Three months into her first post-college job -- a good one, with the global communications company -- Liz Forkin dumped her public-relations career in the round file and bought a plane ticket to She ...

An American accessories brand planted roots in Uganda to lift women out of poverty, unemployment and forced marriage — a too typical scenario in the destitute country. Sseko provides work and college ...

July 25, 2011: Ecovibe apparel and Pie Footwear will be participating in Sseko Designs' 30 Ways 30 Days promotion beginning on August 15. Based in Portland, the not-just-for-profit company will be ...

Sseko Designs gambled with a new sales model that is fueling growth In 2014, just as Sseko Designs was closing a seed round and gearing up for two major national television appearances, founders Liz ...

Behind the fair-trade company that’s helping educate women in Uganda. Earlier this month, a Facebook friend posted about shopping for strappy spring sandals. Despite similar styles catching her eye at ...

Daenel "Dani" Vaughn-Tucker knows how fortunate she is to be a woman living in America, where she has access to all the education she could ever want. In many countries, it's not so simple. So when ...

Sseko (say-ko) Designs is a Uganda-based, philanthropically motivated accessory company created by Portland’s Liz Forkin Bohannon, whose chic leather sandals with interchangeable fabric straps are ...

Liz Bohannan, the founder of social enterprise Sseko Design, has written a book sharing her entrepreneurial journey over the past decade. Liz Bohannan has been running Sseko, a socially conscious ...

HOOD RIVER, OR--(Marketwire - Mar 12, 2013) - Interactive advertising agency Blue Collar Interactive today announced the winner of their JumpStart campaign (http ...

Social Venture Network (SVN) has announced that One World Futbol, Sseko Designs, Fenugreen, Sustainable Health Enterprises and MASS Design Group have won its 2013 Innovation Awards, which recognizes ...

I wish it were warm all year long so I wouldn’t have to wear closed-toe shoes. Sandals are so liberating and look oh so stylish, but only when you have the right pair. I recently chatted with Liz ...