Women Entrepreneurs Archives - Lanka Business News

March 30, 2025

Colombo, March 28, 2025: Visa (NYSE: V), the global leader in digital payments reiterated its support to women entrepreneurs across Sri Lanka as a part of its International Women’s Month celebrations across the world, by stating a firm commitment towards financial inclusion and digitization of women-led businesses, and hosted women from different walks of life […]

March 26, 2025

On March 19, 2025, TiE Colombo officially launched its TiE Women Initiative at the highly anticipated TiE Colombo Women’s Day Celebration event held at the Granbell Hotel, Colombo. The event brought together accomplished entrepreneurs, corporate leaders, and aspiring female entrepreneurs to discuss the challenges and opportunities women face in business. It was a milestone in […]

March 12, 2025

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Colombo, Sri Lanka – 11th March 2025 – The Mall at Port City Colombo, in partnership with CAN Market, successfully hosted a vibrant three-day celebration in honor of International Women’s Day 2025. Held from March 7th to 9th at The Mall at Port City Colombo, the event highlighted the creativity, craftsmanship, and entrepreneurial spirit of […]

June 7, 2023

Colombo, Sri Lanka, June 7, 2023—Building an inclusive distribution and retail network is key for long-term continuity and resilience of corporate supply chains in Sri Lanka, reveals a new study by the International Finance Corporation (IFC). The study examines the impact of enhancing female participation in retail and distribution networks on the […]

February 20, 2023

DFCC Bank, one of Sri Lanka’s most trusted and progressive banks, was honoured to be the Platinum Sponsor of the WCIC Prathibhabhisheka Women Entrepreneur Awards 2022 powered by DFCC Aloka. The Awards ceremony, which recognises the contributions of women entrepreneurs, was held on January 11, 2023. The Chief guest at the event, […]

August 8, 2022

Launches new initiative to expand Bank’s gender-specific commitments and to promote inclusivity The Commercial Bank of Ceylon has launched a ground-breaking certificate course in SME skills development exclusively for women entrepreneurs, in collaboration with the Postgraduate Institute of Management (PIM) affiliated with the University of Sri Jayewardenepura. The course […]

July 6, 2022

July 5, 2022, Colombo: We live in an era where women are a force of their own. The doors of opportunities are wide open for them to showcase their talents, abilities and their skills. Today’s digital world has provided the perfect platform for women to start their businesses. Though many women […]

May 5, 2022

Nominees for the AWIEF Awards should be emerging and established female entrepreneurs and founders who have demonstrated outstanding vision, leadership and inspiration JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, May 4, 2022/APO Group/ — Nominations are now open for the 2022 edition of the prestigious AWIEF (AWIEForum.org) Awards, which recognise, honour and celebrate women entrepreneurs […]

March 30, 2022

Colombo, March 29, 2022 – Continuing its agenda of supporting SMEs and women entrepreneurs, Seylan Bank, the Bank with a Heart, together with the Chamber of Commerce, conducted a webinar featuring four accomplished small and medium businesswomen. The webinar was themed ‘Empowering Women Entrepreneurship’ and highlighted different perspectives that are useful to […]

March 4, 2022

Celebrating the efforts of women entrepreneurs across the country, Daraz Sri Lanka launched the ‘Daraz Arya Shakthi’ initiative in-line with the forthcoming International Women’s Day. This significant move by the e-commerce industry trendsetter aims to recognize and endorse the social, economic, and cultural value generated to the community and the country by […]

Visa Commits to Support Women Entrepreneurs in Sri Lanka during International Women’s Month 2025

TiE Colombo Partners with TiE Women Global Initiative to Empower Women Entrepreneurs in Sri Lanka

The Mall at Port City Colombo ‘Celebrates Women Entrepreneurs at International Women’s Day Market

New Study: Women Entrepreneurs Are Vital for Long-term Continuity and Resilience of Sri Lanka’s Supply Chains

Empowering Women Entrepreneurs: DFCC Bank Aloka Powers WCIC Prathibhabhisheka Women Entrepreneur Awards 2022

ComBank offers certificate course for women entrepreneurs with PIM

Ideamart, a digital gateway for aspiring women entrepreneurs

Call for Nominations for the Prestigious AWIEF Awards Celebrating Women Entrepreneurs and Business Owners

Seylan Bank Presents ‘Empowering Women Entrepreneurs’ Webinar to Support Businesswomen

‘Daraz Arya Shakthi’ aims to level the playing field for women entrepreneurs