WFWP Perspective: Women Entrepreneurship Webinar
Self-employment has been blossoming over the past decade. In this webinar, WFWP will introduce women entrepreneurs who evaluated their ideas for a successful business. Speakers will present their best practices and decision-making processes that have contributed to effectively tackling the enormous crisis in their diverse areas of responsibility.
Date: April 9, 2021
Time: 5 PM KST (8 AM GMT | 4 AM EST | 9 AM CET | 10 AM EET | 12 AM PST)
MS. ELENA TANOU
Ms. Tanou has built and expanded a publicly listed international travel and tourism business Top Kinisis Travel Public Ltd over the past thirty years. Ms Tanou holds BA in Travel and Tourism Management and is an active proponent of private sector development in the Cyprus economy.
She is Vice President of the International Chambers of Commerce in Cyprus and is a highly respected activist on matters of commercial transparency and entrepreneurship. Ms. Tanou is former President of the Cyprus Federation of Business and Professional Women, the Cyprus European Ambassador of Women Entrepreneurs and a recipient of the prestigious Madam Figaro Business Woman of the Year Award in 2012.
She serves on the Board of the Business Advisory Council of the University of Cyprus and the University of Nicosia
MEGUMI HAGIUDA
After graduating from a university in the United States, she worked for a major pharmaceutical company before moving to Kenya, Africa in 2011.
Fascinated by the richness of Africa's nature, people, and culture, as well as roses with vitality, she launched "AFRIKA ROSE" in 2012.
In October 2015, "Afrika Rose" has opened in Hiroo, Tokyo, specializing in African roses.
In April 2019, "Afrika Rose & Flowers" has opened in Roppongi-hills. Master of Sogetsuryu of Ikebana.
Media: Fuji TV - Nonstop, TBS - King's Brunch, Nippon TV - News zero, Nikkei Newspaper, Harvard Business Review, etc.
NAILYA ZIGANSHINA
President of the All-Russian organization “Muslim Women Union” General director of the company «Halal lifestyle»
Head of the Businesswomen department of the International Association of the Islamic Business
In 2016 in Moscow Mrs. Ziganshina opened the first in Russia International Islamic Shopping Center “Barakat”
SIRIVIMOL KITAHANICH
Founder and CMO of Rai Ruen Rom (Organic Farm Experience). This organic farm area is 197.62 Acre of Organic Certified USDA land. This are is also use for organic lifestyle workshops, farm stay, farm activities and farm cafe and farm products. Our goal is to build a social innovation by promoting organic lifestyle in every group of people to be able to access the knowledge of true living of sustainable lifestyle.
Rai Ruen Rom wants to raise awareness for consumers to understand the importance of organic farming and how we all should support organic farmers.