs, producers, manufacturers, employers, and leaders to show up and be visible.

We build Visibility-as-a-Service (VaaS) products that leverage the power of Technology,  Crowdsourcing, Imagery, and Storytelling to empower women in business globally to be seen, to be found, to be discovered, and to be recognized. 2. Minimise un/conscious bias in business 3. Advocate for more mindfulness and diversity in business.

Our current portfolio of VaaS products includes:

Globally Spotted - our Global Discovery engine for women-owned businesses. A place where anyone looking to support the growth of women-owned companies can do by finding inspiring women-owned businesses, products, services - and buy into diversity. We're not algorithm-driven, we're people-powered, discovery-led, and impact-driven. We rely on a crowdsourced community of Global Spotters to help us find and map women-owned and led businesses on Globally Spotted. Want to spot for us. head to <a href="http://www.globallyspotted.com">www.globallyspotted.com</a>

Profile[me] - our on-demand portrait photography service for women in business powered by a crowdsourced network of freelance photographers, currently operating in 11 cities in Europe.

Our long-term vision is to change the way we see business. One woman, one company, one shoot,  one portrait, one feature, one industry, one find at a time.

The Next Billion

Founder & CEO

TOPICS:

Visibility & Gender Representation in business matters  // Crowdfunding // Crowdsourcing //   Crowdfunding with a gender lens // The Collaborative Economy  //  Female Entrepreneurship // Female Economy // Mindfulness & Diversity in Leadership // Women’s Economic Empowerment
The Mumpreneur Movement // The winning facts and winning effects of investing in women //
Raising The Next Billion // Investing in gender ‘equity’ // Women & The Global Economy

PAST SPEAKING ENGAGEMENT

2018
Sept 18: Tedx Bergen - "You cannot be what you do not seek"

2016
-  Dec 16: Women's Forum Deauville (France)
-  Mar 16: She Conference - Thinking Big (Oslo)

2015
-  October: Opening of Oslo Innovation Week
-  June: TedxWomen (Barcelona) - Investing in women
-  May: Crowdnexus (London)
-  April: Crowdsourcing Week (Singapore)
-  February: Norway Crowdfunding Event (Oslo)

2014
-  Oct 14: Crowdsourcing Week (Copenhagen)
-  June 14: Mothers of Innovation / Sponsored by Nesta (London)
-  May 14: Women Investing In Women (Stockholm)
-  Feb 14: Pecha Kucha (Oslo)

2013
Nov 13: Build2Grow - Crowdfunding Powering Female Entrepreneurship Globally (Oslo)
Jan 13: Women of The World Festival

Babou Olengha-Aaby