Mastercard Female SME Leaders Honors Exposes 2024 Champions

• Winners consisted of females business owners from Egypt, Lithuania, Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania, Turkey, UAE and Ukraine
• The honor event commemorated the success of females changemakers throughout varied industries in Eastern Europe, Center East and Africa

Mastercard has actually introduced the champions of the 3rd version of its Ladies SME Leaders Honors, commemorating the success of women-owned and led services throughout varied industries in the Eastern Europe, Center East and Africa (EEMEA) area.

Released in 2022, the Mastercard Female SME Leaders Honors is the initial effort of its kind to identify superior women business owners forming the future of the area.

” At Mastercard, our company believe when we sustain females business owners, we are not just sustaining the economic climate however additionally their wish to fix actual requirements. That’s why we are dedicated to producing an allowing setting for females to meet their possible as magnate. The Mastercard Female SME Leaders Honors is an important component of our females’s empowerment trip. This effort aids us create energy so we can remain to boost one of the most impactful females changemakers,” claimed Amnah Ajmal, Exec Vice Head Of State, Market Advancement, EEMEA, Mastercard.

This year’s version of the honors was open to all females possessing or leading services with a turn over under US$ 13.6 million (AED50 million) and 6-50 workers that have their workplaces or use their solutions in the EEMEA area.

The champions of Mastercard Female SME Leaders Honors 2024 are:

1. The Imaginative Leader: Fay Wong, Supervisor and Companion, QUOTE (UAE)
2. The F&B Leader: Laura Kaziukoniene, Creator and Chief Executive Officer, Super Yard (Lithuania)
3. The Dreamer: Hanane Benkhalouk, Creator, Tawazoun (UAE)
4. The Leader of Tomorrow: Reem AlMusabbah, founder, Unipreneur Inc, and Head of Area Involvement and Subscription, Ladies in AI UAE Innovation (UAE)
5. The Wellness Custodian: Chelsea Hornby, Creator, Elle International (South Africa)
6. The Trendsetter: Farah Zafar, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Lyvely (UAE)
7. The Merchant: Pamela Lilburne Opie, Creator and Chief Executive Officer, Bed Linen Fascination Fabric Trading (UAE)
8. The Instructor: Jessy Radwan, Creator and Chief Executive Officer, Carerha (Egypt)
9. The Expert Solutions Leader: Yuliia Fedosiuk, CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, UAPAY (Ukraine)
10. The Style & & Elegance Leader: Leda Di Marti, CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, Maelle Team (UAE)
11. The Media Leader: Jacqueline Lawrence, Highlands FM Radio (Tanzania)
12. The Social Influence Leader: İpek Koç Kıraç, Suna’ nın Kızları (Turkey)
13. Lifetime Success Honor: Dr Smita Francis, Creator and Chair, Namibia Female in Design Organization (Namibia)
14. Home-Based Service of the Year: Alicia English, Exec Supervisor, The Olive Exchange (South Africa)
15. Momrepreneur of the Year: Farah Ahmed Farag, Creator and chief executive officer, The infant garage (Egypt)

The Female SME Leaders Honors 2024 court consisted of Mastercard’s Amnah Ajmal, Tamara Pupic, Handling Editor, Business Owner Center East, and Nezha Alaoui, Creator and Chief Executive Officer, Female Option.

The honor event included informative conversations by popular sector leaders from throughout the area. Aleksandra Agatowska, CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, PZU and Founder, LUU Children, and Ola Doudin, Founder, BitOasis, signed up with Nezha Alaoui in a panel conversation on damaging the glass ceiling in the SME room. Amnah Ajmal, Alya Al Zarouni, COO, Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC), and Mila Smart Semeshkina, CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER & & Creator, Lectera.com and Creator & & Head of state, Female’s Empowerment Council, discovered means of sustaining organization development via technology and creative thinking. Concluding the program, Fadi Ghandour, Chairman, Wamda Funding and Creator of Aramex, shared his point of views on the relevance of determination for every single business owner throughout their organization trip.

The Ladies SME Leaders Honors lines up with Mastercard’s worldwide promise to attach 25 million females business owners to the electronic economic climate by 2025 as component of its initiatives to develop a much more lasting and comprehensive globe. The business attained the objective in June 2023– 2 years in advance of the target date.

Adhering to 2 years of online occasions, the honor event occurred personally for the very first time at Bluewaters Online forum by Banyan Tree Dubai.