Employing Data and Determination to Combat Poverty and Waste

Oct. 16, 2024, 4:01 AM UTC

Catalyst: “An agent that provokes or speeds significant change or action,” according to Merriam-Webster. What better way to describe the 16 inventors, entrepreneurs, visionaries, activists and investors who make up Bloomberg New Economy’s class of 2024 Catalysts? They’re trying to turn visions of a better world into reality. —Erik Schatzker • Profiles by Jennifer Sondag

Ola Brown

General partner of HealthCap Africa, Nigeria

Investing in African health-care and fintech startups

A medical doctor, Brown has long worked to improve the health of Africans. In 2011 she started Flying Doctors Nigeria, a company providing emergency transport and medical services in more ...

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