Nneile Nkholise

Nneile Nkholise Nneile Nkholise is a South African mechanical engineer and social entrepreneur renowned for leveraging technology to address critical challenges in the healthcare, agriculture, and building sectors. Born in Lesotho, Nneile developed an interest in science and technology as a young girl. She is widely known for founding iMed Tech, a medical innovation startup which produces prosthetics for cancer patients and burns victims. Nneile has since founded THOLA, an API-enabled platform providing a product-based peer-to-peer lending marketplace that enables consumers to lend working capital to small businesses by pre-ordering their goods and processing payment on the marketplace. Quotes By launching iMed Tech, I wanted to confirm a theory that women have the power and potential to run companies in the medical technology sector. And not just ordinary companies, but companies that will become multinationals." “I grew up on a continent that faces significant challenges, such as lack of access to quality healthcare and education; no food security; water and energy crisis and crippling poverty for so many people. I want to be one of those young people who has the passion to solve our problems.” “My calling in life is to make Africa prosper. I can’t do it on my own – I need a hand to hold on to.” You always have to try and prove the narrative wrong that women, and black women cannot start a successful company.” about navigating bias in the medtech sector “I believe that we have made failure seem like the worst experience, be patient with the journey of entrepreneurship; it takes time to achieve your set goals.” reflecting on resilience and learning from setbacks External links