MALAYSIANSKINI | While the long pandemic lockdowns sent many businesses to their knees, it was a period of remarkable growth for a group of remarkable women entrepreneurs.

Even more remarkable, the women never even thought of being entrepreneurs.

But as the pandemic turned the world upside down, an engineer launched a Nyonya food paste business, a pharmacist introduced an Ayurvedic beauty product range, and a housewife cultivated western herbs.

Today, they are all thriving businesspersons - winning awards and moving their home-based manufacturing into factories to meet growing demand.

The thread that goes through all their success stories is MADCash..