Doing good can have genius implications. That’s certainly the case with the two young OGA winners we profile in today’s Daily Dose. The two young women, both from Africa, have turned their personal journeys into noble pursuits to help others in their home countries, becoming role models and powerful advocates in the process.
March 11th, 2021 in Featured and Interviews. Closed
Ethiopian American entrepreneur Saron Simon Mechale is the founder and CEO of goTeff, a Providence, Rhode Island-based startup that makes and sells a nutritious snack crisp made from teff. (The Providence Journal)
The Providence Journal
Saron Simon Mechale is an accidental entrepreneur.
The 26-year old from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, is founder and CEO of goTeff, a deliciously nutritious crisp made from an ancient supergrain called teff. Mechale doesn’t have a background in business. She’s never studied culinary arts. But her unwavering conviction to reshape the West’s perceptions of her home country was incentive enough to launch her own startup.