Kansas sisters break new ground for Black women founders in tech – and beyond

Angela Muhwezi-Hall and Deborah Gladney are pioneering a startup that links jobseekers to opportunities in the midwest

This year, sisters Angela Muhwezi-Hall and Deborah Gladney from Wichita, Kansas, became the first Black women entrepreneurs in the state to raise $1m in seed funding for QuickHire, an app that serves as a career discovery platform" for frontline service economy workers.

It is really cool," says Gladney We pride ourselves on being underserved founders who are serving underserved workers in an underserved geographic region. We're hoping to shed light on opportunities can arise outside of traditional areas. If we can help remove barriers for people, even by being the first or just being able to have people come alongside us, that is what we're all about."