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 ...
March 7, 2024
On Holding Space for Women in the Workplace - Women's Health Series with Fatoumata Ly
Supporting Women's Health in the Workplace. In the fourth episode of Narratives of Purpose's special series on Advancing Women's Health , host Claire Murigande delves into the challenges of addressing women's health within th...
March 7, 2024
On Humanising Clinical Trials with AI - Women's Health Series with Danielle Ralic
AI Technology Democratising Access to Clinical Trials. In the third episode of Narratives of Purpose's special series on Advancing Women's Health , host Claire Murigande explores the intersection of AI and women's health with...
March 7, 2024
On Developing Non-invasive Cervical Precancer Treatments - Women's Health Series with Alia Rahman
Twenty-First Century Treatments for Women's Health. In the second episode of Narratives of Purpose's special series on Advancing Women's Health , host Claire Murigande speaks with Alia Rahman, the Co-founder and CEO of Amplex...
March 7, 2024
On Making PCOS a Public Health Priority - Women's Health Series with Sasha Ottey
Advocacy and Patient-led Innovation in Women's Health. In this first episode of Narratives of Purpose's special series on Advancing Women's Health , host Claire Murigande speaks with Sasha Ottey, the Executive Director of the...
March 1, 2024
Advancing Women’s Health with Female Founders - Trailer
In this episode of Narratives of Purpose, host Claire Murigande introduces a new series focusing on women's health innovation. The next five episodes will address Issues like the lack of female representation in clinical tria...
Dec. 11, 2023
Celebrating Three Years of Narratives of Purpose
Join me for the Season Five Finale of Narratives of Purpose where we are celebrating our Three Year Anniversary of powerful conversations with our wonderful guests who are making waves in their industries and communities. In ...
Nov. 20, 2023
On Eradicating Period Poverty - A Conversation with Ira Guha
In today’s episode, I have a fascinating conversation with Ira Guha who is the founder of Asan. Asan is a social venture with a mission to eradicate period poverty, which prevents women and girls across the world from partici...
Nov. 6, 2023
On Empowering Action Through Innovative Technologies - A NEW Conversation with Rhiana Spring
Join me for today’s episode where I will be catching up with Rhiana Spring, the founder and executive director of Spring ACT. Spring ACT is an organisation connecting human rights and technology to empower people to take acti...
Oct. 23, 2023
On Making Medical AI a Common Good - A NEW Conversation with Bart De Witte
In this episode I will be welcoming back another previous guest of Narratives of Purpose, Bart De Witte, to hear more about his journey of making medical AI accessible. Bart is the founder of the Hippo AI Foundation, which is...
Oct. 10, 2023
On Funding African Female Entrepreneurs and Innovators - A NEW Conversation with Pauline Koelbl
Today I am welcoming back my very first guest of Narratives of Purpose - Pauline Koelbl, founder of ShEquity. ShEquity is a Catalyst Fund that provides smart investments for innovative and impactful African female entrepreneu...
Sept. 18, 2023
On Gamifying Diversity and Inclusion Education - A NEW Conversation with Alma Moya Losada
Join me for a conversation with Alma Moya Losada who is the founder and CEO of Aequaland, an award winning edtech startup. I previously spoke to Alma back in 2021, and since then her business (and lessons) have come a long wa...
Sept. 4, 2023
On Powering Education with Technology - A NEW Conversation with Ismail Eleburuike
In this episode I will be welcoming back a previous guest of Narratives of Purpose to hear more about this Ed Tech entrepreneur's journey since our initial NOP conversation back in 2022. Ismail Eleburuike is the founder of Sc...
Aug. 21, 2023
On Building More Socially Responsible Organisations - from Spend Donate Invest
In today’s episode, we are continuing our “episode swap” series with an episode from Genet Gimja, the host of Spend, Donate, Invest. This podcast is at the intersection of social justice and personal finance and shares though...
Aug. 7, 2023
On Prison Officers Turned Playwrights - from Creativity Found
Welcome back to a very special series of Narratives of Purpose. We will be doing things a little differently this pre-season in order to showcase even more unique stories of changemakers of people who are contributing to make...