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Introducing the 2025 Reckitt Catalyst Entrepreneurs

Supporting social entrepreneurs and scaling up innovative solutions.

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Announcing the 2025 Reckitt Catalyst Entrepreneurs

We are proud to announce our 23 Reckitt Catalyst Winners of 2025. These carefully selected group of social entrepreneurs are the minds behind businesses that are driving practical, .community-led solutions spanning improved access to health and expanded access to water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH). Their breakthrough ideas represent the kind of innovative solutions that build resilience within their communities and scale impact that meet global challenges over the long term. As Reckitt Catalyst continues into its next phase, we will support these change makers –equipping them with the know-how and financing needed to help scale their solutions and maximise their impact.

What is Reckitt Catalyst?

An initiative to scale access to health and hygiene across the world. We believe innovation and entrepreneurship are critical to fast-track systemic change. Since 2020, Reckitt has partnered with experts to catalyse more than 60 social entrepreneurs across 13 countries, fuelling breakthrough solutions that improve access to better health and hygiene and drive inclusive growth for nearly a million people. Now, we're scaling our commitment, launching Reckitt Catalyst – a five-year commitment to provide funding, mentorship and expertise to support 200 social innovators by 2030, to scale access to health and hygiene impacting 5 million people across the world.

By providing funding, mentorship, and expertise to female and **underrepresented founders, Reckitt Catalyst is ensuring that world-changing ideas don't just emerge, they thrive. We are delivering Reckitt Catalyst in partnership with Acumen America, Health Innovation Exchange and Yunus Social Innovation.
** Underrepresented founders are individuals from demographic groups that have historically faced systemic barriers to accessing resources, opportunities, or recognition in the entrepreneurial ecosystem. **

Meet the 2025 Reckitt Catalyst entrepreneurs below.

 

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Meet our Entrepreneur-in-Residence

With Serena Williams joining as its first-ever Entrepreneur in Residence, Reckitt Catalyst will draw from her experience and success as an entrepreneur and impact investor to equip innovators with the tools and support to accelerate their impact and build a healthier future for all.

Learn more about Reckitt Catalyst and how to apply

Are you an entrepreneur improving access to healthcare, water, sanitation, or hygiene in the U.S., Nigeria, South Africa, Kenya, India, Pakistan, Indonesia, Mexico, or Brazil? Then apply now by following the links below.

Applications for entrepreneurs in the United States are reviewed on a rolling basis. For Africa, Asia, or LATAM, applications for 2025 are now closed.

United States

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Africa, Asia, Latam

Apply to Catalyst if you are based in Africa, Asia, or LATAM

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Case studies

Revolutionising access to healthcare

Following Reckitt's investment and mentorship, we supported Chil AI Lab to boost healthcare access in rural Africa, where only 1.3% of the global healthcare workforce serves a population carrying 25% of the world’s disease burden. Through an AI-powered marketplace, Chil connects patients in Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Ethiopia, and Zambia with global specialists, ensuring lifesaving care is accessible without leaving local facilities.
 
Chil has scaled its operations, expanded into Tanzania and Ethiopia, and refined its approach to impact. In 2024, the company reached a major milestone – its first $1 million in revenue – while doubling its reach to serve 200,009 patients, up from 110,002 in 2023. In 2025, Chil is partnering to expand the Dettol Hygiene Quest behaviour change programme to Uganda.

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