Key role of women entrepreneurs, investors in driving economic growth – Gulf Today

Key role of women entrepreneurs, investors in driving economic growth – Gulf Today

Sheikha Bodour Bint Sultan Al Qasimi presents a partnership award to Crescent Enterprises’ Senior Vice President, Ghada Abdelkader, for the CE-Ventures platform during the Sharjah Entrepreneurship Festival.

Gulf Today,

Staff Reporter

Women investors have a role to play in steering economic sustainability by supporting female entrepreneurs, according to Ghada Abdelkader, Senior VP at Crescent Enterprises, a leading global, diversified business headquartered in the United Arab Emirates.

Representing Crescent Enterprises’ corporate venture capital platform, CE-Ventures at the 6th Sharjah Entrepreneurship Festival, Ghada Abdelkader said progress is being made to address the gender disparity in the investment sector with more focus needed, “Globally, Venture Capital (VC) firms are focusing on improving their Diversity and Inclusion practices as more firms clearly understand the business case. However, the pace of change is still slow”.

“It is generally more challenging to make substantial changes when the change requires a complete revamp