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KEDGE graduate and entrepreneur, Carole Tawema has founded a social enterprise
Carole Tawema graduated with a Masters in Entrepreneurship from KEDGE Business School. She’s one of the co-founders of Karethic, an organic cosmetics brand that uses shea butter.
Carole Tawema arrived in France at the age of ten, after growing up in Benin. With a master's degree in entrepreneurship from KEDGE Business School, she founded Karethic in 2006. This high-impact company offers organic cosmetics based on shea butter. Today, Carole Tawema has succeeded in structuring a production chain that employs 700 women in Benin!
" If you don't fail, you don't learn " . - Carole Tawema
Carole Tawema is an alumnus who's not afraid of entrepreneurship! Discover her story on the Les Echos Entrepreneurs podcast.
A company with impact
Karethic is an organic brand inspired by traditional African medicine! These values are perfectly aligned with those of KEDGE Business School, which aims to be an inclusive and sustainable school. Indeed, KEDGE has adopted the KEDGE IMPAKT strategy, which aims to train responsible managers and accelerate the ecological and social transition, and is based on 3 pillars that permeate all its activities and the careers of its students:
- Care for People: Committed to a more inclusive society
- Act for the Planet: taking action to preserve the climate and biodiversity
- Innovate for Tomorrow: Reinventing our businesses to accelerate the ecological and social transition
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