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Cherie at the Milken Global Conference 2015
Earlier this week Cherie was in Los Angeles, USA where she spoke at the Milken Global Conference in the plenary session “What Would You Do to Make the World Better for Women and Girls?”. Speakers...
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Business Growth During Times of Instability: Lessons from Lebanon
Since 2011, our Enterprise Development Programme has been working to support women entrepreneurs in Lebanon to achieve sustainable business growth by building their confidence, capability and access to...
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Cherie speaks at EY’s Women in Leadership Summit
Over the past 15 years EY has celebrated the successes of entrepreneurs at its annual EY World Entrepreneur Of The Year awards. This year the event spanned four days in Monaco, kicking off with the...
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A Step Towards Financial Inclusion In Nigeria: Training Women Mobile Banking...
After an early start to beat the traffic, I take a seat next to Helen Lightcrown in her small shop, which sells hair products in the Oshodi district of Lagos. A generator is humming away outside,...
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Reflections on our Mentor Appreciation Day 2015
Here at the Foundation, we know that having a mentor can make all the difference to women entrepreneurs. Mentors provide guidance and support at crucial moments, helping to accelerate progress on the...
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Broadening Entrepreneurial Horizons Through Cross-cultural Exchange
Written by Jana Zraik, a participant in our Fostering Young Israeli Women Entrepreneurs project (pictured above right) After three years of intensive studies at one of the best business schools in...
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Cherie speaks with Devex on the progress of women’s role in the economy
“We need to make sure that we do better with these Sustainable Development Goals in relation to women and women’s economic empowerment than we did with the Millennium Development Goals.” At this...
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The Difference an App Makes
What’s your favourite mobile app? A time-saving travel planner, a banking app or social networking site? There are so many apps that make life a little easier. And then there are apps that make life...
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Cashless economies hold promise for women’s empowerment
The developing economies of the world are going cashless. Driven by increasing rates of mobile penetration and a growing realisation that “going digital” brings a host of socio-economic benefits,...
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Photo essay: Seven Stories of Women Entrepreneurs
Today we are proud to release ‘Empowering Women, Broadening Horizons’, an independent evaluation of our Mentoring Women in Business Programme. This programme uses technology to connect women...
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