A very thoughtful post by Manuel Bueno, NextBillion.net, Development through Enterprise:
It still baffles me that there are not more BoP businesses making use of women’s skills to enhance their economic and social bottom lines.
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Women entrepreneurship in Ethiopia is slowly but surely making headway.
The formation of the Ethiopian Women Exporters’ Forum is fitting manifestation of this growing trend.Established in January 2000, the Ethiopian Women Exporters’ Forum (list of members) aims at bolstering the organizational and technical capacity of members and arm them with that extra competitive edge to excel in the export trade and the entrepreneurial capacity to stand up to the challenges of international trade and commerce.
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As noted in The New York Times, Freakonomics Blog on Tuesday, September 8, 2009:
The Entrepreneur
Wade (Magatte Wade, a Senegalese entrepreneur and founder of beverage company Adina for Life), meanwhile,
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According to Gayle Tzemach Lemmon, the key to global economic development is women entrepreneurs.
When I began writing about women entrepreneurs in post-conflict countries with a trip to Rwanda in 2005, no one thought there was a story.
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Japan’s Sample Lab has opened a marketing cafe in Tokyo’s Shibuya district targeting affluent young women with product samples with a view to turning them into opinion formers. The concept will also be rolled out in the cities of Nagoya,
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Global Sistergoods is a marketplace for women artisans from around the world.
Global Sistergoods was founded in 2006 by two sisters, Beth Kapsch and Kristi Jo (KJ) Lewis (pictured above), who combined their professional backgrounds in living wage issues,
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Global Sistergoods is a marketplace for women artisans from around the world.
Global Sistergoods was founded in 2006 by two sisters, Beth Kapsch and Kristi Jo (KJ) Lewis (pictured above), who combined their professional backgrounds in living wage issues,
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Emilia Smith, award-winning U.K. entrepreneur and founder of “Winter in Venice,” reflects on her early childhood:
“I remember my dad asking me to pack a suit-case when I went to collect my GCSE results in case I had failed,
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Two young entrepreneurs in 1987 set out to find quality driven luggage for women. When their search didn’t pan out, Barbara Bradley Baekgaard and Patricia Miller (pictured L-R) decided to make their own.
After stealing the show with neighborhood clothing displays,
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You must see this video to appreciate what 17-year-old Zoe Damacela, owner of Chicago-based Zoe Damacela Apparel, has accomplished through tremendous discipline and hard work. It won’t be long before Zoe takes her business global.
You watch,
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