Liberia has seen better days. Three years ago, the tiny African country faced the worst Ebola epidemic of all time, resulting in more than 11,000 deaths across it and its neighboring countries, Guinea and Sierra Leone. The health disaster had devastating economic implications as well: markets closed, investors left, and residents deserted their posts in the fields and factories. Half of all Liberians lost their jobs, and today, unemployment rates remain exceedingly high—20 percent of men and 35 percent of women are without work. Now that Liberia is finally free of Ebola, the country is starting to rebuild its struggling economy—and for the first time in the nation’s history, female entrepreneurs are leading this charge.

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