Investing in dreams: $100k seed fund empowers women entrepreneurship


(From left) Mereka project director Farhana Mohd Noor; Biji-biji Initiative and Mereka group chief executive officer Rashvin Pal Singh; Biji-biji Initiative chief executive officer and Mereka director Juliana Adam; Ministry of Entrepreneur and Cooperatives Development (MECD) deputy secretary general (Policy and Monitoring) deputy secretary general Noor Afifah Abdul Razak; Standard Chartered Bank Malaysia chairman Datuk Yvonne Chia; Standard Chartered Bank Malaysia Brand & Sponsorship, Impact and Community Engagement head Mastura Adnan; Saadiq Malaysia chief executive officer Mohd Suhaimi Abdul Hamid; and Standard Chartered Malaysia Corporate Affairs, Brand and Marketing head Geraldine Tan.

TO further empower women, Futuremakers by Standard Chartered and Mereka Innovative Education (Mereka) have introduced the Women in Entrepreneurship (WiE) Programme to equip local women-led organisations with essential business acumen.

The launch of WiE was officially inaugurated by Entrepreneur and Cooperatives Development Ministry (MECD) deputy secretary general (Policy and Monitoring) Noor Afifah Abdul Razak on Sept 11, 2023 at Mereka Space, Publika Shopping Gallery, Kuala Lumpur.

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