Joanna Bichsel is the CEO and co-founder of Kasha, an e-commerce company in East Africa offering confidential access to women’s health and personal care products like contraceptives and menstrual care. Kasha serves women of all socioeconomic levels across urban and rural areas of Rwanda and Kenya. Prior to starting Kasha, Joanna was the principal technology adviser for global development at the Gates Foundation, working across East and West Africa and South Asia on technology strategies and solutions to optimize the supply chain of vaccines, family planning, and other public health commodities, also on health services delivery, agriculture and fintech. Joanna lives in Kenya with her husband and two young children.