April 22: The Standard Chartered NewBiz Business Women Summit and Awards 2022 kicked off amid a special function in the capital on Thursday. The organizer New Business Age Pvt Ltd informed that 15 women entrepreneurs will be honored in 8 categories during the event.
Speaking at the inauguration of the awards ceremony, Sabita Subedi on behalf of the organisers, said that the awards ceremony would inspire others involved in women’s entrepreneurship.
“Women empowerment has been making rounds since a long time and it has achieved some success. However much more needs to be done. Let’s work hand in hands for entrepreneurship,” said NBA Director Subedi.
New Business Age had organized various events across the country to promote women entrepreneurship in the run-up to the finale. The awards programme started with two women sharing their entrepreneurial journey. Following the programme, special interactive trainings in hybrid methods on financial literacy, entrepreneurship, time management and capacity development were held in Pokhara, Birgunj and Biratnagar.
NBA has been conducting such programmes to promote entrepreneurship and business since 2013. The programme to honor women entrepreneurs was initiated in 2021.
This year, the best seven women entrepreneurs from each province will also be honored with Rs 50,000 each. According to the organizers, the process of selecting women entrepreneurs for the honor had started since May last year. A jury comprising independent experts made the final selection of entrepreneurs from more than 2,000 women entrepreneurs.
Standard Chartered Bank is the main sponsor and Muktinath Bikas Bank Limited is the co-sponsor of the Summit and Awards to be held in Kathmandu on April 22. Likewise, the medical partner for the event is Star Hospital. Center for Leadership and Entrepreneurship is the knowledge partner, Turkish Airlines is the airlines partner, Daraz is the ecommerce partner, NECO Insurance Limited is the insurance partner and Dish Home FiberNet is the internet partner.
Similarly, the event is also supported by Agriculture Development Bank, Sipradi Trading, Reliable Life Insurance, Progressive Finance Limited, National Life Insurance, Federation of Women Entrepreneurs Association of Nepal (FWEAN), Federation of Nepalese Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FNCCI) and Nepal Rastra Bank.
