Catalysing Women’s Entrepreneurship for the SDGs: Highlighting Commonwealth Awardees of the 2020 WE Empower UN SDG Challenge

Join the Commonwealth Businesswomen’s Network (CBWN), Vital Voices, the WE Empower UN SDG Challenge and the Global Entrepreneurship Network UK, and for a dynamic discussion on the importance of women’s entrepreneurship to advance the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

The WE Empower UN SDG Challenge is the first of its kind global business competition for women social entrepreneurs who are advancing the UN Sustainable Development Goals and inspiring entire communities to act to create the world we want by 2030.

Tune in to hear from four incredible women entrepreneurs from Commonwealth countries as they discuss tangible, innovative business solutions for advancing the UN SDGs, both locally and globally. From using elephants and bees for human and wildlife conflict in Botswana, to bridging the digital divide in education across the Caribbean, you won’t want to miss how collective action can create sustainable, transformational change around the world.

• Valrie Grant,  Founder, GeoTechVision (Jamaica) - WINNER
• Mavis Nduchwa,  Founder, Kalahari Honey (Botswana) - finalist 
• Alison Price,  Founder, SoilCyclers (Australia) - finalist 
• Danielle Sharaf,  Founder, Switch (Pakistan)  - finalist 
• Elaine Gold, Executive Director, Global Entrepreneurship Network UK (GEN UK)

Event convened by the Commonwealth Businesswomen’s Network (CBWN) and Vital Voices