User:Veggieramen/Sara Wahedi

Sara Wahedi ( Afghanistan, 1995 ) is an Afghan-Canadian entrepreneur.

She was born in Afghanistan but in 2000 her family moved to Canada. One of her first jobs was for two years as a social development expert in the Office of the President of Afghanistan.

In 2018 she founded the Ehtesab app with her savings of $2,500, which received a $40,000 investment from Netlinks in 2019. The application fights against misinformation by reporting real-time security, energy and traffic information in Kabul. It was especially useful to the population in 2021, during the bombings, roadside checks and attacks surrounding the Taliban's return to power. The company had 20 employees in 2021. By 2022 the app was still up and running, but struggled with power outages for both light and internet. She worked from New York and most of the data verification workers had left Afghanistan.

In 2021 TIME magazine included her on the list of Leaders of the Next Generation and the BBC on the list of the most inspiring women. In 2022 he is studying at Columbia University, where he is studying Human Rights and Data Science.