Table 1

Profiles of 15 black women entrepreneurs and background

EntrepreneursAge groupEducationWorking experienceMarital statusChildrenFamily
Ent AThirtiesEngineering degree, space engineeringEngineering businessDivorcedYesWorking, single mother
Ent BTwentiesEngineering mechanical degreeTech company founder, MedtechSingleNoSingle mother, teacher
 Ent CThirtiesChartered Accountant, MBACorporate FinanceMarriedYesParents working professionals
Ent EThirtiesPhD life scienceManagement consultingMarriedYesParents working professionals
Spouse is a business partner
Ent FTwentiesChartered AccountantCorporate financeSingleNoParents entrepreneurs
Ent GTwentiesBiochemistry, Computer science degreeManagement consultingSingleNoWorking, single mother
Digital consultant
Ent HTwentiesMA – media studiesEntrepreneurial program NGO, Creative IndustrySingleNoParents in academia
Ent IFortiesBusiness AdministrationAdvertising, Investment marketingSingleNoUnknown
Ent KTwentiesEngineering degreeNoneSingleNoParents medical doctors
Ent LTwentiesLaw degreeCorporate lawMarriedNoParents entrepreneurs
From Kenya
Ent MTwentiesMedical degreeClinical practiceSingleNoParents working professionals
Ent OFortiesBiotech, engineeringCorporate/IndustryMarriedYesUnknown
Ent PThirtiesChemistry degreeNoneSingleNoParents business owners
Grew up in a township
First person in her family to travel abroad
Ent QThirtiesTech ICT studies,Event specialist, Hospitality industryUnknownNoUnknown
Business Administration (GIBS)
Ent RFortiesLaw degreeLawyer, Finance/CorporateUnknownNoMiddle class
Established an advisory business
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