Narratives of Purpose

Narratives of Purpose

Narratives of Purpose is an award nominated podcast that brings you inspiring individual stories of changemakers. The show was launched in December 2020 by Dr. Claire Murigande to showcase founders of impact-driven companies and initiatives to a global audience. Topics include youth empowerment in r...

Recent Episodes

April 15, 2025

On Building a Medical Device Startup for Underserved Populations - from Global Health Pursuit

In today’s episode, we are continuing our “episode swap” series with an episode from the Global Health Pursuit podcast hosted by engineer turned social impact storyteller, Hetal Baman. On her podcast, Hetal tackles tough ques...
April 1, 2025

On Bringing Diversity to Sports - from Made For Us

Welcome back to a very special series of Narratives of Purpose. We will be doing things a little differently throughout this month in order to showcase even more unique stories of changemakers of people who are contributing t...
Dec. 10, 2024

On Pioneering Cancer Research Across Africa - A Conversation with Dr. Yaw Bediako

Narratives of Purpose concludes its sixth season with an insightful conversation featuring Dr. Yaw Bediako, the CEO and co-founder of Yemaachi Biotech, a pioneering company focused on genomic cancer research in Africa. The di...
Nov. 19, 2024

On Unlocking Women's Brain Health - Women's Health Series with Ann-Marie de Lange

In this new episode of 'Narratives of Purpose', Ann-Marie de Lange joins host Claire Murigande to discuss the critical and often overlooked area of women's brain health research. Ann-Marie shares insights from her work as Pri...
Nov. 5, 2024

On Reclaiming Dignity Through Health Tech - Women's Health Series with Mariatheresa Samson Kadushi & Shamala Hinrichsen

In this new episode of ‘Narratives of Purpose’, Mariatheresa Samson Kadushi and Shamala Hinrichsen join host Claire Murigande to discuss the innovative app "SheHer" designed to advance women's health by providing accessible h...
Oct. 22, 2024

On Innovating Care in Maternal Health - Women's Health Series with Martha Agbornyenty

In this new episode of ‘Narratives of Purpose’, host Claire Murigande speaks with Martha Agbornyenty, the founder and Executive Director of For Mom and Baby Foundation, who is on a mission to improve maternal and child health...
Oct. 7, 2024

On The Power of Self-Advocacy - Women's Health Series with Dr. Nia Imani Bailey

In this new episode of ‘Narratives of Purpose’, host Claire Murigande explores the intersection of healthcare advocacy and personal storytelling with Dr. Nia Imani Bailey, President of the Byrd Cancer Education and Advocacy F...
Sept. 23, 2024

On Normalising Gender-Specific Medicine - Women’s Health Series with Thao Nguyen

In this new episode of ‘Narratives of Purpose’, host Claire Murigande speaks with Thao Nguyen, founder and CEO of Equal Care, about her mission to normalise gender-specific medicine. Thao shares her journey from tech consulta...
Sept. 10, 2024

On Building a Global Ecosystem for FemTech Pioneers - Women's Health Series with Marija Butkovic

In this new episode of 'Narratives of Purpose’, host Claire Murigande delves into the world of Femtech and women's health with Marija Butkovic, the founder and CEO of Women of Wearables (WoW). Marija shares her journey from a...
March 7, 2024

On Leveraging AI to Overcome Radiology Challenges - Women's Health Series with Élise Mekkaoui

Diagnosis of Women's Pelvic Conditions Revolutionised. In the fifth and final episode of Narratives of Purpose's special series on Advancing Women's Health , host Claire Murigande speaks with Élise Mekkaoui, founder and CPO ...

About the Host

Claire Murigande, PhD EMBA Profile Photo

Claire Murigande, PhD EMBA

Multilingual Event Host and Moderator

Your Go-to Multilingual Event Host and Moderator

Dr. Claire Murigande is a TEDx speaker fluent in five languages. She is known to empower and inspire people with a remarkable ability to simplify and clearly communicate complex topics.
Her scientific and analytical mindset combined with her thoughtful and collaborative leadership style have enabled her to build a portfolio career spanning from academia to corporate to entrepreneurship with a focus on social impact.

Dr. Murigande's work demonstrates her ability to lead compassionately by showing that a more equitable future is possible.
Through audio storytelling and public speaking, her vision is to spark action with transformative conversations for every individual to act upon social issues, because everyone has the power to drive impactful change.

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- Would you like to benefit from a multi award nominated podcaster's expertise to develop your own audio project?

Then do not hesitate to reach out: info@murigande.com

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