Zubaida Bai

Zubaida Bai is a Social Entrepreneur, Women’s Health Advocate, Speaker, Mechanical Engineer, Product Designer, Global Pioneer and Builder of Sustainable business. She is the Founder and CEO of ayzh, a social enterprise with a mission to bring simplicity and dignity to women’s health worldwide. Zubaida is widely regarded as an expert and a leader in the field of designing low-cost health products customized for the developing world. Her award winning $3 Clean Birth Kit in a Purse contains simple, essential tools recommended by the World Health Organization to prevent infection at the time of childbirth and ensure a safe and hygienic birth. She has since expanded her product line to target the continuum of women’s health (reproductive, maternal, newborn, child, and adolescent) and has brought to market other kit-style products addressing Essential Newborn Care, Postpartum Health, and Menstrual Hygiene. Zubaida has been invited to speak at high profile events including Women in the World, the United Nations General Assembly, and the World Economic Forum. She was also invited to give a TED Talk and has appeared in Al Jazeera, BBC News, Financial Times, The Economic Times, and CNBC Africa. Zubaida has a Masters of Mechanical Engineering from Dalarna University, an MBA in Global Social and Sustainable Enterprise from Colorado State University. Awards and honors include: MacArthur 100&Change Top 200 Finalist (2017); World Economic Forum (2017/2013); UN Global Compact (2016); GE Healthymagination (2016); TED Resident (2016); Nike Foundation Entrepreneur in Residence (2015); IDEO (2015); Stars in Global Health (2015); Pfizer Foundation Global Health Innovator (2015); Duke-SEAD (2015); first social business accepted into the Every Newborn Action Plan (2014); INDIAFRICA Prize Winner (2012), Echoing Green Fellow (2012); World Health Care Congress (2011), Ashoka Maternal Health Champion (2010), TED Fellow (2009).

Sub-specialties: Design, development, manufacturing and distribution of appropriate technology; Maternal Health; Newborn Health; Adolescent Health; Safe Childbirth; Menstrual Hygiene; Sustainable Social Enterprise; Social Franchising; United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs); Gender Equality in the Workplace; India; Environmentally responsible packaging.