Meet the women entrepreneurs whose businesses are being transformed through the WEIDE Fund.
Thelal Shamaileh, the founder of Easy Robot Kit in Jordan, traces in this interview the journey of expanding her education technology business specializing in robotics and technology education with the support of the Women Exporters in the Digital Economy (WEIDE) Fund.
Participating in an agri-food industry trade fair in Canada offered Ankhtuya Dashdorj, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Puma Service LLC, fresh insights into international markets, helping her to identify new opportunities for partnerships and future business growth..
Faith Obi-Ekpeme began designing clothes during her university days, when she started creating ready-to-wear pieces for friends who had recently given birth. Today, the confidence she has gained in her entrepreneurial abilities mirrors the confidence her customers feel when they wear her designs.
Bayarjargal Navaansuren’s business turns raw wool from herder households into finished mattresses. With the right financial support and new connections, she’s thinking far beyond Mongolia’s borders.
When Stella Ereyukomhen boarded her flight from Lagos to Beijing, she expected to learn and explore new sales opportunities. She did not expect to return with an entirely new perspective on how her company – Royal Winosa Industries Ltd., which makes plantain flour and cassava chips – could grow in global markets.
When two Dominican women entrepreneurs met at a trade training programme, they turned a chance conversation into a product now catching the eye of international buyers.
The self-taught creator and founder of Chumbys native rice mix in Nigeria, having been elected to participate in the WEIDE Fund, is looking forward to scaling her business.
