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Patricia Zoundi Yao (born in 1976 in Aboisso, Côte d'Ivoire) is a well-known social entrepreneur in Côte d'Ivoire. She is the founder of several companies, including Quickcash and Canaan Land (agribusiness). Her determination and leadership was recognized by UNCTAD in September 2019 when she was one of seven "eTrade for Women Advocates". [1]
Female entrepreneurship has been recognized as an important source of economic growth. Female entrepreneurs create new jobs for themselves and others and also provide society with different solutions to management, organisation, and business problems. However, they still represent a minority of all entrepreneurs.
She launched the first fund to provide capital to women-owned businesses in South Africa with an R120 million private equity fund. [6] In 1999 she was recognised as one of the 50 Leading Women Entrepreneurs of the World. [7] The World Economic Forum in Switzerland recognised her as a Global Leader of Tomorrow. [6]
Nooyi has consistently ranked among the world's 100 most powerful women. [6] In 2014, she was ranked at number 13 on the Forbes list, and the second most powerful woman on the Fortune list in 2015 and 2017. [7] [8] [9] She sits on the boards of Amazon and the International Cricket Council, among other organizations. [10] [11]
Roger E. Axtell, Tami Briggs, Margaret Corcoran, and Mary Beth Lamb, Do's and Taboos Around the World for Women in Business; Douglas Branson, No Seat at the Table: How Corporate Governance and Law Keep Women Out of the Boardroom; Christ, M. H. 2016. Women in internal audit: Perspectives from around the world.
As such, SmartAsset sought to uncover which metro areas are best for women entrepreneurs. To do this, we compared 50 of the largest metro areas across the following metrics: number of female-owned ...
As of 2020, Bumble has over 100 million users worldwide. [39] In February 2021, Bumble topped $13 billion in valuation after listing shares on the Nasdaq exchange. [40] Her 18-month-old son was on her hip as she rang the Nasdaq bell. [41] In 2021, Wolfe Herd became the world's youngest female billionaire after taking Bumble public. [42]
There are still miles to go for women in the business world, but the strides made in recent years have been nothing less than empowering. As of 2016, women held about 24 percent of all senior ...