Women-able Final 25 is announced.

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Promoting women entrepreneurs in the UAE

Women-able Final 25 selected for Phase 2

19 June 2016

On behalf of grow.ME in association with the Cherie Blair Foundation for Women, we are delighted to announce our 25 finalists for the
Women-able: Promoting women entrepreneurs in the UAE initiative.

Well done to the 60 women who started this journey, the hard work and growth you have demonstrated throughout the 3 months has been amazing. We are proud to have you in our Women-able community.

Congratulations to the

Final 25

Kelly Lundberg
Style Me Divine

Omniya & Marwa Al Barwani
Miss Independant

Khadija Behzad
Tornado

Nicola Beer
Pure Peace

Maya Al Ghaith
Health gate

Olga Sapozhnikova
Hidden Beauty Project

Amel El Achkar
Pages

Sarah Sillis & Dina Nahas
Zayoodi's Adventures

Nida Suma
Keza

Soniya & Aparna Kilparni
Unknown Traveller
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Itransform

Colette van Jaarsveld
Arcology

Innocenta Ewart
Career Counsellor

Alisa Couchman

Nusrate Ibrahim
The Living Room

Nazneen Shaikh & Amaan Creado
AquaFresh Laundry

Emily Christensen
Part time Portal

Basma Saeed
ERN

Yamna Khan
Perks Plus

Hannah Mc Donald
Citispi

Julie McCombe
Give Skin

Carla Bygrave
The Bunting Queens

Women-able: Promoting women entrepreneurs in the UAE

Promoting Women Entrepreneurs in the UAE, a Women-able initiative powered by Grow.Me in association with the Cherie Blair Foundation for Women, was launched in March 2016 with the aim of promoting female entrepreneurship in the UAE through training and mentorship.

Over the past three months, the program has supported 60 women to develop new business ideas or scale existing businesses to increase sales, revenue and employment opportunities.

On June 2nd , the Dubai Business Women Council hosted the Women-able Demo Day where 41 women pitched to a panel of judges for the chance to be selected as one of the programâ€™s 25 finalists. The Demo Day was the first pitching event in the eight-month program, aimed to enhance the participantsâ€™ public speaking and presentation skills, in order to help them confidently approach customers and potential investors in the future.

On the Demo Day, the judges used various criteria to assess the womenâ€™s pitches. The judging panel included a number of Women-able mentors, who evaluated the participantsâ€™ ability to articulate the problem they were solving, their awareness of the solutions that already existed in the market, the quality of the solution they were providing and their knowledge of the target market. The participants were also evaluated on their overall performance in the program. This assessment was based on their willingness to fully embrace the idea exploration process, to listen to alternative opinions and to assume an action-oriented attitude toward their business development.

Over the next 5 months, the finalists will be working with coaches and SME experts to drive their businesses forward. Our goal, revenue, growth and financial inclusion to become value drive sustainable businesses in our global economy.

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Women-able initiative
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Supporters and Partners

We extend a huge thank you to our supporters and partners for there generosity in sharing resources, time and expertise to help our participants.
Without our mentors, this initiative would not be possible

Thank you to Steve Cronin, Maurice Cassan, Susie Kelt, Shane Dobbin, Karim Araroui, Nasheeda & Amanda from PwC, Abhijit Shahane, and Chris Roedel. Also to Kia "the start-up fairy godmother" Davis, Klaus Miserra and Maria Pearson from grow.ME.

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