in partnership with UN Women and the Commonwealth Women Business Forum
About this session
Organized together with UN Women and the Commonwealth Women Business Forum, the Empretec Women in Business Award are granted to women-owned businesses that have benefited from the business development services of the Empretec programme – a pioneering UNCTAD programme for the promotion of entrepreneurship that operates in 40 developing countries. In line with this year’s World Investment Forum theme, the Award will focus on the crucial role of women entrepreneurship in advancing the SDGs. The awards presentation will give women entrepreneurs the stage to share how they contribute to sustainable development in different sectors.
Speakers
Dr. Mukhisa Kituyi
Secretary-General, UNCTAD
Mr. Fabio Sofia
President, Sustainable Finance Group
Ms. Bisila Bokoko
Bisila Bokoko African Literacy Project
Ms. Lama Sha’sha’a Abu Dahab
WBA finalist, Co-founder & Chairperson, IRA - International Robotics Academy
Ms. Rosana Marques
WBA Finalist, Founder and CEO, Ouseuse, Brazil
Ms. Chandra Vadhana
WBA finalist, 4Tune Factory
Mrs. Barbara Ofwono Buyondo
WBA Finalist and Founder, CEO/Director/ Principal, Victorious Education Services (VES), Uganda
Ms. Uneiza Ali Issufo
WBA finalist, Founding member/ Administrator, ConsMoz Limited
Ms. Francesca Lavazza
Board Member, Lavazza Group
Prof. Vanina Farber
Chair, Social Innovation, IMD Lausanne
Prof. Michele Coletti
Associate Professor of the Dept of Management & Technology, Grenoble Ecole de Management
Mr. Alok Kumar
Investor and Mentor, Srkay
Ms. Giselle Rufer
CEO, Delance
Ms. Anya Berehzna
Head of Investment Pipeline, Symbiotics SA
Ms. Anja Monrad
Senior VP & GM for Central and Eastern Europe at Dell EMC
Ms. Magda El Sadek
Entrepreneur International School of Geneva – Ecolint
Mr. Jonathan Ortmans
Founder and President, Global Entrepreneurship Network
Ms. Delphine Favrier
Managing Director, Richemont Montblanc
Ms. Brigitte Stringfield
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