Chelsea Hornby

Chelsea is the founder and CEO of Elle International. Elle advances access to safe, sustainable, and affordable solutions for women’s health, while empowering women through education and socio-economic inclusion. Chelsea’s work at Elle is to establish South Africa as a leader in the women’s health ecosystem globally, creating opportunities for the emergence of industries that arise from the convergence of technology, harnessing the transformative potential for economic and societal benefit. This work is undertaken in accordance with the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

In May 2024, Chelsea announced Elle’s commitments to the Partner2Connnect digital coalition. The first of three commitments are to provision the digital platforms of ElleHealth, ElleStudies, and Womany, to advance patient information, research, education and diagnostics for millions of women and girls to reduce suffering and improve quality of life. The second commitment to drive connectivity and digital transformation in communities through the smart menstrual health dispenser, Moxie. The third commitment is to support the Elle Sub-Saharan Africa Consortium for open sourcing AI models and related artifacts as benchmarks to advance open science in women’s health.

Having survived the horrors of human trafficking, to spear-heading women’s health efforts. Chelsea is driven to give girls and women hope—not in laws or constitutions, but in their own hearts and minds. Chelsea holds a degree in Business Management, Communications, and Public Relations, and has received global recognition for leadership and social impact.