Building Our Own Table - Nanna S Soenya

Hello friends,

A few weeks ago, I happened upon a post from Nanna S Soenya about supporting Black women. After a quick browse of her profile and a short chat in the DMs, I knew I wanted to feature her work here. Please meet Nanna, and check out what she’s doing at OmegaSeven.

Nanna, tell me briefly about your background prior to founding OmegaSeven

Before founding Outreach for Multifaceted Ecosystems and Global Advancement (OmegaSeven), I built a career in high-end hospitality, opening award-winning restaurants in London, Dubai and Barcelona, and later running my own café in Mexico. Alongside this, I spent years in mission-driven work in Mexico, researching and investigating women and girls affected by commercial sexual exploitation (CSEC), and working in Mexico to raise awareness and find tangible solutions to helping survivors and equipping families that would be vulnerable to it.

Give me the elevator pitch for OmegasSeven

OmegaSeven leads outreach that builds multifaceted ecosystems for women, driving global advancement. Through initiatives like FundHerShip in the UK and Nave Nodriza in Mexico, we create what is missing, connecting Black and Brown women to the funding, resources, and networks they need for their visions to thrive.

And in more detail?

OmegaSeven, which stands for Outreach for Multifaceted Ecosystems and Global Advancement, is a women-focused company dedicated to building the systems, connections, and resources Black and Brown women need to succeed. We work across sectors to design ecosystems that function in and of themselves, ensuring women can access capital, skills, and networks without having to constantly push against barriers that were never built for them.

Our work centres on two flagship initiatives. In the UK, FundHerShip is a self-sustaining grant programme providing monthly funding to Black and Brown women so they can launch or grow their ideas without debt or unnecessary hoops. In Mexico, Nave Nodriza partners with female-led organisations serving women and children, strengthening their capacity and linking them to global funding partners.

By combining on-the-ground insight with a global reach, OmegaSeven creates what is missing, enabling women to move from surviving to thriving, and ensuring their impact carries forward for generations.

What inequity were you trying to address, and why is this important?

We are addressing the inequity in access to funding and resources for Black and Brown women. These women are consistently overlooked or shut out of existing systems, even when opportunities technically exist. Without equitable access, their ideas, businesses, and community work are underfunded, under-resourced, and often unsustainable. This matters because when women have fair access, they not only build stronger futures for themselves but also create lasting change in their families, communities, and economies.

How’s it going? What has the response been?

The response has been overwhelmingly positive from the people that we are trying to help.

In a few instances, we have experienced some ignorant backlash from some indigenous people of the UK. However, again most of the people who have heard about the work we’re doing are very supportive.

What’s next for OmegaSeven?

The goal for our company is to grow the FundHerShip grant from one grant of £10,000 a month to at least three.

For Nave Nodriza in Mexico, our goal is to have a portfolio of 1,000 female-led organisations that we are able to assist with resources and funding.

And for our last initiative, which is our Global Grassroots Initiative, to be able to create an ecosystem of organisations in areas of conflict or with large amounts of displaced people where we can get resources directly to women, so they can rebuild their lives and communities.

In relation to racism, what is your vision for the future?

I do not believe racism will ever be completely abolished because of human nature. New generations are born every day, and while some people can unlearn racist ideas, others will adopt them regardless of the time period they are born into. The real distinction is between individual acts of racism, like someone shouting slurs in the street, and the far deeper harm of systems and structures built on racist ideals.

My vision is to give power to those who face these inequities by building our own ecosystems, systems that hold our communities, resource them, and position them to create change. By building and leveraging our own power, we can influence and reshape wider systems so they are no longer rooted in racist structures or biased toward one group. It is not about domination or subjugation in return, but about creating frameworks where equity is embedded and sustained.

Is there anything I haven't asked you that you'd like to add?

Yes. I would add that my work is shaped by a global perspective. I see the gaps in systems, whether in the UK, Mexico or beyond, and my instinct is to create solutions that fill them. That has been my life’s pattern, even when I did not have the resources to fully implement those ideas. OmegaSeven is the structure that now allows me to turn those solutions into reality, building what is missing so that women are equipped, connected and able to shift the systems around them.

Coming from a global background myself, I really relate to Nanna’s perspective, and I love the work she’s doing. To learn more and lend your support, feel free to connect with Nanna on the OmegaSeven website, on LinkedIn or on Tiktok.

Thanks for reading,

Sharon

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