Kenyan-born Ory Okolloh is trying
to make a difference. She's Google's policy manager for sub-Saharan Africa and she is also the founder of Ushahidi, a
revolutionary crowd sourcing utility which enables citizen journalists
and eyewitnesses all over the world to report incidences of violence
through the Web, mobile E-mail, SMS and Twitter. All of this is why
Okolloh is considered one of the most influential women in global
technology.
When Susan Akkad took an internship at Estée Lauder when she was 21, she probably never imagined she would one day be the Senior Vice
President, Local and Cultural Relevancy at The Estée Lauder Companies. Her goal is to identify and expand business opportunities to increase relevancy to Black and Brown markets globally. The Network Journal got to chat with her.
