We are proud to celebrate the 9th annual Women’s Entrepreneurship Day, which takes place this Friday, November 19th, 2022! The entire month of November is nationally recognized as Entrepreneur Month, with National Entrepreneurs Day falling on November 16th this year. Especially acknowledging the exceptional contributions that women entrepreneurs make to their businesses and the world around them is a priority every day here at wegg®.
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“Communications is at the heart of eCommerce and community.”
-Meg Whitman, Former President and CEO of Hewlett-Packard
For many consumers, eCommerce is a part of our daily lives, from ordering a household item through Amazon to purchasing a gift from a small business on Etsy.
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“The ability to participate in the digital economy isn’t just life-changing for low-income women, it can also benefit economies. Digitalization of small and medium businesses could add anywhere between $158-216 billion to India’s GDP by 2024.”
-World Economic Forum
wegg is always at the forefront of educating women entrepreneurs on cutting-edge business strategies and new financial evolutions that the global economy and currencies shift towards.
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“Emergency funds can meet immediate needs, but for enduring economic self-sufficiency to be achieved, individuals must be given the tools and training to provide for themselves.”
–UN Women, “In the aftermath of crisis, rural Bangladeshi women pursue economic security”
The global crisis of the COVID-19 pandemic and the 2020 Cyclone Amphan are two of the catastrophes that have devastated the livelihood of women in Bangladesh over the past several years.
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“Businesses exist to create profit, so to be a successful business, you need to ensure you are saving on costs as much as possible without compromising the quality of the product. ”
– Forbes, “How To Handle Shrinking Profit Margins During Times Of High Inflation”
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“As consumer behavior continues to evolve and the retail landscape changes, retailers that embrace and implement these changes early on will be better positioned for success now and in the future.”
-Jia Wertz,“3 Mobile Commerce Trends That Are Dominating 2022”
Our society has become structured around the widespread use of smartphones more and more each year.
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“Prior to COVID-19, women were beginning to thrive online. Action now can reverse the pandemic’s impacts and ensure that women entrepreneurs can lead the future of Africa’s digital economy.”
-Alexa Roscoe and Anne Njambi Kabugi, International Finance Corporation
Brookings has released their Foresight Africa 2022 Report,
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“A just and inclusive energy transition, one that alleviates energy poverty and mitigates climate change, requires understanding the financing needs of entrepreneurs who we are depending on to deliver the world’s energy access goals.”
-Gareth Zahir-Bill, Shell Foundation operations director
The Energy Entrepreneurs Growth Fund (EEGF),
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“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.”
In a June 2021 article from The Edge Malaysia entitled,
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Just like Women Entrepreneurs Grow Global®, the Canadian federal government’s Women Entrepreneurship Strategy (WES) helps women entrepreneurs expand into global markets. While wegg® was launched in 2015, WES was launched in 2018. Since then, the Canadian government has almost doubled its investment to nearly $5 billion during the COVID-19 pandemic to help women-led businesses.
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