Female entrepreneurship is an “economic promise” capturing attention of governments, corporations, and civil society all over the world, since small- and medium-sized enterprises are engines of economic growth and stability. Currently, women are creating businesses at a greater rate than men in Ghana, Nigeria, and Thailand. Despite proven benefits of women’s economic engagement, female entrepreneurs face disproportionate barriers in growing their businesses: difficulty accessing credit, markets, and equal protection under the law. Join optimistic female entrepreneurs and those that are helping women around the world overcome financing and legal barriers.
Session Description
Time & Location
Time:
13:15 - 14:30, Thursday, April 10, 2014 BSTLocation:
SBS, Nelson Mandela Lecture Theatre
Speakers
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SpeakerAttorney & Land Tenure/Gender Specialist, LandesaHirut Girma is a lawyer and development practitioner with significant international experience. She has considerable experience working with multilateral, bilateral, and national institutions. As a Land Tenure and Gender Specialist at Landesa, she provides analytical and implementation…
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SpeakerSenior Vice President, Root CapitalCatherine manages investor relations, communications and marketing at Root Capital, an agricultural lender that provides loans and advisory services to small and growing agricultural businesses in Latin America, sub-Saharan Africa, and Indonesia. Since its founding in 1999, Root Capital has disbursed…
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SpeakerCEO and Founder, TraceSoftRosemary is the Founder and CEO of TraceSoft Limited, a supply chain information management and analytics firm based in Nairobi Kenya. Formerly General Manager of GS1 Kenya, the global Bar-coding standards organization, Rosemary has over 12 years of experience in business technology and…
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SpeakerChief Executive Officer, Ele Agbe Co. LtdComfort Aku Adjahoe-Jennings Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Ele Agbe Company Ltd, a Shea butter and local beads jewellery production and export company in Ghana. Ele Agbe produces a variety of body creams, soaps, lotion bars, body oils and lip balms from Shea butter that are exported…
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ModeratorExecutive Director, Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and SecurityAmbassador Melanne Verveer is the executive director of the Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security. She most recently served as the first US Ambassador for Global Women’s Issues. In this position, she coordinated foreign policy issues and activities relating to the political, economic and…