LifeBank founder, Temie Giwa-Tubosun is 2020 Sub-Saharan Africa recipient of Cartier’s Women’s Initiative

Temie Giwa-Tubosun, CEO and founder of LifeBank Nigeria, has been selected as the 2020 Sub-Saharan Africa recipient of Cartier’s Women’s Initiative. She is one of the seven regional winners selected from over 1,200 applications from 162 countries. The announcement was made online on Monday by the President and CEO of Cartier International, Cyrille Vigneron.

LifeBank is a medical distribution company that uses data and technology to discover and deliver essential medical products to hospitals in Nigeria.

With this award, Temie gets $100,000 grant as the laureate from the Sub-Saharan region to scale her business.

The Cartier’s Women Initiative awards over $1 million each year to
women impact entrepreneurs globally.
• US$ 100,000 grant for each of the 7 laureates (top business from each
region)
• US$ 30,000 grant for each of the 14 remaining finalists (2nd and 3rd
runner-up businesses from each region)

The Cartier Women’s Initiative is an annual international entrepreneurship program created by Cartier in 2006 that aims to drive change by empowering women impact entrepreneurs. 

Every year, the programme recognizes 21 talented women impact entrepreneurs who are leveraging business as a force for good. These women hail from seven regions across the globe: Latin America & the Caribbean, North America, Europe, Sub-Saharan Africa, Middle East & North Africa, East Asia, and South Asia & Oceania

Here are the 7 winners of the 2020 edition and their businesses:

LATIN AMERICA & THE CARIBBEAN: Adriana Luna Diaz, Mexico
Tierra de Monte
Creates agricultural products that renew biodiversity and soil fertility, fortify and protect crops, and empowers the farmers who use them.

NORTH AMERICA: Stephanie Benedetto, USA
Queen of Raw
A marketplace to buy and sell unused textiles, keeping them out of landfills, and turning pollution into profit.

EUROPE: Anna-Sophie Hartvigsen, Denmark
Female Invest
Promotes financial gender equality by educating women on investing and personal finances.

SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA: Temie Giwa-Tubosun, Nigeria
LifeBank
A medical distribution company that uses data and technology to discover and deliver essential medical products to hospitals in Nigeria.

MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA: Nadia Gamal El Din, Egypt
Rahet Bally
An all-inclusive platform to support Egyptian mothers financially, physically, emotionally, and intellectually, both online and in person.

EAST ASIA: Chunguang (Charlotte) Wang, China
Equota Energy (Technology) Shanghai Co Ltd
An energy optimization company that combines artificial intelligence and big data to deliver energy efficiency solutions.

SOUTH ASIA & OCEANIA: Joanne Howarth, Australia
Woolpack Australia – Planet Protector Packaging
Manufactures environmentally responsible insulated packaging made from sheep wool waste for transport of temperature-sensitive goods.

Last year, Temie Giwa-Tubosun won the 1st prize of $250,000 in Jack Ma’s Africa Netpreneur Prize.